#55 — Geoff Lewis — Think Different

<p>"The most exciting new podcast in the startup world.” - Eric Ries, Founder, and NYTimes bestselling author</p> <p>Today's episode was originally recorded on February 26th. We usually take a week before releasing a recorded podcast, but with the exponential growth and disruption that the coronavirus has been unleashing on the world, we wanted to hold off on releasing this episode and a few others until we felt like people had been able to get their feet beneath them.</p> <p>We recorded a Covid 19 focused episode and released it recently that you can check out. And now we're back to our more typical conversation style today with Geoff Lewis.</p> <p>Geoff is unique in that he is a previous founder himself, turned venture capitalist at the world-class Founders Fund venture firm, and then became a founder again combining his two passions (founding and investing) by starting his own venture capital firm called Bedrock Capital with partner Eric Stromberg.</p> <p>We talk about Geoff’s entrepreneurial path, the lessons he learned alongside some of the best investors in the world, including Peter Thiel, the creation of a lens into which he finds insights (that has become mimetic with other investors) called “narrative mirages” and “narrative violations”, his hardest moments as a founder and investor, and more. I'm excited for listeners to hear this conversation with a candid and original thinker like Geoff.</p> <p>You can email James questions directly at askbelowtheline@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @<a href="http://twitter.com/gobelowtheline"> <u>twitter.com/gobelowtheline</u></a> — “Below the Line with James Beshara" is brought to you by Straight Up Podcasts LLC</p>