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Conversations with people I admire about things I’m genuinely interested in
This week I enjoyed riffing with David Tisch, Managing Partner of BoxGroup. BoxGroup is an NYC-based seed stage venture capital firm that has invested in over 500 seed-stage startups over the last 15 years, including Plaid, Ro, Ramp, Clay, Scopely, Warp, Cursor, PillPack, Amplitude, Flatiron Health, Stripe, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Flexport, Classpass, Vine, GroupMe, Airtable and more. David is the Chairman of GoodDog, a marketplace to find pets online. He is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and serves on the board of Friends of Hudson River Park.
We covered:
Scaling something deemed unscalable
Art of being collaborative
Taste not being teachable
VC help being overrated
Building a NYC brand
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro
(0:27) Scaling a collaborative fund
(8:23) Stack ranking portfolios
(11:29) Investing at seed
(17:29) Hiring for taste
(22:30) The art of being collaborative
(29:03) VC help is overrated
(41:38) Why VCs pass on companies
(48:11) Building a brand in NYC
(55:02) North Stars in early-stage investing
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Uncapped with Jack Altman
Conversations with people I admire about things I’m genuinely interested in
