Index Ventures' Mike Volpi and Danny Rimer on Global Innovation and Founder Power
Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi joined Kara Swisher on the Recode Decode podcast covering: Danny and Mike's backgrounds and the early days of the internet; applying a global perspective to venture capital; being a smaller firm when capital is abundant; why the rise of other regions does not mean Silicon Valley is "over"; open-source culture in Europe; Latin America, Israel, and China; scooters, autonomous driving, and the future of urban mobility; disrupting the beauty and fashion industries; disrupting venture capital itself; over-empowered founders and the WeWork CEO's $700 million cash-out; diversity in tech; techlash and antitrust regulation; and the most overhyped and most underhyped categories in tech.
Listen to the podcast here.
Published — Aug. 18, 2019
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