MI123: Venture Capital Investing w/ Kevin Siskar
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:02.5 | But one thing he would always say that's kind of stuck with me is only time a company dies is when the founder quits. |
| 0:08.7 | And when you think about that, it's pretty powerful. |
| 0:10.6 | And what he talked to me about in that, you know, is like I've seen founders who the company is debt, the company's DOA, they don't quit. |
| 0:17.4 | They've burned the company down from 300 people back down to four or one person |
| 0:21.9 | and rebuilt it back up because they're just so determined to keep this thing going. |
| 0:30.1 | On today's episode, I sit down to chat with Kevin Siskar. Kevin is the vice president of |
| 0:35.4 | portfolio and selection at 43 North, where he has built a |
| 0:38.8 | portfolio of over 150 early stage technology startup companies. In addition to his role at 43 North, |
| 0:45.5 | Kevin is also the CEO and co-founder of Fenta, a secure cloud-based fundraising center for startups. |
| 0:52.3 | Kevin is an ambitious investor who aims to apply his vision |
| 0:55.6 | for a futuristic tomorrow with his extensive background experience in fundraising in venture capital. |
| 1:01.7 | During the episode, Kevin and I chat about venture capital investing, the types of companies |
| 1:06.1 | emerging in the venture capital space, how studying human behavior can help you as an investor, the differences |
| 1:12.4 | between working at a large corporation versus smaller company, how you can shift yourself to have a |
| 1:17.9 | growth mindset, how luck has played into the companies Kevin has worked with, and a whole lot more. |
| 1:23.8 | Now, without further delay, let's dive right into this week's episode with Kevin Sisgar. |
| 1:29.3 | You're listening to Millennial Investing by the Investors Podcast Network, |
| 1:33.9 | where your hosts, Robert Leonard and Clay Fink, interview successful entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors |
| 1:40.1 | to help educate and inspire the millennial generation. |
| 1:50.6 | Hey, everyone. |
| 1:52.9 | Welcome to the millennial investing podcast. |
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