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About Charles:
Charles is the Managing Partner and Founder of Precursor Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in the first institutional round of investment for the most promising software and hardware companies.
Prior to founding Precursor Ventures, Charles was a Partner at SoftTech VC. In this role, he focused on identifying investment opportunities in mobile infrastructure.
(00:00) Intro + Doola.com/exerton
(02:12) Who is @chudson?
(03:38) Stumbling into a career v/s planning everything out?
(08:33) "Quitting is a bad thing" is overrated.
(10:40) How to to identify the problem when there is not an effort problem?
(12:19) Working hard is a post-PMF problem....
(18:14) Why Charles backed the same founder 3 times?!
(22:27) Why did warm intros become so popular in venture?
(23:20) Should founders have Social Capital before starting a company?
(28:22) Do VC funds really look at the pedigree a founder has?
(31:43) The right line between looking for outliers and the people that are part of the mainstream?
(38:30) "Enduring for a long time until the solution works" is bad advice.
(41:04) How should founders create plans?
(42:53) What should you do when your plan is not going according to plan?
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