This episode of the Village Global podcast shares a few select segments from the Startup of You podcast relevant to founders, investors, and anyone working in tech. They revised and updated the book for the new world of work in 2022 and released a podcast series about it which you can listen to at. In the book, they look at the best of Silicon Valley startups and derive entrepreneurial principles that can transform the career of any professional across all industries. Stage is an actor’s medium, film is a director’s medium, and TV is a writer’s medium.īen Casnocha and Reid Hoffman are co-authors of The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. Writers know the right things to withhold from an audience to make it satisfying. An audience appreciates subtlety in storytelling. Telling a good story is perhaps the hardest thing in the world to do. China and India’s film industries are rising stars but the US is still the global leader in big films. The rise of streaming platforms and recent changes in how films are financed has resulted in commoditization. Marc’s ambition is at Republic is to allow individuals to join in the success of film production through an equity "fan raise" that allows fans of a particular project to invest directly in its production and share in the project’s success. Marc Iserlis is a film/TV producer and documentary filmmaker joins Village Global's Head of Investor Relations Olga Serhiyevich Marc is currently building tokenized film financing at Republic, an alternative fundraising platform. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. Thanks for listening - if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.Ĭheck us out on the web at or get in touch with us on Twitter to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. They sit on a low number of boards, are actively keeping up to date on the company, and are deeply involved with the company. The sign of a good board member is that they never show up to a board meeting and learn something they didn’t already know. He says that his time spent overseas has informed his thinking on markets and given him a competitive advantage at work. Jon recommends that people spend time working and living abroad if they can. Great founders are humble and surround themselves with people who challenge their thinking. When Jon meets founders he pays attention to how often they let the people around them speak. Also, startups have more and more talent available to them as the cost of leaving an existing job has never been lower. This is a healthy thing, like a brush fire in a forest. The correction has a silver lining: lots of tech transformation comes out of a downturn. Jon worries that VCs are doing certain complex deals to protect their marks and that there will be a number of zombie portfolios coming out in the next few years. There will be many casualties on the road ahead. Entrepreneurs have accepted that we are not going back to 2021 valuations. The vast reach of Blackstone, as one of the biggest asset managers in the world, allows them to apply their huge base of operational infrastructure to “make the winning company, not just find the winning company.” Prior to joining Blackstone, Jon was Head of General Atlantic’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Jon is the Global Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG) and Co-Head of Technology Investing at Blackstone. Jon Korngold joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Relations, on this episode.
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