Sam Lessin
Sam Lessin
On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Sam Lessin, a General Partner at Slow Ventures.
Sam is currently an intern at The Information and has co-founded two companies, Fin and drop.io (acquired by Facebook in 2010). Between 2010 and 2014 he was a VP of product management at Facebook, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Sam started his career at Bain and Company, and attended Harvard ('05). In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing.
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- [00:00:00] Intro
- [00:03:15] Core Personal Values
- [00:08:40] Dealing With Bad Investments
- [00:10:30] The World as a VC Model
- [00:13:40] The Chaos of AI
- [00:15:55] Relationship Between Investing and Family
- [00:20:35] The Risk of Pavel Durov
- [00:24:00] When Should the State Take Action?
- [00:29:40] Safety of Tech Leaders in a Borderless World
- [00:36:30] The Evolution of Truth
- [00:42:18] Communities as Brokers of Trust
- [00:45:45] Crypto Replacing Trust
- [00:49:15] Investing in Solana
- [00:51:40] The Silicon Valley Narrative
- [00:56:38] Being an Outsider-Insider
- [1:01:30] Making Change at Harvard
- [1:07:15] Antisemitism on College Campuses
- [1:10:10] Personal Lessons and Motivation
- [1:16:30] Closing thoughts on Future of Tech
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Venmo, Aryeh Bourkoff, Pavel Durov, Solana, Ripple, Bitcoin, Pete Buttigie, Snow Crash, Oculus, The Information, Andrew Kortina, Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Bitstamp, Ethereum, DFINITY, Raj Gokal, SpaceX, Will Quist, 1636 Forum, Back to School Slide Deck, Arielle Zuckerberg, Roland Fryer, Kevin Colleran, Robert Lessin, Lessin’s Lessons
Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Sofi Levak & Yoni Mayer
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi