How did Venture Capital evolve? When did it start? Get the answers right here in the book The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby.⭐ In this episode, we talk about:• Storytelling Methods and a Writers Work Process• What is Venture Capital – From the Writers Perspective• How Did Silicon Valley Evolve into the Center of the Innovation World?• The 3 Most Crucial Moments in the Development of Venture Capital• The Future of the European Tech Eco-System• And much, much more⭐ EPISODE Links:Today’s speaker is Sebastian Mallaby. Youtube📚 Book mentions in the episode:The Power Law📖 Memorable Quotes:(09:39) “In a Content Creators Economy where a lot of people spend a lot of time creating, it is worthwhile to spend 5 years writing a book”(12:46) “Do Venture Capitalists create innovation, or do they just show up for it?”(18:51) “Europe is fundamentally full of great engineers. It is a great market. Why wouldn’t it rival the United States if it got the right Venture Capital to take the risk.”(23:10) “The European culture is not as risk-friendly as the US. But it’s changing fast.”(27:45) “Genentech was the beginning of staged investments.”⏰ Timestamps:(00:00) Speaker and Book Intro(02.25) Storytelling Methods and a Writer's Work Process(08:00) Development of the Methodology – From Nelson Mandela to Venture Capital(10:33) What is Venture Capital – From the Writer's Perspective(16:00) How Did Silicon Valley Evolve into the Center of the Innovation World?(19:39) Why Cover the Majority of the Stories about the US and Asia and very few stories about Europe?(27:41) The 3 Most Crucial Moments in the Development of Venture Capital(29:45) How Sequoia got into the hot tub with Atari(32:00) Softbank – Everybody Needs a 100 Million(39:00) Alibaba(43:45) The Future of Venture Capital(47:15) The Future of the European Tech Eco-System⭐ Please support this podcast by checking out our partners: https://linktr.ee/lsg2gSebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An experienced journalist and public speaker, Mallaby contributes to a variety of publications, including Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times, where he spent two years as a contributing editor. He is the author of five books, most recently The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future.

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