Alan J. Patricof, NO RED LIGHTS: Reflections on Life, 50 Years in Venture Capital, and Never Driving Alone
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by investor, innovator, and founder of a number of companies Alan Patricof to talk about his memoir, No Red Lights. Alan tells Zibby about his plans to live until 114 and how his desire to continue trying new things regardless of his age led him to found Primetime Partner which invests in companies that target the over-sixty population. The two also discuss what inspired Alan to write about his wife's battle with Alzheimer's, the role women play in venture capitalism, and the two new things he's trying this year at 87.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
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| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
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| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcassnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Alan Patrickoff is the author of No Red Lights, Reflections on Life, 50 Years in Venture Capital, |
| 1:04.1 | and Never Driving Alone. |
| 1:06.1 | I've also known him, I think, since I was born. |
| 1:08.1 | Anyway, Alan Patrickoff is the co-founder of primetime partners |
| 1:11.7 | and the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Greycroft LP. A long-time innovator, |
| 1:16.4 | an advocate for venture capital, Alan entered the industry in its formative days with the creation |
| 1:20.8 | of Patrickoff and CoVentures, Inc., a predecessor to Apex Partners, today one of the world's |
| 1:26.2 | leading private equity firms with $50 billion under management. |
| 1:30.1 | He stepped back from the daily administration and operational aspects of Apex Partners LP in 2004 to concentrate on a group of small venture deals on its behalf. |
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