My business partner is definitely very visionary in terms of seeing things ten years ahead of everybody else, like first with Spotify and streaming and then women's sport and women's health. Today, people understand it. Back then, not so much, but isn't that what makes a good venture capitalist?
“Like, today, people understand it.”
I think if if we look at what our Edge is as a a fund and, you know, props to my business partner, she's definitely very visionary in terms of seeing things ten years of ahead of everybody else, like first with, you know, Spotify and streaming and then, you know, then then women's sport, which I'm sure we'll talk about, and, you know, women's health. Yeah. Like, today, people understand it. Back then, not so much, but isn't that what makes a good venture capitalist?
Why this clip
This is a perfect contrarian take on venture success - identifying 'taboo' markets years before they become obvious. The hook is self-contained and challenges conventional thinking about timing and market validation.
More from this guest
Rachel Springate
1 appearance · 4 clips
What they said next
Something pretty unique to us as a fund is we already know what we're looking for. We do these three months deep dives with our interns, and we are trying to identify white spaces before the market catches up. Five years ago, we knew that menopause was a huge opportunity.
28:38 - 34s · Business Mechanics
More from this episode
From the blog
Want clips like this for your podcast?
We find your top 5-8 clips, write the hooks, and deliver ready-to-post content. First 2 episodes are free.
Get 2 Episodes Clipped Free