#334: Turner Novak – Breaking Into VC Through Twitter

<p>Turner Novak is a venture capitalist.</p> <p><br></p> <p>He is the creator of Banana Capital – a venture capital firm that invests globally across all sectors from pre-seed to pre-IPO. He became known on Twitter through his legendary memes.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In this conversation, we spoke about why investing, virality, common traits for successful founders, why crypto didn&#39;t make sense to him, and why he was so interested in video games. </p> <p><br></p> <p>(0:00) Intro</p> <p>(1:26) First Viral Moment</p> <p>(4:02) Skipping Class For Twitter IPO</p> <p>(7:10) Why Investing</p> <p>(11:20) Video Games</p> <p>(22:41) Venture Capital Fantasy Portfolio</p> <p>(33:41) Getting Into Venture Capital</p> <p>(40:49) Common Traits For Successful Founders</p> <p>(46:01) How Has Turner’s Thinking Evolved?</p> <p>(48:34) Crypto (“You’re Going To Get Me Cancelled”)</p> <p>(54:13) Grocery Delivery</p> <p>(58:02) Challenge</p> <p><br></p> <p>Turner&#39;s Links</p> <p>Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak</p> <p>Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc</p> <p>The Split: https://www.thespl.it</p> <p><br></p> <p>My Links</p> <p>🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda</p> <p>🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda</p> <p>🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda</p> <p>📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda</p> <p>🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda</p>