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Episode #9: The State of Consumer Social with Josh Elman
Village Global Podcast
English - January 09, 2018 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsManagement Business Investing business entrepreneurship entrepreneur startup Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode #8: Investing in Machine Learning Startups with Ash Fontana
Erik and his co-host for this episode, Abie Katz of August Capital, interview Josh Elman (@joshelman), partner at Greylock Partners. Josh recounts the twists and turns of his career and how they led to him becoming a venture capitalist. He talks about the unique approach he takes when working with founders and how that has impacted the outcome of his investments. He tells us why you so infrequently find truly visionary founders and how Greylock thinks about their seed stage Discovery Fund. Josh also explains the candid candid career advice he would give to his younger self.
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