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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Matt Clifford – Investing Pre-Company - [Invest Like the Best, EP.154]
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My guest today is Matt Clifford. He’s the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the world’s leading talent investor. They invest “pre-company” by helping the best people in cities around the world find a co-founder, develop an idea, and start a company. So far, they’ve helped 1000 people start 200 companies worth a combined $1.5B. This conversation covers their entire ecosystem and holds lessons for anyone building a business. I especially loved Matt’s ideas on the history of ambition.
Please enjoy our conversation.
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Show Notes
– (First Question) – An overview on talent investing
– The history of ambition
– How do they search for ambitious people
– What happens early on for these formed teams
– Assigning an idea to a talented team
– Opportunities in deep technology
– A closer look at the hardware and machinery of the deep technology changes
– The geographical focus of venture capital investments
– Problems with the way early-stage investment world works
– People who are creating value in a management company and how they manage their investments
– Advice to people creating investment companies and pricing power
– The power of cities
– Topics they cover in their newsletter; technological sovereignty as one example
– Experience and thoughts on China
– A.I. Nationalism
– Kindest thing anyone has done for Matt
Learn More
For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.
Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub
Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag
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