Episode 60: Venture Capital Pioneer Alan Patricof

Boardroom Talks

Boardroom Podcast Network

Business, Entrepreneurship, Sports

4.4 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Alan Patricof is a businessman, entrepreneur and one of the American pioneers of venture capital. In the latest episode of Out Of Office, he discusses growing up on the Upper West Side in Manhattan and dipping his toes in entrepreneurship for the first time as a young child selling magazines in the neighborhood. He speaks to Rich Kleiman about starting his early career on Wall Street before the term "venture capital" was even coined and pivoting to investing professionally in the 70s. The two discuss Patricof's new book "No Red Lights," exploring why he decided to write this book now and how writing it in his 80s sends a message that regardless of age, you can still continue to live life to the fullest.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody and welcome to another boardroom out of office podcast.
0:17.0	My name is Rich Climman.
0:19.0	Today we have a truly special guest.
0:22.4	Somebody I have known since I was in elementary school, the father of my closest friend,
0:29.0	and somebody who I've looked up to admired for as long as I could remember.
0:34.7	Please, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the show, Mr. Alan Patrickoff.
0:39.2	Alan, how are you this morning?
0:41.5	Great, Richard.
0:42.4	We traded places.
0:43.4	I'm in Los Angeles now and you're in New York.
0:45.7	I am in New York.
0:46.8	Hence why the good morning, because for me, we're in the afternoon now, but you are in sunny
0:51.9	California with your son, Jamie, my close, close friend, and someone
0:56.0	who has also been on our podcast in season one. We are here today to talk about many things.
1:01.9	Obviously, I know so much about you, but so much I want to learn and understand and fill in
1:08.4	the blanks where I've always thought throughout the years. I would have
1:12.6	loved to ask Mr. Patrickoff, as I referred to you growing up. Can I call you, Alan, for the show?
1:18.6	Yes, definitely, Richard. Thank you. Richard still likes to call me Mr. Patrick. As do many people
1:24.6	from that period of Jamie's growing up.
1:27.8	I'm very conditioned, very, very, very conditioned.
1:30.4	But we are here today talk about your new book,
1:33.4	No Red Lights, 50 years in VC and never driving alone,
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