Podcast appearances and mentions of Pete Flint

Pete Flint, General Partner at NFX and founder of Trulia, joins us for an expansive conversation on how AI is reshaping the foundations of entrepreneurship, platform economies, network effects, and defensibility strategies.Drawing from his deep experience as both a founder and an investor, Pete breaks down what it means to build in a world where CAC is difficult to change and requires expanding LTV by designing invisible, agent-powered experiences and adopting “stackable” approaches to product development.Speaking on the low barriers to entry for startups, he highlights why speed now trumps precision, saying, “There is no prize for being right, but there is one for being fast.”This conversation is a must for anyone navigating the fast-moving world of AI, platform innovation, and startup strategy.What does it mean to build a startup in a world of frictionless tools and unpredictable technological shifts?In this episode, Pete, one of the world's most prominent internet entrepreneurs, helps us unpack how the dynamics of company-building are being transformed - not just by AI, but by new patterns of behaviour, demand, and value creation. We explore consumers' hyper-personalised requirements and what that means for founders navigating shifting entry points and stackable business models. He also speaks on cultural foundations and how an organisation's ecosystem affects outcomes.For anyone grappling with how to lead or build in this dynamic landscape, this episode offers a take on what truly matters.Key Highlights

In this episode, we dive into the world of marketplaces with Pete Flint, co-founder of NFX, one of the leading venture firms specializing in network effects. Pete brings decades of marketplace experience, from the founding team at Lastminute.com to the creation of Trulia and its merger with Zillow. At NFX, Pete and his team have a unique perspective on how network effects drive defensibility in marketplace businesses.Here are three highlights from the conversation:The Key to Defensibility: Pete explains why network effects are the best form of defensibility for marketplace businesses and how they make companies resilient over time.AI's Role in Marketplaces: Pete discusses how AI is both disrupting and enabling marketplaces, and why it's creating entirely new marketplace models.The Best Advice for Marketplace Founders: Pete shares his top tips for aspiring founders, from identifying the hardest side of the marketplace to seizing opportunities during economic or regulatory change.Tune in to hear Pete's insights on building long-lasting, resilient marketplace businesses powered by network effects.

Season three of Two-Sided is here, and we're switching focus. After exploring the experiences of entrepreneurs and founders in previous seasons, we now dive into the minds of the investors shaping the future of online marketplaces. I chat with top marketplace VCs like Jose Marin from FJ Labs, Pete Flint from NFX, and Andrew Blachman from Marketplace Capital to uncover what they look for in startups, the challenges they see, and the trends to watch. Whether you're building or funding, this season is full of insights you won't want to miss.

Pete Flint of NFX joins Nate to discuss How AI Will Transform the Future of Marketplaces, the Shift from AI Co-Pilots to Agents, & Frameworks for Investment Timing. In this episode we cover: Founding a Successful Tech Startup and Industry Insights Founding NFX, Software Approach to Venture Firm, and Orthogonal Initiatives Venture Capital Investment Strategy and Philosophy Leveraging AI in Marketplaces for Efficient Operations and Novel Consumer Experiences AI-Driven Career Counseling and Autopilot Technology AI Value Creation and Distribution B2B Marketplaces, Defensibility, Investment Criteria, and AI Guest Links: Twitter LinkedIn NFX The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we'll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox!

Pete Flint is a prominent figure in the technology and real estate industries, best known for his co-founding role at Trulia and his involvement with NFX, a venture capital firm. As one of the co-founders of Trulia, a real estate platform that gained widespread popularity, Flint played a pivotal role in revolutionizing the way people search for homes online. His entrepreneurial spirit and innovative approach have made him a respected leader in the prop-tech space. Beyond Trulia, Flint has continued to contribute to the startup ecosystem through his association with NFX, a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in seed-stage companies.

Suella Braverman's newspaper article criticizing the police has rounded off a week of controversy for the Home Secretary. But how should the Prime Minister respond? We get a view from Tony Blair's former political secretary John McTernan, now a senior adviser at BCW. He says it's better to sack Braverman now than be forced to do it later. Plus: How can the government help startups to grow the economy? Bloomberg's Stephen Carroll asks the president of the British Chambers of Commerce, Martha Lane Fox, and serial entrepreneur and investor Pete Flint. Hosted by Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an essay readout using an AI voice clone of NFX general partner, Pete Flint. AI has the potential to smooth out many links in the real estate production chain and create a cascade that will close the productivity gap. This essay reveals what's on the way and how founders can seize this opportunity. Read the full essay here - https://www.nfx.com/post/ai-revolution-proptech

This is an essay readout using an AI voice clone of NFX general partner, James Currier. The AI revolution just ratcheted up the speed bar for startups. You think you're moving fast enough. You're not. Speed is the number one advantage of a startup. But now that generative AI here, your definition of speed has to increase 10x. Read the full essay here - https://www.nfx.com/post/speed-and-ai

Follow Jimmy:TwitterSubstackInstagramYouTubeJimmy's Jobs WebsiteJoining the show today is Pete Flint, a serial entrepreneur and general partner at NFX, as he shares his journey from founding lastminute.com to co-founding Trulia, both billion-dollar companies. Discover what sets NFX apart in the world of venture capital and how they focus on network effect businesses. Learn from Pete's experiences during challenging times, such as 9/11 and the 2008 crash, and how resilience plays a crucial role in entrepreneurship. Pete also discusses how to 10x your career by choosing the right sectors and managers. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts.

#32: Today on the pod, Cam is joined by the man who co-founded the Tinder of co-buying, Brian Dracup. Brian's housing journey began the same way as many first-time buyers, through frustration and lack of funds, but it didn't take him long to find the missing middle in the housing market, leading to his first co-buy and the start of Pairadime. Hear Brian walk through the familiar story of individuals trying to buy, how he turned the situation to a positive and walked away with cash in his pocket, and now trying to help others with his new startup. Swipe right and listen today. You never know who/what might be a match!• 00:00:13 Start• 00:00:30 About Brian and Pairadime• 00:01:45 Brian's first co-buy and its transition to Pairadime• 00:02:45 Cam's first go at co-buying at University• 00:03:33 The common story of individuals trying to buy• 00:03:58 Meeting Pairadimes, second co-founder• 00:06:09 How did you make the co-buy deal work• 00:08:42 Vancity co-mortgage programs (mixer mortgage)• 00:10:47 Pairadime's primary focus• 00:12:23 The Tinder of co-buying• 00:13:57 Investors or end users• 00:16:26 Unmarried partners and co-buying programs• 00:17:55 How does Pairadime make money?• 00:18:47 Pairadimes current company volume• 00:20:23 Personal co-buy concierge• 00:20:54 What's the first step in the Pairadimes co-buying process• 00:22:49 Fundraising• 00:23:18 Example of a recent individual in Surrey, BC applying• 00:24:50 Investors looking to use Pairadime• 00:25:57 Pairadimes ownership calculator• 00:29:23 Pairadimes international capabilities• 00:30:54 Pete Flint (Prop tech specialist)• 00:31:12 Ownership revolution• 00:31:47 Fractional ownership: luxury vacation homes (ex Pacaso)• 00:33:20 Fractional ownership: rental properties• 00:35:25 Why not focus on presale• 00:37:32 Key Toronto• 00:39:24 Presale opportunities• 00:45:22 Pete Flint's predictions• 00:46:08 Fractional Listings• 00:49:20 Single Family• 00:50:05 Housecanary• 00:54:56 Where did the name Pairadime come from• 00:55:32 Two sectors of Pairadime• 00:57:50 End

Pete Flint has taken two companies through IPOs, as well as taking one through a $3.5B merger. Now he is heading up his own venture capital fund to help empower the next generation of founders. The initiative, NFX, raised a total of $1.1B across 5 funds, their latest being NFX Capital Co-Investment SPV.

There's a concept in network theory called Preferential Attachment. When one node gets ahead, it attracts more resources, and more attention. It's a snowball effect. PR for your company works the same way. Once you become the biggest node, more resources flow to you. Today, NFX General Partner James Currier sits down with Vijay Chattha, founder of PR agency VSC to reveal how to build that attention flywheel. VSC has worked with NFX unicorn companies like Mammoth Biosciences, Poshmark, and Outdoorsy, to build attention and momentum from the ground up.

Biology is the most advanced technology on earth. It's a nanotechnology that actually works, and it scales. The rest of the world will benefit when there are more TechBio founders and investors in the space and this sector has never been more central to shaping a better future. The next significant phase of human progress is going to be led by these Scientist-Founders who build TechBio companies capable of unlocking that future. In this episode, general partner Omri Drory explores how network effects are helping TechBio companies cure diseases, fight climate change, and tackle some of the biggest issues facing humanity today. This is an audio version of final episode from The Network Effects Masterclass, curated for audio and listening on the go. For the full video experience, transcripts, and recommended reading, join the free Network Effects Masterclass at - NFX.com/masterclass.

What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear. We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we're in full control. The unseen hand in them all is the networks that surround us and the powerful math they exert on us. This episode outlines how we see network effects impacting nearly every aspect of your life. It will hopefully help you make decisions that are more true to the kind of life you want to lead. This is an audio version of episode 8 from The Network Effects Masterclass, curated for audio and listening on the go. For the full video experience, transcripts, and recommended reading, join the free Network Effects Masterclass at - NFX.com/masterclass.

We spend a lot of time teaching Founders how to use network effects to create these giant, world-changing businesses, but we think that too little has been said about how society should adapt to these new network effect behemoths we're helping create. This episode is hosted by general partner James Currier as he discusses how network effect businesses are reshaping the world, why it's our responsibility to design and thoughtfully set up social contracts with our different constituents, and the need to have a perspective about what you are giving and getting from the people on these networks. This is an audio version of episode 7 from The Network Effects Masterclass, curated for audio and listening on the go. For the full video experience, transcripts, and recommended reading, join the free Network Effects Masterclass at - NFX.com/masterclass.

We explore network effects and investing in network effect businesses. We're joined by James Currier, co-founder and general partner of NfX. We cover virality vs. network effects, tweaking rules and systems to take advantage of network effects, and network effects as a business strategy. “Every company is its own work of art, and the founder is the artist.” – James Currier EPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED) https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/james-currier1-outlier-academy-show-notes  FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/james-currier-outlier-academy-transcript  CHAPTERS This episode is our definitive guide to network effects and investing in network effect businesses. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:58) – James' background and journey to NfX (00:07:50) – Defining network effects and why they are so powerful (00:11:20) – Virality vs. network effects (00:14:46) – Examples of businesses with network effects (00:24:57) – Tweaking rules and systems to take advantage of network effects (00:31:07) – Networks effects as a business strategy (00:33:58) – Investing in network effects businesses (00:40:26) – Advice for founders ABOUT NFX The name NfX is actually short for Network Effects, and James with his founding partner, Pete Flint, founded NfX after seeing the power of network effects, partially by doing research that confirms that 70% of all unicorns are companies with proven network effects driving their businesses. While NFX has become one of the world's leading thinkers on network effects, having published incredibly salient posts from 13 different network effects and counting, where they've now identified 16 different types of network effects, to their very popular self-help article titled Your Life is Driven by Network Effects, and their strategy is clearly working.

Durability = Network Effects + Economies of Scale + Brand + Embedding + IP. Learn about these other 4 strategies for startup durability outside of network effects from NFX General Partner, Pete Flint. Value creation mostly accrues in the out-years when usage, revenue, and growth compound. Founders who win big spend more time at the beginning on creating products and business mechanisms that follow these five durability factors and thus drive increasing returns at scale. This is an audio version of episode 4 from The Network Effects Masterclass, curated for audio and listening on the go. For the full video experience, transcripts, and recommended reading, join the free Network Effects Masterclass at - NFX.com/masterclass.

Unlock the NFX map to understand how each network effect works — in episode 3 of the Network Effects Masterclass, General Partner James Currier will review the 16 types of network effects and how they reinforce each other in powerful ways. Learn to analyze the NFX map to determine how to engineer sustained, long-term growth into your startup. This is an abridged version of episode 3 from The Network Effects Masterclass, curated for audio and listening on the go. For the full video experience, transcripts, and recommended reading, join the free Network Effects Masterclass at - NFX.com/masterclass.

Unlearn what you thought you knew about network effects. This episode takes you to the very beginning and lays out network theory from square one. Listen in as James covers the basics of network principles to use as a launchpad for the rest of the course and see how your startup behaves as a network itself. This is an abridged version of episode 2 from The Network Effects Masterclass, curated for audio and listening on the go. For the full video experience, transcripts, and recommended reading, join the free Network Effects Masterclass at - NFX.com/masterclass.

We've talked with Pete Flint before. He's a brit deeply immersed in Silicon Valley startup culture and someone who has ushered in two unicorn companies – one of which, Trulia, was the inspiration behind my business, Viva Real. He's now helping entrepreneurs leverage connections, experience, and capital as a partner at the venture firm NFX.Focused on seed funding, NFX has been investing in Latin America for quite some time. But Pete has taken the relationship with the region to the next level. He joined us at our first Vamos Latam Summit, our connections and knowledge flagship event.We'll share right now the chat we had at VLS. Pete and I talked about:NFX's thesis and why it has a growing interest in Latin American startups;What non-obvious pieces of advice Pete would give to early-stage startup founders on fundraising and hiring;And how can founders scale their roles as they exit their businesses the right way.Set up an international corporate structure accepted by international investors with Latitud Go.

At NFX, we've spent over 20 years studying the power of network effects. As founders, we've built them into companies worth $10B+. As investors, we teach our founders these playbooks. Now we're putting everything we know into an 11-episode Network Effects Masterclass, made for early-stage startup founders and their teams. There will be a full video and transcript experience on NFX.com — but we're also abridging each episode for a native audio experience here for our NFX podcast listeners. Few understand the hidden complexities of network effects - learn everything there is to know about building iconic companies from day one. Coming soon to The NFX Podcast.

With me today is Sean Black from Knock. Prior to Knock, Sean was the co-founder of Trulia. He and the team at Knock have raised hundreds of million of dollars in both venture and debt for Knock's journey to help people buy their new home and sell their existing home. As Knock's business grew incredibly well across all key metrics in a one year period, and expanded from 14 to 75 markets, they navigated a very complex fundraising environment. Hear more from him on that wild ride in today's show and on topics such as: 1) The Crazy Roller Coaster of $2BN to $200M - SPAC to Acquisition to Growth Round Deciding to go for a SPAC and getting SPAC ready From 100 SPAC investor meetings to the SPAC Market Collapse Deciding between Institutional Investors or Growth Investors T rying to Raise Through Multiple Macro Tailwinds When Your Biggest Public Comp Goes Under A Dead End Acquisition Attempt Finally Back to Venture The Mindset of Navigating all that SHIT 2) Living Your Values Knock's Value Frame - POPSICLE Why Your Culture and Value System is So Important Staying True to Your Values in a Layoff/RIF 4) The Founder Support System Coaching and Therapy Broader Support Therapists and Coaches - How and Why Actual Coaching Budget and Is it Worth it? VC Founder Relationship Dynamics Advice for Founders - Why do it if it's So Hard? Sean's blog about his journey Blog post by Pete Flint - 39 Moves to Survive (& Thrive) in a Downturn Find out more at KindredCapital.VC/FoundersUncut This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I started this podcast I wrote down a list of dream guests to come on the show. Today's guest is one of them. When asked about starting careers, another dream guest on this show, Pete Flint, gave the advice to "pick a sector, not a company'. Herman Narula is at the forefront of the sector of the future- The Metaverse. This might be a term fairly new to you but Herman has been working on this space for 9 years with his company Improbable, who are building the 'plumbing of the metaverse'. But what is it exactly? How can people interact with it? Will it really be as transformative as people imagine?Herman is writing a book about the Metaverse called "Virtual Society" which is coming later this year.  You can pre-order it here. This is the last episode in our 4th series - thank you all so much for listening. This has been a transformative series that has seen us reclaim our #1 spot in Apple Careers Podcasts and double our listenership. A huge thank you to this series' headline sponsors, The Octopus Group. The Octopus Group is a collection of 8 entrepreneurially minded businesses that look to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world.We will see you all very soon...In this episode with Herman we talk about:Where did the name improbable come fromwhat gave Herman this initial idea over 9 years agoWhat is the definition of the metaverse- and it's why important we have one that works. How the creation of environments is natural human behaviour.How the metaverse can be a catalyst to extraordinary experiences.The changes seen in the Metaverse since he started- and simply how hard it is to build the metaverse.Building the plumbing of the metaverse- the metaverse isn't just about entertainment.Where we can see real-life examples of the metaverse helping everyday people.The big opportunities for the UK economy with the metaverse- and how the government can help.How the government could get ahead of the metaverse and recommendations for how the UK government can regulate it. How can we drive more UK companies into this spaceHerman's first jobHow does the metaverse benefit older generationsAugmenting not replacing the real worldHow this world is closer than we thinkHow do people engage with the metaverseHow we learn from the mistakes of web 1 and web 2The jobs of the future in the metaverseWhat roles Improbable are hiring forIf you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

When Zillow announced its intention to acquire ShowingTime in February of 2021, a slew of companies jumped into the showing solutions space. But Instashowing had already been in business for two years, and despite the fierce competition, its young founder believes that his startup has an edge. William Schoeffler is the Founder of Instashowing, a software company out of Bend, Oregon, that offers the premiere showing solution for forward-thinking real estate professionals. On this episode of Listing Bits, William shares the experience with an agent that inspired him to build Instashowing and describes the suite of listing agent tools his team is developing. William explains how he raised $4M on the heels of Zillow's acquisition of ShowingTime, discussing the expectation to grow that comes with that kind of an investment and the advantages Instashowing has over its many competitors. Listen in to understand the challenge of supporting several showing solutions in a single market and learn how William is forming a syndicate to allow MLSs to invest in Instashowing. What's Discussed:   The experience with a real estate agent that inspired William to build Instashowing How William raised $4M from industry giants Pete Flint and Greg Schwartz The wave of competitors in the showing solutions space after Zillow's acquisition of ShowingTime Why Instashowing started selling to agents and brokers (not MLSs) when it launched in 2019 The advantages Instashowing has over its competitors How Instashowing's success in a given market hinges on full integration with its MLS Why William believes the industry will return to a single showing solution product in each market The suite of listing agent tools Instashowing is developing The expanding vision and expectation to grow that comes with a $4M investment Why William is not planning on adding a call center to the Instashowing offerings How William is forming a syndicate to allow MLSs to invest in Instashowing Connect with William: Instashowing William on LinkedIn   Resources: Instashowing's $4M Raise Zillow's Acquisition of ShowingTime Tomo Offerpad BrokerBay Homesnap Showings MLS Aligned SentriLock CRMLS Glide   Our Sponsor: Cloud CMA for Brokers

Some problems are so big, they feel crazy to even try to solve them. Global homelessness, for example. 1.6 billion people today are living without adequate housing*. This represents a massive, underserved market, and a type of problem often overlooked by tech Founders. Fortunately, Brett Hagler and his Co-Founders at New Story Charity are tackling it head-on, with an unlikely combination of 3D printed homes, Bitcoin-based mortgages, and fundraising via NFTs. Pete Flint has had the privilege of serving on New Story's board since they graduated YCombinator in 2015 and have since witnessed their impressive, fearless growth. What looked at first like an intractable problem now seems like fertile ground for radical proptech-meets-Web3 innovation. Real estate is the story of our lives.

Nextdoor, the social media app for neighborhoods, which is actively used in 1 in 3 households in the U.S., was recently valued at $4.3B and listed on the NYSE last week (November 8, 2021) under the ticker symbol "KIND." Today's episode is a glimpse into the thoughtful, humanist view of Sarah Friar, the CEO of Nextdoor, former CFO of Square, and board member of Slack. She cautions us not to disappear into the metaverse, and also encourages today's and tomorrow's Founders to cure gaps in the world — and do it with eyes wide open to consequences at scale. There's more tension than there is harmony between “offline vs. online,” and yet one company is uniquely positioned to bridge the two for the benefit of us all.

Born in Essex, England, Pete Flint is a brit deeply immersed in Silicon Valley startup culture. He's a titan of disruptive innovation and a widely respected leader in the tech industry, and was one of my early supporters at Viva Real.Two times unicorn, he was part of the founding team of travel industry pioneer lastminute.com before starting Trulia, one of the most popular real state apps in the US.With tales of a successful IPO and an exit valued at $3.5b, Pete is now helping entrepreneurs leverage capital, experience and connections as a partner at venture firm NFX.Today Pete and I will be talking about:How to leverage network effectsBuilding a business that evolves at scaleAnd NFX's plans for its new $450 million pre-seed and seed fundBuilding something new? Apply for the Latitud Fellowship at apply.latitud.com

Gigi is one of the most appreciated, sharp and talented investors in the Israeli startup scene, but also abroad. He is a GP at NFX together with James Currier, Pete Flint, Omri Drori & Morgan Beller. After being a pilot in the Israeli Air Force, Gigi founded several startups, such as Playtika (acquired for $4.4 billion), Ridge, Beach Bums and more. He used to be CEO of 888 Holdings, one of the world's frontrunners in the gaming industry. Gigi invested in startups such as Komodor, Mammoth Biosciences, Kenshoo, MyHeritage and countless others. He also serves as an advisor on the board of several organizations, such as MEET - Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.    Gigi candidly  shared with me his personal journey.   The CEO Persona We spoke about the complexity embedded in the CEO role - the costume you wear, and how that sometimes gets confused with the real you. We shared how as a young CEO - he was managed by his ego, with no compassion and forgiveness, and how important it is for a CEO to learn to put his ego aside and really listen to others. Being forgiving to himself and to others  is something that he takes with him into the investor position.   In Silicon Valley - both the founders and investors use a language which nurtures a complex threshold of expectations -  they are all “killing it”. They should not show weakness, which brings a lot of misery, and literally “killing it.” Now - it doesn't mean that you should share your weakness with everyone - but you should do it with your inner circle and close peers.     The Investor Persona Gigi sees his role as the sounding board of the entrepreneurs he invests in. Once they share their truth - it's a ‘Protected Zone,' and they can rest assured that it stays there. Gigi and the other NFX GPs don't insist on being on the board, but they insist on being the last conversation prior to the board. Sometimes, it's also ‘tough love' - as this is what they need to hear at that moment.   Gigi believes that as investors - they should be grateful to have been chosen by the founders to join their journey. The founders are generally brilliant, hungry, energetic and sacrificing a lot in this path. It's not ‘our' company - it's theirs. For him, the lowest of lows - is to find out he picked the wrong entrepreneur.    Founders' Psychological Traits  Gigi has seen more than 10,000 entrepreneurs over the years. In different verticals - different traits are needed. But, there are psychological aspects that are true for entrepreneurs in general.   Founders are a mix of inherent contradictions Optimism - they never believe they'll fail They must have an elastic and agile mind, so they can reconvene new directions when needed Be open and transparent Crystalize a clear vision & WHY Be data-driven decision-makers Entrepreneurs can be either arrogant & loud or insecure & quiet; the range is surprising. However, both types can be great entrepreneurs. Decision Makers - “Move Fast and Break Things”Speed is one of the main character traits founders should have, whilst being willing to accept failure. If you make a mistake>>you fix>>iterate>>move.  Speed needs to be balanced with the quality of decisions - especially when it comes to recruiting talents.  Gigi shares his personal growth from being the smartest guy in the room, telling others what to do, to being the mentor that thinks together with them. He likes providing them with tools to make decisions and letting them make their own. That has a lot to do with the concept of parenting and how we educate & mentor our children and founders.   Gigi sees the cherry on top of his role as an investor in helping the entrepreneurs balance their psychological traits, is learning how to wear the various costumes when needed. More importantly, it is knowing when to leave them aside.    For Gigi, what helped him more than all in his personal growth journey - was learning from failures. Failure, the way he sees it, is a call to reach a higher level of consciousness. A “wake up call,” an opportunity to better ourselves. 

'Stoner Cats' is an adult animated series centered on five house cats who repeatedly save their beloved owner created by Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, and friends, including the creative forces behind Toy Story 2, Spider-Verse, Happy Feet, and Cryptokitties. Users will be able to buy Stoner Cats NFTs and can use those tokens to access the comedy cartoon online. The show will be an estimated five minutes long per episode. The tokens purchased will go toward funding future episodes of the series. Today we have part of the Stoner Cats founding team including Morgan Beller (NFX Partner), Maaria Bajwa (Sound Ventures), Mack Flavelle (CryptoKitties), and Lisa Sterbakov (Orchard Farm Productions) to discuss the origin story of the show and the new future for content creation in Hollywood. Visit the site to learn more and buy an NFT - https://www.stonercats.com/

This is The Founders' List – audio versions of essays from technology's most important leaders, selected by the founder community. When the economy eventually normalizes, demand for labor will recover, and work will recover, but the shifts in supply and demand will result in a new and sizable set of unmet market needs for job placement. Online marketplaces will be a critical tool in getting people back to work quickly, efficiently, and at scale. They will also enable new ways for people to build the skills they need to succeed, and for them to work in an increasingly remote and distributed fashion. Listen to Pete Flint's essay on the 4 trends in the next generation of online labor marketplaces, including greater complexity, improved experience, tech-enabled labor, and re-skilling and upskilling. Read the full NFX essay here - https://www.nfx.com/post/labor-marketplaces/

In the face of a global pandemic and a financial meltdown, Founders are confronted with a new reality. If you are running a startup today, this will likely be one of the most challenging climates you'll ever face. Launched in July 2012, Bizzabo is a SaaS All-in-One event success platform. They help organizers create successful events by empowering them to build amazing websites, sell tickets, grow communities, go mobile and maximize event experiences - using a beautiful, user-friendly platform. Despite Covid canceling all conferences and in-person events, Bizzabo was able to complete a funding round of $138 million. NFX Partner Gigi Levy-Weiss talks with Bizzabo Co-Founder & CEO Eran Ben-Shusham about their strategy during COVID including customer acquisition, fundraising, and overall growth during the downturn. Eran shares his mindset as a company leader and how he and his team navigated the crisis to come out the other side ahead in hypergrowth mode. Read the NFX article here - https://www.nfx.com/post/bizzabo

This is The Founders' List - audio versions of essays from technology's most important leaders, selected by the founder community. Life is, by some measures, an infinite game, where the rules constantly change and winners turn into losers, and vice versa. This article is titled, “7 Principles of Game Design” and was written by The Design Gym - an NYC-based agency that has worked with top companies like Instagram, Netflix, Etsy, and many more. Setting up games, with clear goals and constraints helps focus our energies and efforts and can improve and clarify outcomes and motivate us to move forward to the next clearly defined challenge and reward cycle. Read the essay here - https://www.thedesigngym.com/seven-principles-of-game-design-and-five-innovation-games-that-work/

The team at C2i Genomics is combining cutting-edge genomics and sophisticated AI to provide the world's first whole-genome cancer intelligence platform, transforming the way cancer is monitored and treated. C2i uses a blood test that can detect and quantify tiny amounts of residual cancer to better monitor cancer treatment, progression, and recurrence. NFX was an early stage investor in C2i due to their long-term vision and world-changing technology. Listen to NFX Partner Omri Amirav-Drory talk with Asaf Zviran, Co-founder & CEO of C2i Genomics, about the future of their company, their latest technological breakthroughs, and where the industry is headed in the near future. Asaf and Omri's conversation begins at 11:15 Visit C2i to learn more - https://c2i-genomics.com/

It's not often you get to see through the eyes of someone who created a product that you and hundreds of millions of other people use, hundreds of times a day, every single day, and have for a decade or more. Tony Fadell is the legendary inventor of the iPod, co-inventor with Steve Jobs of the iPhone, and Founder of Nest. Now he is the Principal at Future Shape, an investment and advisory firm coaching over 200+ startups. There's almost an infinity of things to learn from Tony, but what we most wanted to uncover are his product frameworks and first principles for design. How can Founders think about designing products that are both high-utility and beloved -- that achieve dent-in-the-universe levels of adoption? As Tony puts it: For truly great designs, 50% of the design is the design. 50% of the design is the story behind the design. And it all begins with re-learning how to see.

This is The Founders' List - audio versions of essays from technology's most important leaders, selected by the founder community. When Shishir Mehrotra left YouTube in 2014, a number of other company leaders wanted to understand how YouTube worked from the inside. He wrote this article summarizing their key rituals in a stage of hypergrowth. This article was originally published in 2015, but has since been expanded upon by Shishir. Read the full essay here - https://coda.io/@shishir/rituals-for-hypergrowth-an-inside-look-at-how-youtube-scaled

Stanford GSB Dean Jon Levin joins NFX Partner Pete Flint to discuss his perspective on new Founders entering the industry, how Stanford encourages its students to solve real-world problems with technology, macroeconomics, and the overall state of capitalism. Jon Levin started teaching at Stanford in 2000. Has been Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business since Sept 2016 and is about to celebrate 5 years in that role. Levin received his BA and BS degrees from Stanford University in 1994, an MPhil in Economics from Oxford in 1996, and his PhD in Economics from MIT in 1999. Pete got to know Dean Levin from being on the GSB Management Board after graduating in 2005. He has also co-taught a number of cases at the GSB.

Pete Flint, NFX: Tapping into world-class startups in Latin America, Ep 142   During the summer of ‘95, when Netscape went public, Pete Flint decided he wanted to get involved in Internet startups as the next step in his career. He went on to form part of the founding team of lastminute.com in the UK– an online travel site that was later acquired for over $1B.    With his eyes set on Silicon Valley, Pete eventually made his way over to the US and founded Trulia, one of the largest and fastest growing real estate websites in the US that merged with Zillow. Today, Pete is on the other side of the investment table as General Partner at NFX, a Seed and Series A venture firm based in San Francisco.   I sat down with Pete to talk about what it was like founding startups in different Internet eras and why he decided to make the jump into Latin America with NFX. Pete also provides advice to founders for overcoming crises, having experienced himself running a travel company during 9/11 and a real estate company during the 2008 financial crisis. Founding a company in two different geographies and Internet eras When comparing the context in which lastminute.com and Trulia were founded, Pete considers that there were more similarities than differences. However, he recognizes that some marked differences were the market fragmentation as well as the cost to get going in the UK in 1998 compared to the US in 2005.   Find out more about the differences between the two Internet eras in this episode of Crossing Borders. Dealing with a crisis as a founder Pete saw firsthand what it was like to deal with a crisis as a founder– with lastminute.com, it was September 11, and with Trulia, it was the 2008 financial crisis. The repercussions of these events were felt deeply worldwide, but especially in Pete’s industries. He explains that the greatest struggle was more mental rather than business related.   Listen to this episode of Crossing Borders for Pete’s advice on maintaining personal and team morale during a crisis. On identifying market opportunities As a serial entrepreneur, Pete has developed a keen eye for business opportunities over the years. There are three different aspects Pete takes into account when picking an industry to build a company, one of them being cultural adoption. For example, with Trulia, he identified a rise in consumer searches for online real estate services. Whereas today, the most recent cultural phenomenon would be remote work.   Learn more about the other two aspects Pete considers when evaluating an opportunity in this episode of Crossing Borders.   Pete Flint’s impressive track record as an entrepreneur provides him with the insight needed to identify great opportunities and support other founders in their journeys as an investor at NFX.    Outline of this episode: [2:16] - About NFX [3:12] - From London to Silicon valley [6:15] - Founding companies in different internet eras [12:20] - Criteria for picking travel and real estate industries [16:17] - Checking off boxes [18:43] - Dealing with a crisis  [23:22] - Making the jump into Latin America [28:20] - Recruiting in other geographies [30:28] - Excitement for Latin America [33:02] - Understanding what is exceptional [36:30] - Advice to Pete’s younger self [38:56] - Books, blogs, & podcast recommendations   Resources & people mentioned: Pete Flint NFX Trulia La Haus Nuvocargo Blog: Farnam Street Book: Think Again

Speed is routinely acknowledged as a major advantage for startups. But startup speed is not sufficiently understood as an invaluable competency for society at large. Solv Health’s growth during the pandemic is a great example. Just 4 years old, the startup managed 5 million Covid tests in 2020, compared to 7 million tests by long-established CVS. Today NFX General Partner Pete Flint is joined by Heather Fernandez, Co-Founder and CEO of Solv Health and previously a leader with him at Trulia. They analyze mental models and hard tactics for using speed to convert chaos to growth — and good. Read the full NFX Essay here - https://www.nfx.com/post/startup-speed-as-a-public-good

The Great Online Game is an infinite video game that plays out constantly across the internet. It uses many of the mechanics of a video game, but removes the boundaries. You’re no longer playing as an avatar in Fortnite or Roblox; you’re playing as yourself across Twitter, YouTube, Discords, work, projects, and investments. Packy McCormick is the founder of the Not Boring Club, a newsletter on business strategy and pop culture. This episode is narrated by Packy himself. We were referred to this post by Li Jin, our most recent guest on the NFX Podcast. Read the full essay here - https://www.notboring.co/p/the-great-online-game

Lise Buyer, known as the IPO whisperer Pete Flint on the NFX Podcast to discuss all things taking a company public via traditional IPOs, Direct Listings, and SPACs. Lise consulted on Trulia’s IPO in back in 2012 when Pete was CEO and Co-Founder. Previously, Ms Buyer was the Director of Business Optimization for Google Inc. where she was one of the chief architects of the company’s innovative IPO. Lise shares her expert thoughts on: - What has changed in public markets - Why some companies should stay private - When to make the decision of going public as a company leader - What stays the same in a company after going public - Building the infrastructure to go public - & the differences between traditional IPO vs. Direct Listing vs. SPACs Read the full NFX Essay here - https://www.nfx.com/post/new-world-of-going-public/

Julia and Kevin Hartz co-founded Eventbrite, a website that allows users to create, share, and join events worldwide. In this episode of the NFX Podcast, the two join NFX Partner Pete Flint to discuss their founder journey, financing, fundraising, scaling, unicorn status, and a deep dive on the little-known details of taking a tech company public via SPAC. Launched in 2006 and headquartered in San Francisco, Eventbrite has navigated through the pandemic with a refocused strategy and a leaner cost base. In September of 2018, Julia took Eventbrite public, making her among the few women to lead the successful initial public offering of a technology start-up.

Listen now (38 min) | Follow me @samirkaji for my ongoing thoughts on the private fund markets. Over the last decade, we’ve seen a surge of VC firms formed by those that spent their entire lives as entrepreneurs. NFX is one of those firms, and in 2016, ex-Trulia founder Pete Flint Get on the email list at ventureunlocked.substack.com

Pete Flint (@peteflint), partner at NFX, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded as part of an On Deck Angels event. They discuss:- Pete’s journey from Trulia to investor.- Why over time he became less focused on the idea and strategy of a team and more on the team itself and its ability to execute.- Why it’s a mistake to have a portfolio of growth channels, and why instead a company should be world-class at one channel.- His information diet.- The two phases of PropTech and the problems worth solving today.- Why when it comes to content, frequency beats quality.- The new wave of marketplaces and why creating a UX that’s 5-10X is a great way to attract supply.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

Pete Flint is a General Partner at NFX, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He was the co-founder of Trulia, the popular real estate app that merged with Zillow and valued Trulia at $3.5B. Trulia has 50 million monthly users. Pete moved to the US (not knowing anyone) to attend business school at Stanford. He also earned his masters in physics from Oxford University. Pete discusses the hard decisions he and his team had to make during the recession around 2008 when Trulia pivoted business models to survive. He also discusses what he looks for in culture, the four reasons to attend business school, and more. ----- Email questions or comments to omaid@omaid.me

Pete Flint was the CEO and co-founder of Trulia, a service that prioritizes homebuyers and sellers and not real estate agents. He grew Trulia to over 50 million users, culminating in an IPO and merger with Zillow for $3.5 billion. Today, Flint is a general partner at NFX, an entrepreneur-driven seed fun that's supported some of the most notable names in Silicon Valley: Lyft, DoorDash, Patreon, as well as Flint's own Trulia. In total, NfX has founded 10 companies with exits of $10B dollars. In this episode, Pete and Ashish discuss Pete's journey building and scaling Trulia, the one trait successful entrepreneurs share, and Pete's prediction about the future of remote work. Pete also shares how he builds teams, company culture, and his tips for cultivating working relationships through consistent feedback. SHOW NOTES 5:50: The original idea behind Trulia  8:01: How Pete built the first version of Trulia 10:10: The transition from experiment to full-fledged business  11:20: Pete outlines the major three chapters of Trulia 13:38: How Trulia survived The Recession  18:13: How to give feedback when team morale is low 19:46: Building the right company culture  23:20: The path from CEO to investor 26:50: Breaking down NFX 28:55: What remote work could look like in 2021 34:41: The magic of product/market fit 42:50: The Sprint

Pete, part of the founding team of lastminute.com and Trulia joins us in the second half of this episode to discuss the 48 hours where he met Steve Jobs and Mike Moritz of Sequoia Capital. How he had to change mindset when transitioning to an investor from being a founder, demonstrating no matter what you have achieved an agile mindset is very important. In addition, we discuss how modern day entrepreneurship is similar to the geographical explorers like Shackleton of centuries gone by. He has recently written a brilliant essay on the NFX website on how to 10X your career, you can check out that piece which we talk a lot about in the show - https://www.nfx.com/post/10x-career-decisions/I have been thinking of how to transition my career for a year since leaving Downing Street and it is the best piece I have read on the subject.Thank you to this episodes sponsor, Juggle.Jobs A key theme of this podcast has been the challenge entrepreneurs face in getting the right level of experience for a fast growing company.Flexible hiring is the most obvious route while you grow, but it's difficult to find experienced hires that can hit the ground running through traditional recruitment firms that don't focus on flexible workers and charge expensive market rates.This time vs. experience vs. cost was exactly the dilemma faced by Wesley Rashid at Accountancy Cloud. The Juggle platform automated the recruitment process from job placement to payment of talented flexible workers, it made the hiring process 25% quicker.He was able to hire the perfect candidate on a flexible basis through Juggle, and this resulted in him saving both time and money.Wesley told me; It's one the best decisions I've made for the business, I won't be using archaic recruitment processes anymore and I fully recommend using Juggle to any growing start-up!You can check them out at juggle.jobsA reminder that Jimmy's Jobs of the Future is on Instagram on Twitter @JimmysJobs And you can sign up to the newsletter to get summaries sent to your inbox and updates about future guests: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/jimmym If you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

Pete Flint was the founding member of LastMinute.com with Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox. Following the billion dollar acquisition, Pete went to study for an MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He noticed how it was hard to get accomodation, and so this led to him founding Trulia, which turned into another unicorn being acquired by Zillow for £3.5 billion. He has recently written a brilliant essay on the NFX website on how to 10X your career, you can check out that piece which we talk a lot about in the show - https://www.nfx.com/post/10x-career-decisions/I have been thinking of how to transition my career for a year since leaving Downing Street and it is the best piece I have read on the subject.Thank you to this episodes sponsor, Juggle.Jobs Three key themes of this podcast have been talent, diversity, and flexibility. Young ambitious companies always face a challenge between hiring a full time employee, but also getting the right level of experience for what they need and within their budgets.That is where Juggle Jobs comes in, think of them as an AirBnB for high end employment ...as Hayden Wood said in the first episode, hire talent, but rent experience.You can post a free job advertisement on Juggle in just a few minutes, and then you are presented with intelligently matched candidates.You can check their process at juggle.jobsA reminder that you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @JimmysJobs If you want further summaries and sneak peeks of upcoming guests - sign up to the Jimmy's Jobs of the Future email at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/jimmym Thanks very much for listening. If you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

Izzy Obeng, left her role as a management consultant two years ago to set up an accelerator for black and ethnic minority founders. Whilst they have only been going two years, they have already seen 2,000 people pass through their programmes and are working more with local governments to help reach those most in need of the advice.They are expanding now so that it is not just purely entrepreneurial skill sets they are providing, but a full immersive education experience where people gain ongoing mentoring for example. They are also working with employers, providing a diverse talent pipeline to corporates, many of their courses are held in corporate offices, so that attendees can understand more about business life. I mention at the end of the show how we are going to have Dr. Sarah Wood who founded Unruly. We also have Pete Flint, the legendary venture capitalist coming on the show who wrote the article how to 10x your career - that is available here - https://www.nfx.com/post/10x-career-decisions/ Thanks again for listening, please take the time to review us on iTunes or share us on social media, we are on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn @JimmysJobs If you'd like to see more information about the job roles being offered please look at my Twitter @jimmym

There's a new FinTech startup in the real estate industry, and it's just secured $40 million in seed funding. Tomo, founded by former Zillow executives, Carrie Armstrong and Greg Schwartz, aims to change the way that Americans buy homes.“Mortgage is a massive distributed, important market, and we're going to delete it. We plan to address the messy and cumbersome process of buying a home all the way from when an offer is made and submitted to the process of moving into the new home," said Schwartz.Tomo's investors include Trulia co-founder, Pete Flint and ex Zillow CEO, Spencer Rascoff.Tune in to today's WJR Business Beat to hear more from Jeff.

In this episode, we have a boundaryless conversation with James Currier one of Silicon Valley's foremost experts in growth and network effects. James is a four-time CEO of VC backed companies and a pioneer of user-generated models, viral marketing, A/B testing, crowdsourcing, and myriad of other growth techniques that have since been adopted by nearly all technology companies. In 2015, James co-founded NFX, a $150M early-stage venture capital firm focused on network effect businesses along with Pete Flint and Gigi Levy Weiss. In this conversation, we explore the real and so far unseen boundaries of the transition towards an economy more heavily based on marketplaces and market-networks, and how this transformation both shapes and is shaped by the major shifts and challenges that are currently emerging in the global society, including environmental, social, political, regulatory. We talk about the need for strong and charismatic leaders to steward these shifts, as well as the need to re-train people to gain the right competencies to deal with an increasingly digital, networked economy and transforming industries.  Read more on our Medium story https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/ Here are some important links from the conversation: > Ben Evans' presentation “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants” during the World Economic Forum in January 2020, https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations  > Simone Cicero: “Why the Next Paradigm Shift may not be Technological”, https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/paradigm-shift-regulation-af48b87a0eeb  > Ben Thompson, The End of the Beginning, https://stratechery.com/2020/the-end-of-the-beginning/ > Niall Ferguson (2017), The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35629744-the-square-and-the-tower > Libra cryptocurrency, https://libra.org/en-US/ > Lambda school, https://lambdaschool.com/ > Incredible health, https://www.incrediblehealth.com/ > Hire.com, https://www.peoplefluent.com/  Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast  Music by liosound.Recorded on March 18th 2020