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Garry Tan on lessons from startup failures, Alexis Ohanian's departure & more | Angel S5 E8

Mar 11, 202159:42Watch on YouTube

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Show notes:

0:00 Start

1:08 Jason intros Garry Tan & they talk about Garry's Posterous regrets & lessons from failure, going from seed-stage to growth-stage founder

8:33 Garry on life as an investor, Paul Graham's original YC content/community funnel

11:04 LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job free at https://www.linkedin.com/angel

12:39 Garry's YouTube experience, investing in Clubhouse & the social audio space & Jason's Clubhouse beef

20:27 Twitter spaces coexisting with Clubhouse, Twitter's recent product groove, Initialized's investment in Clubhouse

28:05 Assure - Get 20% off your first SPV at http://assure.co/angel

29:40 How accelerators get great value, Capital-as-a-Service, equity participation as newer generations' north star

36:37 Sweet spot age for founders, ISAs & community-driven learning

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40:44 VCs moving downstream & missing the early-stage orchard, potential new models to provide value, avoiding sharp elbows as a seed investor

48:58 Garry explains Alexis Ohanian leaving Initialized & their continued bond as friends

53:55 Unicorn patterns, understanding important consumer metrics

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