Zach Perret

And so we decided to partner together. And she kind of decided to go raise a fund. We partnered. We did it together. and that became the first Mischief Fund. Since then, there are two other amazing entrepreneurs, and we've created this fund structure that I have max leverage.

And so we decided to partner together. And she kind of decided to go raise a fund. We partnered. We did it together. and that became the first Mischief Fund. Since then, there are two other amazing entrepreneurs, and we've created this fund structure that I have max leverage.

They run it full-time, three full-time people, and me who does it a few hours a week, but I get to spend time talking to entrepreneurs, helping them through sticky situations.

They run it full-time, three full-time people, and me who does it a few hours a week, but I get to spend time talking to entrepreneurs, helping them through sticky situations.

They run it full-time, three full-time people, and me who does it a few hours a week, but I get to spend time talking to entrepreneurs, helping them through sticky situations.

And the amazing thing for me is like I said, I talked about sending emails and people responding, like the wisdom and the value of Silicon Valley, and I say Silicon Valley in like air quotes here because it's not about being in the place,

And the amazing thing for me is like I said, I talked about sending emails and people responding, like the wisdom and the value of Silicon Valley, and I say Silicon Valley in like air quotes here because it's not about being in the place,

And the amazing thing for me is like I said, I talked about sending emails and people responding, like the wisdom and the value of Silicon Valley, and I say Silicon Valley in like air quotes here because it's not about being in the place,

that enabled me to be an entrepreneur that taught me everything that i know and i think there's a value in paying it forward and so what oftentimes happens is you know we have these whatsapp threads with the founders and lots of questions and we hear a question enough i'll go down and write a blog post and the blog post that i write will oftentimes be something i'll just distribute within plaid like hey how do we think like i have a blog post on atomic teams like how do we think about atomic teams why do they matter like why are they useful how do we think about applying them into product innovation

that enabled me to be an entrepreneur that taught me everything that i know and i think there's a value in paying it forward and so what oftentimes happens is you know we have these whatsapp threads with the founders and lots of questions and we hear a question enough i'll go down and write a blog post and the blog post that i write will oftentimes be something i'll just distribute within plaid like hey how do we think like i have a blog post on atomic teams like how do we think about atomic teams why do they matter like why are they useful how do we think about applying them into product innovation

that enabled me to be an entrepreneur that taught me everything that i know and i think there's a value in paying it forward and so what oftentimes happens is you know we have these whatsapp threads with the founders and lots of questions and we hear a question enough i'll go down and write a blog post and the blog post that i write will oftentimes be something i'll just distribute within plaid like hey how do we think like i have a blog post on atomic teams like how do we think about atomic teams why do they matter like why are they useful how do we think about applying them into product innovation

So I'll share that with Implod. I'll share that with all the founders. And sometimes we'll even do a Q&A, which we'll record, and then we'll have this artifact. And so for me, it makes me a better entrepreneur to go deep on these key topics that I recognize. It prompts me to actually teach things to the company in an important way.

So I'll share that with Implod. I'll share that with all the founders. And sometimes we'll even do a Q&A, which we'll record, and then we'll have this artifact. And so for me, it makes me a better entrepreneur to go deep on these key topics that I recognize. It prompts me to actually teach things to the company in an important way.

So I'll share that with Implod. I'll share that with all the founders. And sometimes we'll even do a Q&A, which we'll record, and then we'll have this artifact. And so for me, it makes me a better entrepreneur to go deep on these key topics that I recognize. It prompts me to actually teach things to the company in an important way.

And then it creates this amazing kind of pay it forward mentality with the founders that we interact with. So I think the average returns have to come down, because the amount of capital that's going up and the amount of amazing companies is not necessarily going up at the same pace.

And then it creates this amazing kind of pay it forward mentality with the founders that we interact with. So I think the average returns have to come down, because the amount of capital that's going up and the amount of amazing companies is not necessarily going up at the same pace.

And then it creates this amazing kind of pay it forward mentality with the founders that we interact with. So I think the average returns have to come down, because the amount of capital that's going up and the amount of amazing companies is not necessarily going up at the same pace.

MARK MANDELMANN Yeah. So the question, is the VC product kind of played out? I think it's kind of played out, yeah.

MARK MANDELMANN Yeah. So the question, is the VC product kind of played out? I think it's kind of played out, yeah.

MARK MANDELMANN Yeah. So the question, is the VC product kind of played out? I think it's kind of played out, yeah.