The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

20VC: Why Great Founders Are Both Visionary & Stubborn, The Investment Mindset Shift From Angel To VC & How To React When The 'S*** Hits The Fan?' with Jesse Middleton, General Partner @ Flybridge Capital Partners

31 Aug 2016

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Jesse Middleton is a General Partner @ Flybridge Capital Partners. Prior to joining Flybridge, Jesse was an early executive at WeWork, one of the fastest growing and most valuable startups in history. He co-founded WeWork Labs in 2011, and ran WeWork X, M&A, startup investments, business and digital product development as well as inside sales during his five-year tenure at the company. Prior to WeWork, Jesse was the co-founder and CEO of Backstory, a venture backed startup. Jesse also has experience as a prolific angel investor having invested in the like of Fitmob (acq by ClassPass) YourTrove acq by LiveNation and inDinero, who you might remember we had Jessica Mah, Founder @ inDinero on the show. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jesse made the transition from operator with WeWork to General Partner @ Flybridge? 2.) At what stage does founder vision transition to become stubbornness? How does Jesse approach the situation of telling a founder when it is not working? 3.) How does Jesse's investment mindset shift from making the move from angel to VC with fiduciary responsibility? 4.) How does Jesse look to develop pattern recognition as a new entrant to VC? How important a role does mentorship play for Jesse? 5.) What are the characteristics Jesse looks for in a founder that suggest an innate problem solver? How does Jesse deal with problems when the 'shit hits the fan?' Items Mentioned In Today's Show: Jesse's Fave Blog and Newsletter: Purple, The Skimm Jesse's Fave Book: Leadership & The Challenge of Self Deception Jesse's Most Recent Investment: Squire As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Jesse on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Eve make 1 perfect mattress – made with 3 layer technology and next generation memory foam. It comes packaged in a beautiful box and arrives the day after you order. You get 100 nights to try it with free return pick-up – it really is the perfect mattress for everyone. Just go online to evemattress.co.ukand enter the code 20VC for £50 off. Everybody deserves the perfect start with Eve.

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20VC: Why Great Founders Are Both Visionary & Stubborn, The Investment Mindset Shift From Angel To VC & How To React When The 'S*** Hits The Fan?' with Jesse Middleton, General Partner @ Flybridge Capital Partners

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