#OpenLP: Platforms, Common Stock, and Disrupting Venture with Alex Bangash
b'Alex Bangash (@alexbangash), founder of Trusted Insight, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- Why and how he wants to disrupt venture.
- How VC is changing and why later stage investing is becoming more private equity-like.
- Why he says common stock is the biggest driver of disruption in the industry now, and why it\\u2019s also the most misunderstood.
- The myth of being a great picker in venture.
- If and where data can provide an unfair advantage.
- Why he likes the platform model.
- What he thinks of the nano fund model.
- Trends on the LP side of things, including investing directly in companies.
- How crypto and crowdfunding might disrupt venture in the future.
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