Reid Hoffman and Chamath Palihapitiya on Angel Investing and The Future of Venture

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 1 p.m.

b'Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath), CEO of Social Capital, and Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman), partner at Greylock, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha at a special Village Global event.

Angel Island brought together 100+ angel investors for talks from world-class investors, discussions, and opportunities to make new connections.

In this session they discussed:

- What is broken about venture and how to fix it.

- Why Reid is backing new experiments in venture.

- Their thoughts on the solo GP phenomenon.

- How to think about risk when evaluating an investment.

- Whether they\'re long or short Silicon Valley.

- Why SPACs are here to stay.

- How to think about diversification in an angel portfolio.

- The state of pricing across different rounds.

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