Daniel Tarockoff is a Partner at Vine Ventures where he invests in companies taking a novel approach to conscious health and wellness such as Tripp, Othership & Psygen.
Previously Daniel worked in strategy consulting for 5 years at Strategy&. In this episode he explains the contrast between corporate and startup life and how this related to him finding meaningful work he is passionate about.
Timestamps:
00:43 Intro
01:05 Vine Ventures Mission
02:38 What does Daniel invest in?
03:47 Pushing towards people taking more ownership of their lifes
15:04 Why did Daniel leave his good job i
29:45 Why do people do MBAs?
32:40 The best people daniel met at his MBA
34:01 Alex Lieberman At Uni
36:27 The top 3 things a VC looks for in early stage companies
38:26 The standards expected of startup founders
43:31 Routes into vc
54:30 Howmuch does a vc make?
58:50 Why does Daniel stay in the game if not for money?
01:02:55 The building blocks of a VC fund