👥 37 Rishi Garg of Mayfield – Building a “People First” Culture – Outlier Academy

“The purpose of the startup community is to take a tiny amount of human and financial capital and create a single product, usually, a single thing, an insight that, through incredible intensity, can be used to break open a market and achieve unusual skill.” – Rishi Garg
Rishi Garg (@rishigarg) is co-head of the Consumer Investing Practice at the Mayfield Fund, a seed and Series A focused venture capital firm. Before joining Mayfield, Rishi co-founded FanSnap, which was acquired by Nextag. He has led business and corporate development for Google, Square, MTV, and Twitter, and has invested in companies such as Quilt, Grove Collaborative, and Projector.
Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/rishi-garg1-outlier-academy-show-notes 
Chapters in this interview:

Rishi’s background and work at MTV, Square, and Twitter

Defining business development and the core skills needed for the role

Managing M&A as a founder

On joining Mayfield and returning to the VC world

The “people first” culture at Mayfield

The importance of trust between founders and investors

Big waves in internet investing, from Netscape to digital identities

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“The purpose of the startup community is to take a tiny amount of human and financial capital and create a single product, usually, a single thing, an insight that, through incredible intensity, can be used to break open a market and achieve unusual skill.” – Rishi Garg

Rishi Garg (@rishigarg) is co-head of the Consumer Investing Practice at the Mayfield Fund, a seed and Series A focused venture capital firm. Before joining Mayfield, Rishi co-founded FanSnap, which was acquired by Nextag. He has led business and corporate development for Google, Square, MTV, and Twitter, and has invested in companies such as Quilt, Grove Collaborative, and Projector.

Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/rishi-garg1-outlier-academy-show-notes 

Chapters in this interview:

Rishi’s background and work at MTV, Square, and Twitter
Defining business development and the core skills needed for the role
Managing M&A as a founder
On joining Mayfield and returning to the VC world
The “people first” culture at Mayfield
The importance of trust between founders and investors
Big waves in internet investing, from Netscape to digital identities

Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our Friday 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.