20 VC: David Tisch @ Box Group on The Future of Consumer Mobile, Developing Pattern Recognition and FOMO
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🗓️ 11 January 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
1.) How David made his way into the world of startups and investing?
2.) Having started Box in 2008, how has David seen the NY venture and startup scene develop over the last years? Matt Hartman @ Betaworks: how has that impacted the type of investments you make? Has it changed your thesis, theme, or any other aspect of how you invest? Kanyi Maqubela @ Collaborative: Does an ecosystem need anchor companies to be great? What are New York's anchor companies?
3.) What is the vision with Box? Is this a fund that lasts through the ages? Last year I heard you made 3 hires, is this a sign of a desire to create the NYC fund? At Box you have a weighting towards mobile consumer tech, how do you respond to Fred Wilson’s post about the mobile downtown and the difficulty in attaining and maintating traction for mobile apps?
4.) What was the motivation behind moving into the world of entrepreneurship with Spring? What aspects of Alan's and Box as a product has contributed to it’s massive success?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the 20-minute VC with your host Harry Stebbings, and today we are returning |
| 0:04.8 | stateside, and I'm so excited to introduce today's guest, someone I've looked up to and admired |
| 0:10.4 | in the industry for the last few years now. Therefore, I'm thrilled to welcome David Tish. |
| 0:16.0 | Now, with David's incredible career, it's tough to think where to start. He's the managing |
| 0:20.6 | partner of Box Group, |
| 0:22.2 | one of New York's most prolific seed investment firms, with investments in over 120 seed stage |
| 0:28.1 | technology companies, including Vine, Sunrise Calendar, Warby Parker, Harry's, Oscar, Mirkat, |
| 0:36.6 | and Zady. Now, for most people, running New York City's most active |
| 0:40.2 | venture fund would be time consuming enough. Well, not for David. As of 2014, he co-founded Spring, |
| 0:47.4 | an app that allows the world's best brands to sell directly to consumers on mobile, |
| 0:52.4 | with his brother Alan, who is the CEO. And prior to Box and Spring, |
| 0:56.8 | David co-founded Tech Stars New York City and was named to New York City Mayor Bloomberg's |
| 1:02.0 | advisory council on technology. And in today's episode, you'll hear some stats and analysis |
| 1:07.0 | discussed regarding Box's incredible portfolio. And I'd like to say a huge thank |
| 1:11.8 | you to Mattermont for providing the data. And for all of you looking for some amazing reading |
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| 1:22.9 | absolutely awesome and a must read for us on a daily basis. But without further ado, I'm so delighted to welcome |
| 1:29.0 | David Tisch, managing partner at Box and co-founder at Spring. |
| 1:38.4 | You have now arrived at your destination. David, a legend of the industry. |
| 1:44.9 | I'm hugely excited Saviol on the 20 minute VC. |
| 1:47.4 | Thanks so much for joining us today. |
| 1:49.3 | Thanks so much for having me, Harry. |
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