Intangibles

Liz Claman (@lizclaman) is the anchor of the Fox Business Network show Countdown to the Closing Bell. Just the cable news part of her career is 20 years long. She has interfaced with countless CEOs, written a book about investment advice in collaboration with some of the greatest financial minds in the 21st century and regularly interfaces with the best and brightest business and world leaders as well as silicon valley technology luminaries. We start out our discussion talking about some of her intangible qualities including moxie, drive and openness and how they have impacted her career. We shift into how to draw the intangible qualities out of others in discussion. There is a great discussion after that of some of the specific folks she has interviewed and what she has observed about them. We close with a little about gender equality and how entrepreneurs can better tell their stories to investor and journalists. The conversation is very personal and very vibrant. I enjoyed talking to Liz immensely. The podcast and the whole first season of Intangibles are sponsored by Dentons. Dentons is a global law firm driven to provide clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected marketplace. Find them at: www.dentons.com

Jon Lehr (@Work_Bench) is the organizer of the New York Enterprise Technology Meetup and also is a co-founder of Work-Bench a New York Enterprise VC. He has a similar focus to my fund Antecedent Ventures and that makes him a great person to discuss the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of this new podcast. Jon asks me to give a little background and history of me and my fund and then we dig into a number of great topics including: my views on product and market diligence for early stage investors, the challenges one faces in getting a good understanding of a founders skill set (along with the importance of getting that right) and the intangible qualities that can lead to founder success. In addition, we talk about the expected format of the podcast (which is one intangible quality with one expert per episode) as well as who should listen and who we expect to talk with. We hope you get value from it. The podcast and the whole first season of Intangibles are sponsored by Dentons. Dentons is a global law firm driven to provide clients with a competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected marketplace. Find them at: www.dentons.com.