20 VC 077: Part 2: Kamal Ravikant: The Future Of Venture Capital
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🗓️ 7 October 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
For your chance to win a signed copy of Venture Deals by previous guest and legend, Brad Feld all you have to do is click the Click To Tweet Link here: http://ctt.ec/Q41ZG
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.) Where does Kamal see the future of Venture Capital?
2.) What worries Kamal about the tech scene?
3.) How does Kamal sort the wood from the trees in the frothy market of tech startups?
4.) What are Kamal's must read books and blogs?
5.) Which leaders or figures is Kamal inspired by and why?
Items Mentioned In Today's Show:
My Fave Book: Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant
Kamal's Fave Book: The Alchemist, The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope
Kamal's Fave Blog: James Altucher
Kamal's Most Recent Investment: Bolt
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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 | Hello and welcome back to the 20 minute VC and this very special feature on the legend that is Camal Ravikant. |
| 0:07.0 | On Monday we delved into Camal's incredible career in technology, what he would advise anyone looking to found a tech startup and how his investing strategy has changed with time. |
| 0:18.0 | So if you haven't had the chance to check that out, you can find it |
| 0:21.1 | just below this episode titled Part 1, Camel Ravikant. And today, we will be finding out what |
| 0:26.7 | Camel believes the future of Venture Capital looks like, what are his most read books, what |
| 0:32.3 | worries Camel most about the blossoming tech scene. But first, our amazing competition very generously hosted by |
| 0:38.9 | our dear friend and previous guest Bradfeld is open. So for your chance to win a signed copy |
| 0:44.8 | of Brad's best-selling book, Venture Deals, all you have to do is click the click-to-tweet link |
| 0:50.7 | in the iTunes description or on the website at www.the 20 minute vc.com and this book really is |
| 0:58.4 | the cornerstone of the VC industry itself with the likes of Fred Wilson and Dick Costolo stating |
| 1:04.2 | that how much this book has really helped them in their career. So again just click the click to tweet |
| 1:10.1 | link and tweet your tweet will be |
| 1:12.4 | entered into the competition. But before we dive into the show today, one of the biggest mistakes |
| 1:17.4 | founders make is what legal form to operate the business and do not consult a lawyer before starting, |
| 1:24.1 | resulting in higher taxes and becoming subject to significant liabilities that really |
| 1:28.9 | could have been avoided if the business was started as a corporation or as a limited liability |
| 1:33.1 | company. |
| 1:34.1 | So don't make this classic mistake and start your company off on the right legal footing by |
| 1:39.5 | visiting VDAR Law at www.com and dropping my good friend and partner at V-D-R-N-E-R-N-E-R-V-I-R-R-V-I-D-R-Law. |
| 2:00.5 | They are absolutely incredible and will be sure to sort you out with all things legal. |
| 2:05.1 | But enough from me, so without further ado, we are going to return to the man himself and welcome |
| 2:09.8 | back my absolute idol, Camal Ravikant. |
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