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How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401

How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401

FromThis Week in Startups - Video


How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401

FromThis Week in Startups - Video

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Another Sunday double-header edition! First Jason leads a VC Sunday School session on how to react when companies try and skip steps and raise larger rounds (2:51). Plus, how Pegasus (or Alicorn) companies can end up being much better investments than traditional Unicorns. Then, for This Week in Climate Startups, Molly chats with Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures (18:47). You will learn:

1. Andrew's focus within climate tech (electric mobility, carbon and carbon markets)
2. How Andrew's first startup exit set him up to join the solar industry
3. How contrarian bets make careers
4. The key criteria for climate investments to be good venture bets
5. How Obvious Ventures puts its "world positive" mission into practice
6. The way carbon disclosure requirements will reshape industry
7. Why Andrew recommends reading Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future"
Released:
Mar 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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