9: Bradley Tusk (Tusk Ventures)

<p><strong>Bradley Tusk</strong> is an American businessman, venture capitalist, political strategist, and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Tusk Ventures, the first venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage startups in regulated industries</p> <h3>SHOW NOTES</h3> <ul> <li>Setting the context: Three waves of the internet (1:00)</li> <li>A call from Travis Kalanick (Uber) was an inflection point for Bradley. He took Uber as his first client not knowing what equity was meant. Ignorance is good sometimes 😉(3:20)</li> <li>What pushed Bradley to bet on Uber and take equity back when it was a year-old startup (9:40)</li> <li>His investment in Coinbase (13:00)</li> <li>They need you more than you need them. That's called access to deals. Bradley has built one through differentiation at Tusk Ventures (14:50)</li> <li>What types of founders succeed that are building in regulated industries (21:00)</li> <li>When should a startup start thinking about regulatory frameworks?</li> <li>Removal of Travis Kalanick, you need aggressive founders like Travis to build something transformational, how Akshay BD thinks about policies and regulations in India</li> <li>His advice to founders building in Web 3.0 (48:00)</li> </ul>