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Welcome to the Learning Corner, a weekly Precursor Ventures podcast, where members of the Precursor team walk through their favorite articles and news snippets across the venture ecosystem.
Episode #36: Founder Optimism, Seed Math Is Broken, Aumni Venture Beacon Report
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19 minutes 53 seconds
5 months ago
Episode #36: Founder Optimism, Seed Math Is Broken, Aumni Venture Beacon Report
In this week’s episode of The Learning Corner, recorded in person during Precursor’s team onsite in San Francisco, Mia Farnham and Charles Hudson dive into the following topics:
Embracing Optimism in Venture
Inspired by a recent essay from Collin and Joshua Wallace, we explore the often-overlooked value of modeling best-case scenarios. While founders and investors are trained to anticipate risk, we ask: what would it look like to plan with optimism, and why is that mindset essential to long-term success?
Bill Gurley on the Broken Math of Seed
We break down Hadley Harris’ viral thread and Bill Gurley’s response on how price does matter in seed investing and how it could become more difficult to win back ownership in follow on strategy.
Aumni’s Q1 2025 Venture Beacon Report
With deal sizes compressing and investor protections rising, we examine the broader recalibration of the venture market.
The Learning Corner by Precursor
Welcome to the Learning Corner, a weekly Precursor Ventures podcast, where members of the Precursor team walk through their favorite articles and news snippets across the venture ecosystem.
