The Founder to Investor Journey

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Entrepreneurship, Culture, Disruption, Innovation, Science, Software Eating The World, Business, Technology

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Every founder's journey is unique, and a16z general partner David Ulevitch's is no exception. From working in tech during the Dot Com boom to founding and guiding his own startups to successful exits to becoming an investor, he shares his story with The Modern CTO's Joel Beasley. But while every journey is different, some of the lessons remain the same.

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0:00.0	The startup founder's journey doesn't ever go neatly from Eureka Moment to Product Market
0:04.8	FET to Growth to Exit because there are many twists and turns along the way.
0:09.6	But while every journey is different, some of the lessons remain the same.
0:14.1	This week we have a special crossover episode
0:16.3	from June 2021.
0:18.2	Joel Beasley, host of the Modern CTO Podcast,
0:21.6	interviews A16Z general partner David Yulevich about David's
0:25.7	journey from working at an ISP and dot-com company MP3.com in high school to
0:30.9	starting running and selling his own enterprise security company, OpenDNS, to becoming an investor at A16C.
0:37.0	They also discussed the value of product marketing for enterprise,
0:40.0	David's philosophy around pricing enterprise products, how to survive and lead through hard times,
0:46.8	new trends in startup investing, and more.
0:50.2	This is part of our occasional series where we feature relevant episodes from like-minded shows on the A16C podcast
0:56.2	to help surface other shows you might be interested in. The modern CTO podcast is by and for
1:01.5	CTOs and other technical leaders with interviews from
1:04.7	leaders at places like Microsoft, NASA, Reddit, Launch Darkly, and more, all sharing
1:10.1	how to build strong companies and organizations.
1:13.2	It's hosted by Joel Beasley,
1:14.8	CTO of LeaderBets, an author of the podcast The Modern CTO.
1:18.6	Check out more episodes of the show
1:20.1	wherever you get your podcast.
1:22.1	And for more on how to grow from a technical to
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