20 Minute Playbook: Alex Rubalcava – Partner at Stage Venture Partners
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“No one in the world has an urgent problem that will get solved by investing in some random guy's venture capital fund.” – Alex Rubalcava
Alex Rubalcava (@AlexRubalcava) is Partner of Stage Venture Partners, a pre-Seed and Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging software technology for business-to-business markets. He began his VC career as an analyst at Anthem Venture Partners in 2002, and he as served on the boards of numerous Stage VP companies, including Balto, NotiSphere, SoundCommerce, WhiteFox, SPIDR Tech, Abett, Gray Matter Robotics, and Dyania Health.
Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/alex-rubalcava-stage-venture-partners-playbook-show-notes
Topics discussed with Alex Rubalcava
00:01:53 – Alex’s superpowers in investing
00:03:07 – Advice for founders
00:05:03 – Learning from Berkshire Hathaway and investment books
00:09:17 – The massive energy transition underway
00:14:24 – Advice for new investors
00:16:54 – Planning and long term success
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“No one in the world has an urgent problem that will get solved by investing in some random guy's venture capital fund.” – Alex Rubalcava
Alex Rubalcava (@AlexRubalcava) is Partner of Stage Venture Partners, a pre-Seed and Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging software technology for business-to-business markets. He began his VC career as an analyst at Anthem Venture Partners in 2002, and he as served on the boards of numerous Stage VP companies, including Balto, NotiSphere, SoundCommerce, WhiteFox, SPIDR Tech, Abett, Gray Matter Robotics, and Dyania Health.
Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/alex-rubalcava-stage-venture-partners-playbook-show-notes
Topics discussed with Alex Rubalcava
00:01:53 – Alex’s superpowers in investing
00:03:07 – Advice for founders
00:05:03 – Learning from Berkshire Hathaway and investment books
00:09:17 – The massive energy transition underway
00:14:24 – Advice for new investors
00:16:54 – Planning and long term success
Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week.
Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy.
If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices