What if everything you’ve been told about "success" is backwards? In this episode, Mark Suster shares a brutally honest guide to becoming successful for ambitious young people trying to break into startups, tech, and venture capital. Mark Suster, Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures, breaks down how young people actually make money and build meaningful careers: by believing in something almost no one else sees yet, developing a unique knowledge edge, and becoming one of the few people founder...
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What if everything you’ve been told about "success" is backwards? In this episode, Mark Suster shares a brutally honest guide to becoming successful for ambitious young people trying to break into startups, tech, and venture capital. Mark Suster, Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures, breaks down how young people actually make money and build meaningful careers: by believing in something almost no one else sees yet, developing a unique knowledge edge, and becoming one of the few people founder...
In this episode of Demo Day, host Sean Goldfaden sits down with Jeff Bocan, Partner at Okapi Venture Capital, to dive deep into the founder-investor dynamic, red flags to watch for, and what truly sets top-performing startups apart. 🚨 Founders: Are you doing due diligence on your investors? Jeff shares a wild story about a founder who raised a Series A just to remove a toxic investor—and why failing to check references on VCs is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. This conver...
Demo Day Podcast
What if everything you’ve been told about "success" is backwards? In this episode, Mark Suster shares a brutally honest guide to becoming successful for ambitious young people trying to break into startups, tech, and venture capital. Mark Suster, Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures, breaks down how young people actually make money and build meaningful careers: by believing in something almost no one else sees yet, developing a unique knowledge edge, and becoming one of the few people founder...
