What Venture Capitalists Look For in Founders | Nadav Eylath on Focus, Failure & Seeing what’s possible
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What Venture Capitalists Look For in Founders | Nadav Eylath on Focus, Failure & Seeing what’s possible

Most successful companies don't look obvious in the beginning — they look uncomfortable. Nadav Eylath, venture investor and founder of At Inc., joins Ben Rodgers to explore what separates the founders who build something lasting from the ones who don't, and why creating the conditions for extraordinary outcomes matters more than predicting them.

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Why Most Business Relationships Stay Superficial With DANNY BURBECK
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Why Most Business Relationships Stay Superficial With DANNY BURBECK

Why do most business relationships stay on the surface — and what does it actually cost us when they do? In this episode, Ben sits down with his longtime collaborator Danny Burbeck for an honest, unscripted conversation about depth in business relationships. They explore why workplaces quietly reward superficiality, what it looks like to assess a business partner by asking "would I want to fail with this person?", and how the best leaders learn to carry the weight of leadership without losing their humanity. Raw, practical, and genuinely refreshing.

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What Nature Can Teach Us About Leadership, Investing, and Life WITH Natalya Wallin
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What Nature Can Teach Us About Leadership, Investing, and Life WITH Natalya Wallin

What does it look like when a molecular geneticist, global policy builder, and ultra-runner converges on a single investment thesis? In this episode, Ben sits down with Natalya Wallin — founder of Vitality Venture Fund — to trace one of the most unconventional through-lines in venture capital. From a PhD lab in molecular genetics to deploying $75M against forced labor in global supply chains to building a nature-inspired fund rooted in biomimicry, Natalya's story is a masterclass in following the spark. Together they explore systems thinking, somatic intelligence in high-stakes decision making, and why nature's 3.8 billion year R&D lab holds the investment thesis of our era.

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Growth minded investing At depth with Marc bathgate
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Growth minded investing At depth with Marc bathgate

Most investment decisions are potentially more emotional first and rational second. Marc Bathgate explains why alternatives, storytelling, and restraint can matter more than chasing performance when the ground starts to move.

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