Building Out Loud: Recent Episodes
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Liam Gill and Mac Conwell discuss the decisions, challenges and rewards of being a startup founder while sharing their own experiences building startups, venture capital funds and careers.
Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss whether its worth your time and money to attend conferences to growth you network and your business. They also discuss specific strategies for maximizing the benefits of attending conferences.
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Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss whether its more important to have a great product or great marketing. We discuss how this changes over the course of your company's life and use real life examples as well as personal anecdotes.
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Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss negotiating terms with venture capitalists. How should you negotiate? Whose help should you seek? And what can you actually negotiate?
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Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss of the Biden Administration's major policy initiatives on startup founders. Specifically the episode addresses Student Loan Forgiveness and the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss Adam Neumann raising $350M for Flow from Andreessen Horowitz. We discuss Adam as a founder and, more importantly, the venture capital business to help founders understand why other founders can raise significant funds. We talk about the goals of Andreessen Horowitz and how this investment fits into their larger plans.
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Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss whether founders should take a salary. We discuss the topic in detail, including when they should consider taking a salary, its size, and more. We also talk about salaries in the current economic environment where many companies are being forced to lay off workers and how that may impact a founder's decision. Tune in to get all the info you need!
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Liam Gill (@LawyerLiam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) talk about whether you should become friends with your investors. How does that impact your startup and does it spell doom for your business.
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Liam and Mac talk about mentors and the value of mentors.
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Liam Gill (@Lawyer_Liam) and MacTheVC (@MacConwell) discuss mentors and mentorship in the context of startups and VCs.
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Liam and Mac discuss the benefits of Bootstrapping vs Fundraising at a time when the economy has taken a downturn.
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Liam and Mac discuss the pros and cons of Building Out Loud. What are the benefits of building your company in public? Why is this such a popular trend? Why are we doing it with our own podcast?
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Liam and Mac discuss their new podcast Building Out Loud. Follow them on Twitter @LawyerLiam and @MacConwell
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