20VC: The First Online Venture Fund Built On AngelList with Dustin Dolginow @ Maiden Lane
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🗓️ 10 February 2016
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
1.) How Dustin made it into startups and the investing industry?
2.) What were Dustin's major takeaways from his operational experience and how has he applied them to his role investing with Maiden Lane?
3.) Where does Ryan you democratisation of funding going in the next five years? What direction does Dustin believe we are moving in?
4.) Dustin has said that 'capital is a crappy differentiator' so what value add should founders look for in their VCs? How are we seeing the VC value add evolve over time?
4.) How does Dustin sell Maiden Lane in the sea of seed funds that have emerged over the last few years? How important does Dustin think it is for VCs and funds to have personal brands? What is bigger the brand of the VC or the fund?
5.) What is it Dustin looks for in products? Are there any must haves? Any design requirements?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the 20 minute VC and following on from our fantastic episode with Gil Penchina at Flight, |
| 0:06.6 | we are featuring another individual crushing it in the world of Angel List. So I'm so thrilled to have |
| 0:12.1 | Dustin Dolganow, general partner at Maiden Lane, join me today. Now for those of you that don't know, |
| 0:18.2 | Maiden Lane is the first online venture fund, which uses Angel List as its operating system, |
| 0:23.6 | serving as the institutional capital partner to the best angel investors in the world. |
| 0:28.6 | Dustin has made investments in the likes of Getable, Pipe Drive, BP, and many more incredible companies, |
| 0:35.6 | and he also serves as a venture partner with a |
| 0:37.6 | accomplice, where he serves some of the best entrepreneurs on the planet. |
| 0:41.7 | And prior to investing, Dustin cut his teeth in the operations game with social swipe, |
| 0:46.9 | which allowed merchants to gain more value from their transaction data. |
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| 1:29.6 | And we'd like to say a big thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data and analysis used in today's episode. |
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| 1:43.6 | However, it is now time for me to hand over the |
| 1:45.7 | mic to Dustin Dolganow, general partner at Maiden Lane. |
| 1:54.4 | You have now arrived at your destination. |
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