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Andy Rachleff on Investing, Company-Building & Product Market Fit… Lessons from Wealthfront & Benchmark

Andy Rachleff on Investing, Company-Building & Product Market Fit… Lessons from Wealthfront & Benchmark

FromVillage Global Podcast


Andy Rachleff on Investing, Company-Building & Product Market Fit… Lessons from Wealthfront & Benchmark

FromVillage Global Podcast

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Andy Rachleff (@arachleff), president and CEO of Wealthfront, joins Anne Dwane and Lucas Bagno to discuss:- What Andy learned from endowment investing and his quest to democratize excellent investing advice at Wealthfront.- Why you shouldn’t try to time the market and why in his opinion all-time highs are “absolutely irrelevant.”- Andy’s lessons from witnessing four day-trading frenzies in his career and why you should think about absolute return rather than relative returns.- How his position on crypto has evolved over time and why he’s optimistic about its ability to revolutionize commerce but skeptical about its place in an investment portfolio.- His learnings on product market fit from Don Valentine, and why Don said that if a startup can screw something up, it will. He also said that to succeed, it needs the market to pull the product out of the startup’s hands.- Why operating investors often make better investment decisions because operating experience is a proxy for network rather than because of the operating experience itself. - His top book recommendations.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup
Released:
Oct 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Village Global's Venture Stories takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. The podcast is hosted by Village Global partner and co-founder Erik Torenberg. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast for more.