Venture Capital

Paul Ahlstrom mentioned recently that some of the top performing funds would be from the top 10 founders that were announced every year in a peer to peer voting competition they hosted every year through his venture vSpring Capital.

(Paul has founded multiple investment funds in the United States and Latin America, including Alta Ventures, Alta Growth Capital, vSpring Capital and Kickstart Seed Fund.)

Bringing us to the big debate- if founders have a better feel of the pulse of what works and what doesn't.

Show Notes

Are Founders better investors than VCs?
Making founders angel investors the way to go? Or due diligence, and chasing deals best to be left with the VCs?

Some Points  Covered in This Episode Include:
  1. What is in for a founder to do this better than a VC? Peter digs deep and finds the "why" 
  2. The WIN100 is a community-nominated and peer-selected process of the top 100 venture entrepreneurs in Utah
  3. Jon Bradshaw was part of the list and mentions how some important names were missed
  4. How important it is to be at networking events
  5. Which one is the biggest Utah fund right now? 


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What is Venture Capital?

A podcast about venture capital, and what is happening each week. We discuss who is getting funded. Why specific companies were funded and much more relating to who the next big unicorn will be.