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Equity

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4.2 • 372 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week, Natasha interviewed Ankur Nagpal, the entrepreneur behind Teachable, Ocho, and Vibe Capital - Ankur's $70 million venture fund, raised last year from over 200 investors. Today, we're talking about: The future of Solo GPs and Ankur's choice to shrink Vibe Capital's fund size How Ankur built, sold, pivoted and launched in public The upside of building in public vs building in private The importance of brand and succession Of course, we ended with a lightning round of questions - including the meaning behind Ankur's tattoo. As always, Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann will be back for our weekly news roundup on Friday, but you can follow us on Twitter @EquityPod for live updates and more. For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7:00 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotifyand all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we
0:15.2	unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. I'm Natasha Masquerainis and
0:19.3	this is our Wednesday show where we niche down to a single person, think about their work, and unpack the rest.
0:25.0	Today we're interviewing someone who has built, sold, pivoted, and launched in public a ton, and I like to
0:31.1	describe him as a really modern take on what an entrepreneur can look like and be involved with today
0:36.2	So I'm super excited to bring on uncor knuckfall to the show.
0:40.0	Unkor welcome to Equity. Thank you. It's very flattering.
0:42.5	I'm excited to be here.
0:43.5	You were one of the first people I spoke to when I joined Tech Crunch.
0:46.4	And I feel like I've weirdly, I don't have you caught this.
0:48.5	I feel like I've weirdly followed you because
0:50.5	you're connected through Ed tech. Yep, yeah.
0:53.0	Then venture capital.
0:55.0	Yep. And now FinTech.
0:56.0	And that's exactly your fruit.
0:58.0	Economic empowerment, right?
1:00.0	But, no, it's been a blast to watch you grow as well.
1:02.8	Oh, thank you.
1:03.8	Thank you.
1:04.8	Give people a little bit of background
1:06.0	on who you are as an entrepreneur
1:07.9	because they may see you on Twitter
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