20 VC 077: PART 1: Kamal Ravikant: 'I'm Not Your Traditional VC'

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🗓️ 5 October 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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Kamal Ravikant is an absolute hero to me after I read his incredible best selling book, Love Yourself Like Like Your Life Depends On It. As for an intro to Kamal, it goes without saying that he has worked with some of the best people in Silicon Valley and is a true tech and investing icon, but he has also trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, meditated with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama's monastery, held the hands of dying patients, earned a US Army Infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain, been the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women's writers' group and written books including my favourite the previously mentioned, Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It.

In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

1.) How did Kamal make his way into the world of Venture Capital?

2.) What were Kamal's biggest takeaways from working as an entrepreneur?

3.) What really makes a great VC? How can VCs provide true and genuine value add?

4.) Why is now the best time to be an entrepreneur? What has changed?

5.) What would Kamal advise an entrepreneur looking to build a startup?

.) Where does Kamal see the future of Venture Capital?

6.) What worries Kamal about the tech scene?

7.) How does Kamal sort the wood from the trees in the frothy market of tech startups?

Items Mentioned In Today's Show:

Kamal's Fave Book: The Alchemist, Hemingway, The Great Work of Stephen Cope,

Kamal's Fave Blog: James Altucher

Kamal's Most Recent Investment: Bolt

As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Kamal on Twitter here!

If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow Harry on Instagram here!

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the 20 minute VC with your host, Harry Stebbings, and I am so excited to welcome Stay's guest.
0:06.9	He's an absolute hero to me after I read his incredible bestselling book, Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It.
0:13.6	It is, of course, the legend Camel Ravikant.
0:16.4	And when compiling a bio for Camel's show today, I was struck by the insane achievements Kamal
0:22.4	has had, so it goes without saying that he is a tech and investing icon, and he's worked
0:27.9	with some of the most brilliant brains of Silicon Valley.
0:30.7	But he has also trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas.
0:35.0	He's meditated with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama's monastery. He's held the
0:39.5	hands of dying patients. He's earned a US Army infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain,
0:47.8	been the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women Writers Group, and he's written
0:53.7	books, including my favourite, the
0:55.5	previously mentioned Love Yourself, as if your life depends on it. So, unbelievable achievement and
1:01.8	this is all coming out in today's interview, which really is a deep dive on his career and his
1:07.1	investing strategy. But today is also an incredibly special day,
1:11.6	as a good friend and previous guest of the show, Brad Feld,
1:14.6	has been incredibly kind and suggested a special book giveaway
1:18.3	for the listeners of the 20-minute VC.
1:21.2	So if your chance to win a signed copy of Brad's incredible best-selling book venture deals,
1:26.5	all you have to do is click the click
1:29.5	to tweet link that can be found in the iTunes description or on the website at www.
1:35.4	The 20 MinutVC.com. That's your chance to win Venture Deals by Bradfeld, a signed copy.
1:46.4	But before we dive into the episode with Kamau,
	...

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