This is Harry Stebbings and welcome to episode 9 of the 20-minute VC.

In this episode, Joe Floyd joins us.

Joe is principal at Emergence Capital Partners and prior to Emergence,

Joe worked in American Capital's Technology Group,

where he focused on fast-growing internet companies.

At American Capital, Joe was involved in their investment with Home Away and People Media.

Here is a little snippet of today's show.

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the 20 minute VC.com with the name that you left the review on under iTunes enough from me it's time for the interview

three two one zero you have now arrived at your destination joe can you tell us a little bit about

yourself and why you made the foray into the venture capital industry?

Sure.

So I live in San Francisco, and I work in Silicon Valley.

And I think when you're here, the entire energy, it's almost like New York for finance is the same as Silicon Valley for tech.

It's just the energy of all the entrepreneurs permeates every part of life. And so,

you know, being, I think when you're here, you just want to be a part of it, whether it's starting

a company, working for a company, or funding companies. And for me, I always had an interest in stocks and

investing growing up. And, you know, venture capital was kind of a natural extension of that.

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