Mike Maples Jr.: Inflection Points and Startup Success
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Buckle up for a mind-bending journey into the heart of startup innovation! On this episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki goes deep with Silicon Valley's master of disruption, Mike Maples Jr. As the wizard behind Floodgate who spotted Twitter and Twitch before they exploded, Mike shatters conventional wisdom about what makes startups soar. Forget everything you think you know about "better products" – Mike reveals why the craziest ideas often win big and why being dismissed might be your biggest advantage. Warning: this episode may permanently rewire your entrepreneurial brain!
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| 0:00.0 | In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth. |
| 0:07.3 | Smart spending drives growth, which is something Brex has championed. Brex isn't just a corporate credit |
| 0:14.0 | card. It's a strategic tool to help your company achieve peak performance. Corporate cards, banking, expense management, all integrated |
| 0:24.1 | on an AI-powered platform that turns every dollar into opportunity. In fact, 30,000 companies |
| 0:32.9 | are trusting Brex to help them win. Go to brex.com slash grow to learn more. |
| 0:44.3 | Hello, I'm Guy Kawasaki. |
| 0:50.6 | This is the Remarkable People podcast, |
| 0:53.1 | and we're in the business of helping you become remarkable. |
| 0:56.8 | So we scour the globe for the most remarkable people, and we found a remarkable person named |
| 1:02.2 | Mike Maples Jr. And in the prelude, we were just discussing, he and I go way back. |
| 1:08.7 | In college, he read my books, which is kind of a disturbing thing |
| 1:12.4 | when people tell you that they read your book in college, |
| 1:16.5 | and now they're way out of college. |
| 1:19.8 | But anyway, so he is a venture capitalist today. |
| 1:23.5 | He's the co-founder of a leading Silicon Valley Seed Fund called the Floodgate. |
| 1:29.7 | And he has invested in companies like Twitter and Twitch and Oktah. |
| 1:34.5 | He's really one of the pioneers of seed capital in the mid-2000s. |
| 1:39.8 | So with no further ado, Mike Maabel's Jr., welcome to remarkable people. |
| 1:45.1 | Hey, thanks, Guy. |
| 1:46.1 | And I've been looking forward to this. |
| 1:47.5 | I think I've probably known you much longer than you've known me because I got to know you somewhat through your book when I was in college. |
| 1:54.8 | Wow. |
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