Founders Factory Show And Tell

Today we had superstar VC, Rory Stirling (of Connect VC) and superstar founder, Nicholas Oliver from people.io. We go beyond the fundraising cliches and unearth the real capital raising truths. Enormous fun & LOTS & LOTS of learnings. 0 - 3.36 Mindless chittering 3.36 - 15m Intros - who is Rory, what is Connect VC, who is Nic, what is People.io 15m - 30m Expected Return & why VCs don’t invest in the things they should 30m - 40m —> avoiding the sanctimony of hindsight bias 40m-43.30 —> employees & the importance of founder humility 43.30-52.30m -> founder-investor communication & board meets: the truth 52.30 - 1.03m —> David rambles incoherently about Lorenz Differential Equations 1.03-1.13m —> Rory & Nic talk about founder burnout, decision fatigue and support (At 1.11m Rory mentions the Pledge To Founders, it is here: https://www.atlasq.com/journal/pledgetofounders) 1.13m - change of gear - more active pieces of advice: 1.14m — fundraising is your job, get on with it

In this maiden voyage of Show and Tell the podcast we talk about Product Hunt, equity for advisors, eScooters, Fyre Festival and how David definitely isn't a lawyer.