The Hot Mic: Should You Start a Venture Fund?

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Investing, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ever wanted to sit at the table in The Pitch Room and ask the VCs your burning question? Three listeners got the chance on our new segment, The Hot Mic, a live listener Q&A where you get to ask the investors anything.In this episode, our VCs answer: • Should I start a venture fund? • What do you look for in a pitch? • What’s the one company you regret passing on?Submit your questions for the next listener Q&A at pitch.show/hotmic. And get ready… because the Season 14 Finale drops next week. Subscribe to our email newsletter: insider.pitch.show Learn more about The Pitch Fund: thepitch.fund Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey friends, I hope you're enjoying season 14 as much as Lisa and I have enjoyed making it.
0:05.7	We'll be back with the season 14 finale next week.
0:09.5	But today, I've got something different for you.
0:12.4	We're hosting our first listener Q&A, where listeners get to ask questions of the VCs on the show.
0:19.5	Not just submit questions, they actually got to sit in the chair and ask five VCs their burning question.
0:26.9	I'm so excited about this because if you all enjoy this episode and find it valuable,
0:31.9	I'd love to host another listener Q&A at our next event.
0:36.0	So enjoy the conversation that follows, where three listeners
0:39.2	get their questions answered by the VCs. Should I start a venture fund? What do you look for in a
0:45.9	pitch? And what is the one company you regret passing on the most? Then at the end of the episode,
0:52.9	you'll get a chance to submit your question for the next
0:55.6	edition of The Hot Mic. The first question is coming up after this.
1:03.1	It's time for Black Friday at Dell Technologies. Save big on PCs like the Dell 16 Plus,
1:08.4	featuring Intelcore Ultra Processors. Shop now at Dell.com.
1:11.6	E.K.
1:12.6	4.S. Black Friday.
1:14.6	Hot mics.
1:16.6	I always get scared of hot mics.
1:18.6	Do you have any hot takes?
1:20.6	Do you have any hot takes?
1:21.6	Tons of hot takes.
1:23.6	I don't know if they're appropriate for the pitch, but I got paid I got plastics. Let me bring in the first sister.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 4 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Josh Muccio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Josh Muccio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.