#384: Erik Torenberg on Decentralizing Venture Capital

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Erik Torenberg is a co-founder and partner of Village Global, an early stage venture capital firm. He is also the host of Venture Stories. Erik was the first employee at Product Hunt and has also co-founded various companies, including Rap.fm, Token Daily, and OnDeck. In this conversation, we discuss personal moats, individuals over institutions, hundreds of people on cap tables, decentralization of venture, student debt, and attributes of great investors. ============================== CoinList is where early adopters invest in, earn, and trade the best new crypto assets before they list on other exchanges. Sign up via coinlist.co/pomp and trade $100 and earn $10 in BTC and 10% of trading fees for 6 months. ============================== Athletic Brewing is re-imagining beer for the modern adult. We love beer. But we also love being healthy, active and at our best. No matter your motivation, if you want to keep a clear head and drink healthier, we are here for you. Athletic makes non-alcoholic beer that you don't have to compromise to enjoy. The beers are fully flavored, clean ingredient, and a fraction of the calories of full strength beer - they fit in any occasion. Check out www.athleticbrewing.com for more details and free shipping nationwide. ============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off.
0:10.4	Eric Tornberg is a co-founder and partner of Village Global, an early stage venture capital firm. He is also the host of venture stories.
0:18.9	Eric was the first employee at Product Hunt and has also co-founded various companies,
0:22.6	including RAP FM, Token Daily, and On Deck.
0:26.6	In this conversation, we discussed personal moats, individuals over institutions,
0:31.6	hundreds of people on cap tables, decentralization of venture, student debt,
0:36.6	and attributes of great investors.
0:39.4	I really, really enjoyed this conversation with Eric, and I hope you do as well.
0:43.6	Before we get into this episode, though, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.
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