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About Drew:
Drew is a founding partner of 8VC. He focuses on investments across various stage and sectors including vertical software, health delivery, and biomanufacturing.
He is also a founding Board Director of Affinity Technologies, an early stage enterprise software company. Previously Drew was a partner at Formation 8. Before that he served as Chief of Staff to Joe Lonsdale.
Drew serves on the Competitiveness Council for Cerberus Capital Management. He is also a Trustee of LivingOnOne, a non-profit impact production studio; WeAreThorn, a NGO which leverages technology to eliminate child trafficking; and the Claremont McKenna College Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The best podcast episode for every young and ambitious person.
I hope this episode existed 3 years ago!
(00:00) Intro + doola.com/exerton
(02:31) Who is @andrewoetting?
(04:37) What makes @JTLonsdale so cool + the biggest thing Drew learned from him?!
(07:48) What is the kind of smartness that founders require?
(12:19) What role does luck play in a founder/ambitious person's life? + How to optimize for luck
(20:11) How do you choose which field to build in for decades?
(23:34) Is the goal really important?
(25:39) What is the biggest way in which thinking changes with experience?
(32:36) Drew's thoughts on the money vs power vs fame debate
(37:20) Why is being driven by money a great thing?!
(43:56) Are the best ones driven by money?
(49:03) Work-life balance for young people is useless (mostly)
Enjoy!
