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The New York Startup
Zach Firestone
10 episodes
1 day ago
Zach Firestone (VC @ Shadow Ventures) chats with founders, investors, and other key players in the New York startup ecosystem.
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Zach Firestone (VC @ Shadow Ventures) chats with founders, investors, and other key players in the New York startup ecosystem.
Show more...
Entrepreneurship
Business
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Alex Ferber | Co-Founder and GP @ Green Egg Ventures | VC as Apprenticeship Business
The New York Startup
38 minutes 32 seconds
4 years ago
Alex Ferber | Co-Founder and GP @ Green Egg Ventures | VC as Apprenticeship Business

Alex Ferber is a co-founder and partner at Green Egg Ventures, an early stage venture fund investing in software startups that are solving problems for businesses. Prior to co-founding Green Egg Ventures, Alex worked at Metamorphic Ventures.

-How he got into venture capital (luck!) when his goal was to work in a startup

-On imposter syndrome as an investor

-The invaluable experience of working in his father's business, HoMedics + risk tolerance with a safety net

-The butterfly effect / putting yourself out there

-Finding your own flavor of due diligence

-Building a new fund is building a startup

-Functions of a junior VC role

-No magic behind the curtain: the four questions they answer

-Lasting trends from the pandemic

-How does someone get "good" at VC? It's not black and white.

-Unique traits of New York's startup ecosystem

The New York Startup
Zach Firestone (VC @ Shadow Ventures) chats with founders, investors, and other key players in the New York startup ecosystem.