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This week Spencer Fry, founder of Podia.com, joins Justin Jackson to talk about venture capital and bootstrapping.
- Spencer's tweet: "The hostility that the bootstrapper community has towards the VC community continues to perplex me."
- Justin's interview with Jason Calacanis (2013)
- VC brags
- Roy Bahat on Big Technology Podcast: Why VCs are mad
- 06:30 "Capital changes lots of dynamics in society. It's not neutral." – Justin Jackson
- Silicon Valley: No Revenue (video)
- Blog post: Podcasts and capital
- How venture capitalists make money
- The rise and fall of Quibi: from raising $1.75 billion before launch to shutting down just 6 months later
- Tweet: the negative effects of overcapitalization
- Tweet: Big-name VCs, and their hypocrisy, give VCs a bad name.
- Techcrunch: "The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs"
- Adii Pienaar on venture capital: Raising Anxiety
- Blog post: The hidden cost of bootstrapping
What should we talk about next?
- Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @spencerfry
- Email us: [email protected]
Thanks to our monthly supporters:
- Mitch
- Harris Kenny, Intro CRM podcast
- Oleg Kulyk
- Violette Du Geneville
- Ethan Gunderson
- Diogo
- Chris Willow
- Borja Soler
- Ward Sandler
- Eric Lima
- James Sowers (like Flowers)
- Travis Fischer
- Matt Buckley
- Russell Brown
- Evandro Sasse
- Pradyumna Shembekar (PD)
- Noah Prail
- Colin Gray
- Josh Smith
- Ivan Curkovic
- Shane Smith
- Austin Loveless
- Simon Bennett
- Michael Sitver
- Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis,
- Dan Buda
- Darby Frey
- Samori Augusto
- Dave Young
- Brad from Canada
- Sammy Schuckert
- Mike Walker
- Adam DuVander
- Dave Giunta (JOOnta)
- Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com
- Rewardful.com
- Greg Park
- Mitchell Davis from sixsides.co
- Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af
- Bill Condo (@mavrck)
- Ward from MemberSpace.com
- Evandro Sasse
- Austin Loveless
- Michael Sitver
- Colin Gray
- Dave Giunta
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Manage episode 299049859 series 2121450
This week Spencer Fry, founder of Podia.com, joins Justin Jackson to talk about venture capital and bootstrapping.
- Spencer's tweet: "The hostility that the bootstrapper community has towards the VC community continues to perplex me."
- Justin's interview with Jason Calacanis (2013)
- VC brags
- Roy Bahat on Big Technology Podcast: Why VCs are mad
- 06:30 "Capital changes lots of dynamics in society. It's not neutral." – Justin Jackson
- Silicon Valley: No Revenue (video)
- Blog post: Podcasts and capital
- How venture capitalists make money
- The rise and fall of Quibi: from raising $1.75 billion before launch to shutting down just 6 months later
- Tweet: the negative effects of overcapitalization
- Tweet: Big-name VCs, and their hypocrisy, give VCs a bad name.
- Techcrunch: "The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs"
- Adii Pienaar on venture capital: Raising Anxiety
- Blog post: The hidden cost of bootstrapping
What should we talk about next?
- Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @spencerfry
- Email us: [email protected]
Thanks to our monthly supporters:
- Mitch
- Harris Kenny, Intro CRM podcast
- Oleg Kulyk
- Violette Du Geneville
- Ethan Gunderson
- Diogo
- Chris Willow
- Borja Soler
- Ward Sandler
- Eric Lima
- James Sowers (like Flowers)
- Travis Fischer
- Matt Buckley
- Russell Brown
- Evandro Sasse
- Pradyumna Shembekar (PD)
- Noah Prail
- Colin Gray
- Josh Smith
- Ivan Curkovic
- Shane Smith
- Austin Loveless
- Simon Bennett
- Michael Sitver
- Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis,
- Dan Buda
- Darby Frey
- Samori Augusto
- Dave Young
- Brad from Canada
- Sammy Schuckert
- Mike Walker
- Adam DuVander
- Dave Giunta (JOOnta)
- Kyle Fox GetRewardful.com
- Rewardful.com
- Greg Park
- Mitchell Davis from sixsides.co
- Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af
- Bill Condo (@mavrck)
- Ward from MemberSpace.com
- Evandro Sasse
- Austin Loveless
- Michael Sitver
- Colin Gray
- Dave Giunta
🎙️ Podcast hosting is provided by Transistor.fm.
📺 Learn how to start your own podcast! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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