David Pierce

the thing that they tried to make to reach people. Now, overwhelmingly, I think the trend that is true is that it's podcasts. I think there are more CEO vanity project podcasts than ever. There are more venture capitalists out here starting podcasts. In the same way that if you are a 22-year-old trying to break it in the music business, you start a TikTok channel.

If you're 52 and looking to become a partner at your firm, you start a podcast. Uh, like that I find, I find so strange and interesting. And I'm, I'm curious why podcasts would be that thing.

If you're 52 and looking to become a partner at your firm, you start a podcast. Uh, like that I find, I find so strange and interesting. And I'm, I'm curious why podcasts would be that thing.

If you're 52 and looking to become a partner at your firm, you start a podcast. Uh, like that I find, I find so strange and interesting. And I'm, I'm curious why podcasts would be that thing.

One of the things I've been trying to figure out as I piece through this is whether the appeal of a podcast... is that it's relatively straightforward to make in that you can just stick two people in front of a microphone and they have a meeting and it might not be interesting, but it is, it is a thing. You will have an object you have made at the end of it, right?

One of the things I've been trying to figure out as I piece through this is whether the appeal of a podcast... is that it's relatively straightforward to make in that you can just stick two people in front of a microphone and they have a meeting and it might not be interesting, but it is, it is a thing. You will have an object you have made at the end of it, right?

One of the things I've been trying to figure out as I piece through this is whether the appeal of a podcast... is that it's relatively straightforward to make in that you can just stick two people in front of a microphone and they have a meeting and it might not be interesting, but it is, it is a thing. You will have an object you have made at the end of it, right?

In a way that even writing a very good blog post is kind of more abstract for folks who are not used to doing this kind of thing. The other side of me thinks that we're still trying to figure out what it is that is magical about a podcast that makes everything more interesting when it's a podcast. I say everything pretty loosely. There are a lot of really bad podcasts out there.

In a way that even writing a very good blog post is kind of more abstract for folks who are not used to doing this kind of thing. The other side of me thinks that we're still trying to figure out what it is that is magical about a podcast that makes everything more interesting when it's a podcast. I say everything pretty loosely. There are a lot of really bad podcasts out there.

In a way that even writing a very good blog post is kind of more abstract for folks who are not used to doing this kind of thing. The other side of me thinks that we're still trying to figure out what it is that is magical about a podcast that makes everything more interesting when it's a podcast. I say everything pretty loosely. There are a lot of really bad podcasts out there.

But there is something to the idea that if you want to reach people and seem human and serious and interesting over a long period of time, that actually a long-form podcast interview about activist investing is kind of the right way to do it.

But there is something to the idea that if you want to reach people and seem human and serious and interesting over a long period of time, that actually a long-form podcast interview about activist investing is kind of the right way to do it.

But there is something to the idea that if you want to reach people and seem human and serious and interesting over a long period of time, that actually a long-form podcast interview about activist investing is kind of the right way to do it.

The venture capital thing, I think, is the one that at least I am most sort of qualified to call a real trend. And I think it is a real trend. And you're seeing it kind of in both directions, right? Like in, in my world, we've seen a lot of VCs start podcasts and then a lot of podcasters turn into VCs.

The venture capital thing, I think, is the one that at least I am most sort of qualified to call a real trend. And I think it is a real trend. And you're seeing it kind of in both directions, right? Like in, in my world, we've seen a lot of VCs start podcasts and then a lot of podcasters turn into VCs.

The venture capital thing, I think, is the one that at least I am most sort of qualified to call a real trend. And I think it is a real trend. And you're seeing it kind of in both directions, right? Like in, in my world, we've seen a lot of VCs start podcasts and then a lot of podcasters turn into VCs.

Yeah, totally. And, and these folks are like, they start making content and then they meet the people who are making the things and then they make the money and then they give the people. And then Harry Stebbings, the 20 minute VC guy is another good example. He built this huge thing, just interviewing venture capitalists and like along the way became a venture capitalists.

Yeah, totally. And, and these folks are like, they start making content and then they meet the people who are making the things and then they make the money and then they give the people. And then Harry Stebbings, the 20 minute VC guy is another good example. He built this huge thing, just interviewing venture capitalists and like along the way became a venture capitalists.

Yeah, totally. And, and these folks are like, they start making content and then they meet the people who are making the things and then they make the money and then they give the people. And then Harry Stebbings, the 20 minute VC guy is another good example. He built this huge thing, just interviewing venture capitalists and like along the way became a venture capitalists.

there's something in that to me that feels both really interesting in terms of like what a podcast can accomplish for you, but also totally different from the way that we think about podcasts as a sort of fundamental entertainment product.