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Beginner's Mind
Discover the Secrets of Deep Tech Success with Christian Soschner
Discover the strategies and mindsets that transform cutting-edge deep tech ideas into thriving businesses. Christian Soschner delves into the world of deep tech, exploring how entrepreneurs and investors build value and navigate the unique challenges of breakthrough industries.
Each episode features candid conversations with top investors, industry disruptors, and insightful book reviews – dissecting the strategies behind success, observed through my lens, shaped by 35+ years of building organizations and insights from ultrarunning, chess, and martial arts.
Expect:
- Investor Insights: Learn from experts who fund innovation, identifying opportunities and mitigating risk.
- Entrepreneurial Journeys: Go behind-the-scenes with founders turning deep tech concepts into impactful companies.
- Relevant Book Reviews: Discover actionable wisdom from biographies, strategy guides, and thought-provoking reads.
- Focus on Impact: Understand the business models, investment strategies, and market trends that fuel deep tech's potential for real-world impact.
Whether you're building the next big thing, investing in it, or keen on understanding this transformative space, this podcast is your guide to success in the world of deep tech.
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Beginner's Mind
#92: Sebastian Mallaby - The Power Law - A Brief History of Venture Capital
How did Venture Capital evolve? When did it start? Get the answers right here in the book The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby.
⭐ In this episode, we talk about:
• Storytelling Methods and a Writers Work Process
• What is Venture Capital – From the Writers Perspective
• How Did Silicon Valley Evolve into the Center of the Innovation World?
• The 3 Most Crucial Moments in the Development of Venture Capital
• The Future of the European Tech Eco-System
• And much, much more
⭐ EPISODE Links:
Today’s speaker is Sebastian Mallaby.
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📚 Book mentions in the episode:
The Power Law
📖 Memorable Quotes:
(09:39) “In a Content Creators Economy where a lot of people spend a lot of time creating, it is worthwhile to spend 5 years writing a book”
(12:46) “Do Venture Capitalists create innovation, or do they just show up for it?”
(18:51) “Europe is fundamentally full of great engineers. It is a great market. Why wouldn’t it rival the United States if it got the right Venture Capital to take the risk.”
(23:10) “The European culture is not as risk-friendly as the US. But it’s changing fast.”
(27:45) “Genentech was the beginning of staged investments.”
⏰ Timestamps:
(00:00) Speaker and Book Intro
(02.25) Storytelling Methods and a Writer's Work Process
(08:00) Development of the Methodology – From Nelson Mandela to Venture Capital
(10:33) What is Venture Capital – From the Writer's Perspective
(16:00) How Did Silicon Valley Evolve into the Center of the Innovation World?
(19:39) Why Cover the Majority of the Stories about the US and Asia and very few stories about Europe?
(27:41) The 3 Most Crucial Moments in the Development of Venture Capital
(29:45) How Sequoia got into the hot tub with Atari
(32:00) Softbank – Everybody Needs a 100 Million
(39:00) Alibaba
(43:45) The Future of Venture Capital
(47:15) The Future of the European Tech Eco-System
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Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An experienced journalist and public speaker, Mallaby contributes to a variety of publications, including Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times, where he spent two years as a contributing editor. He is the author of five books, most recently The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future.
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