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Alex Mittal  – Early Stage Investing

Alex Mittal – Early Stage Investing

Released Tuesday, 29th January 2019
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Alex Mittal  – Early Stage Investing

Alex Mittal – Early Stage Investing

Alex Mittal  – Early Stage Investing

Alex Mittal – Early Stage Investing

Tuesday, 29th January 2019
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My guest this week is Alex Mittal, co-founder of Funders Club. Following past guest Jeremiah Lowin, Alex is my second elementary school friend to appear on the podcast—a trend I hope continues.Funders club is a unique venture firm, because it is build around a network of investors and entrepreneurs who submit deals for consideration and invest together. But as you’ll hear, Alex and his co-founder Boris aren’t just building an open platform for early stage investing: they also then take a very traditional venture approach, making investing decisions themselves when it comes to building a centralized portfolio.Our conversation is about what Alex has learned investing in almost 300 early stage companies over the past 7 years.Please enjoy.For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub.Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshagShow Notes1:30 - (First Question) – Inception of the Founder’s Club1:36 – Jeremiah Lowin Podcast Episode3:59 – How the process of their platform works5:40 – Role of the network in Founders Club setup and success8:26 – What he has learned from all of the data he has access to16:00 – Early stage investing and finding the sweet spot22:17 – What makes a really intriguing bad idea25:23 – Why he remains so excited about Ethereum31:18 – More bad ideas31:55 – Apoorva Mehta on How I Built This Podcast37:15 – Thoughts on retail and logistics and how they fit his Venn diagram of boring and crazy43:13 – Chip and electronic design45:47 – Companies that are not just increasing efficiencies but actually making foundational changes45:54 – Energy and Civilization: A History52:34 – What does he look for in founders55:26 – Pivot or Fail57:05 – Kindest thing anyone has done for AlexLearn MoreFor more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclubFollow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag

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