33: Josh Wolfe - The Mind Financing The Future

Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital is a leading mind in the current wave of venture capitalists making waves. While aware of each other for some time, in this episode Josh sits down with Eric for their first meeting. Together the two explore various topics from comparing notes on their encounters with Jim Watson of DNA fame, to talking about what society gets wrong and how to see that as a source of opportunity. It is frequently asked what makes a great venture capitalist. This conversation reveals that it is likely not one thing but a combination of rigor, breath, flexibility of mind, openness, self-skepticism and mental courage to take on the unknown. That is because the myriad concerns that arise in any early stage attempt to grab the future by the tail from only the information available to us in the present will easily overwhelm those with narrow specializations. As the conversation takes many twists and turns, Josh's flexibility is put to the test as he freely doles out numerous wise observations from his wealth of experience. Thank You to Our Sponsors: Personna: Amazon.com/personna and use the code RAZORS25 Wine Access: Wineaccess.com/portal Express VPN: Expressvpn.com/portal Quip: Quip.com/portal

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33: Josh Wolfe - The Mind Financing The Future is an episode from The Portal by Kast Media.

This episode is 103:08 long.

This episode was published on May 3, 2020.

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