Rachel Lauren (Investor @ BDMI)

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This week we had on Rachel Lauren (@RachelnotLauren) of BDMI.

BDMI is an early-stage fund that makes investments into innovative companies within tech and media. Although the fund specializes in digital media, Rachel focuses most of her time helping the fund diversify its focus to more enterprise software and fintech deals.

In this talk, we discuss:

• missed opportunity areas within consumer fintech

• the future of retail and areas of excitement within commerce

• the legitimacy of NFTs and whether or not they can be considered an investable category

Check out the full episode below:

💡 Some of the top ideas on the internet 

🤔 Razors and rules to simplify decisions

𐃆 Modeling a career after a hunter-gatherer

🔮 Product Hunt: The Internet’s Destiny Machine

🐅 Awesome post on how Tiger Global is eating VC

✅ An ultimate guide to finding product-market fit

• Obvious Ventures is looking for an investor in SF.

• B Capital Group is looking for pre-MBA associates in LA.

• SWAT Equity is looking for summer associates in NYC.

• E14 is looking for a venture associate in Boston.

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