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Kyle Harrison
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Tech Earnings Recap, Beautiful Data Centers | Mike Isaac, Kyle Harrison, David Marcus, Turner Caldwell, Everette Taylor, Puneet Mehta & Justin Wexler, Alexander Embiricos
WithKyle Harrison
MentionsDavid MarcusElon Musk
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(01:29) - Tech Earnings Quad Kill Recap (28:44) - Mike Isaac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and author of "Super Pumped," discussed his experiences covering high-profile tech trials, including the Apple vs. Samsung case and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the ZeniMax lawsuit. He… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageApple Unleashes $100B Buyback, Palantir Crushes Earnings, OpenAI's New Open Source Model | Alex Albert, Scott Kupor, Kyle Harrison, Brielle Terry, Sean Henry, Andi Duro, Gabe Pereyra, Kareem Amin
WithAlex AlbertKyle HarrisonScott KuporSean Henry
Their bookSecrets of Sand Hill Road
MentionsAndreessen HorowitzGoogle
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(00:31) - Timeline (02:06) - What Apple Should Do with $100B Share Buyback (22:29) - Palantir Blows Past Earnings Expectations (34:57) - OpenAI Releases Open Source Model (50:25) - Google Deepmind Genie 3 Reactions (56:01) - Timeline (01:02:02) - Jet Blue First Class Review… More on the show's page
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Kyle Harrison, GP at Contrary on Techno-Optimism, Talent Vortexes, & Writing “Investing 101”
WithKyle Harrison
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In this episode, Molly O'Shea interviews Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary and writer of the popular Investing 101 substack, discusses his career in venture capital and the focus of Contrary. Contrary is a VC fund that backs companies from seed to scale with an emphasis on talent and… More on the show's page
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386. Finding Product Market Fit As a Venture Firm, How to Identify World-Class Founders Before Anyone Else, And Debating Whether or Not Venture Has Hit The Bottom (Kyle Harrison and Eric Tarczynski)
WithEric TarczynskiKyle Harrison
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Kyle Harrison and Eric Tarczynski of Contrary Capital join Nate to discuss Finding Product Market Fit As a Venture Firm, How to Identify World-Class Founders Before Anyone Else, And Debating Whether or Not Venture Has Hit The Bottom. In this episode, we cover: The thesis and investment approach at… More on the show's page
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20VC: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years, The Death of "So So" Venture Firms is Coming, The Rise of Blackstone of Venture Firms and What That Does To Venture Returns, How the World of LPs is Broken and more with Kyle Harrison
WithKyle Harrison
MentionsCoatue
About this episode
Kyle Harrison is a General Partner @ Contrary and one of my favorite writers on the venture space with his blog, Investing 101 2.0 . Before joining Contrary, Kyle worked in the ranks of some of the biggest and best names in venture, starting with a spell at TCV before moving to Coatue and making… More on the show's page
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The Anduril Thesis
MentionsKyle Harrison
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Kyle Harrison (GP at Contrary, co-author of The Anduril Thesis ) joins Molly O'Shea on Sourcery to unpack the 300-page book he just spent two years writing on the most counter-positioned company in defense. We go deep on a 100 years of military history, how Robert McNamara strangled America's… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 300: Post Mortems (Eylath, Harrison, Pruden)
MentionsAlex PrudenKyle HarrisonNadav Eylath
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Nadav Eylath Kyle Harrison Alex Pruden Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 297: What's Next (Dockery, Tisch, Harrison)
MentionsDavid TischCatharine DockeryKyle Harrison
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Catharine Dockery David Tisch Kyle Harrison Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The host of… More on the show's page
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