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Jan 2022
57m 10s

SLP335 Don Stuart - Venture Capital and ...

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

Now there’s been some discussion about the impact of Venture Capitalists on the world of Bitcoin and ‘Crypto’. Don Stuart, startup investor & organizer of Kansas City Bitcoin meetup, joins me on the show to chat:

  • What Venture Capital is
  • Venture Capital model
  • Vesting and incentives for VCs
  • How they make money
  • Bitcoin vs ‘Crypto’ VC
  • Size of rounds raised
  • Are Bitcoiners anti VC?
  • In what cases does VC not make sense?

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