EP 40: Peter Fenton, VC and Founder Mindsets, Current Market State and Rashad’s New Podcast

In the 40th episode Benchmark’s Peter Fenton joins to discuss his early VC aspirations and path to get where he is now, the successful VC and entrepreneurial mindsets, plus inflation and the current market state. Rashad also joins to discuss Rahul Ligma, Twitter layoffs, and his brand new show No Agenda.

(0:00) Intro/Rahul Ligma

(04:56) Rashad’s new podcast “No Agenda”

(9:28) Introducing Peter Fenton

(17:06) Working at Accel

(24:59) Mentorship

(28:50) Benchmark

(39:21) Entrepreneurial mindset

(49:19) Successful founder characteristic

(54:08) Estimating timelines

(1:03:07) Everyone gets worse in venture over time

(1:13:48) VC websites

(1:19:18) Inflation

(1:26:55) Robert Sapolsky

(1:32:06) Outro

Show Notes:

Subscribe to No Agenda: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KHruq3qC0IKm5U9wOIjKZ?si=13bab75351d74c70

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Rahul Ligma: https://twitter.com/Rezowan_/status/1586047782351441920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1586047782351441920%7Ctwgr%5Ef725476e02dc15cc5f19f20bc8c3527e61e44c4f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2022%2F10%2F28%2F23428775%2Ftwitter-fake-employee-layoff-rahul-ligma-elon-musk
 

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson
 

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A Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.

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