Ankit Sud (Principal @ NewView Capital)

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This week we had on Ankit Sud (@asud) of NewView Capital.

NewView is one of the top-performing multi-strategy funds in the world with stakes in Segment, Plaid, Hims, Duolingo, and many others. Within his role Ankit focuses primarily on evaluating and supporting growth-stage fintech and enterprise software companies.

In this talk, we discuss:

• Growing slow and scaling culture as you expand your team

• Venture funds attempting to de-commoditize themselves

• Thoughts on the current state of valuations

Check out the full episode below:

🛡 The Four Types of Defensibility

❓ Some of the best advice recommended to VC associates

🛠 Tactical advice on how to best support and engage your portfolio

🥇 Good vs. Great Leaders

🧠 Too many nuggets of wisdom to count in this podcast with Kanyi Maqubela

💰 Great thread and thoughts on the current state of the private market

✏️ Cool sketch notes from a Clubhouse conversation with some of the OG creators

• Kli Capital is looking for an analyst in NYC.

• Anthemis is looking for an associate in NYC.

• Urban Innovation Fund is looking for an associate in SF.

• Conversion Capital is looking for a remote analyst.

• Sopris Capital is looking for a remote analyst.

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