![]() ![]() We also talk about how to approach finding the right co-founder and the keys to forging a co-founder relationship that is built to last through the high and low points of the startup journey.Įrik reflects on the benefits of having a positive-sum mindset and how that is essential to being an effective startup founder and investor. In founding OnDeck, Erik was able to find his co-founder at Village Global. Ex.We cover the full lifecycle of his career: from founding a company, Rapt.FM, which lead to Product Hunt, and how seeing 1000’s of companies on Product Hunt led him to start OnDeck, where he used the information and lessons from seeing so many products launching to create a community for talented founders.Look for things that are so boring or controversial that other people won’t touch.– investing in/starting a company, tweeting, creating online content Ask yourself – “ What can I do that might be a little weird but if right, can have a huge payoff?”.Erik has always been a B student, but the games he’s chosen to play have made him quite successful in life because not many people can compete with him. Helping entrepreneurs by giving them access to people and capital.Erik likes to refer to advice Naval Ravikant has frequently given: Find the thing that looks like work to others, but feels like play to you, in order to gain a competitive advantage.Erik would love to personally solve climate change and cure cancer, but since he’s self-aware enough to know he doesn’t have the skills necessary to do so, he helps those causes by finding talented people (with OnDeck) and by funding their startup (with Village Global).Erik is currently focusing his time and energy on Village Global – an early stage venture firm which he co-founded, as well as OnDeck – a his startup that helps talented people find or join new startups.Check out the Podcast Notes from the Venture Stories podcast.Erik Torenberg ( is a general partner at Village Global, the founder of OnDeck, the host of Venture Stories podcast and just an overall swell guy.If you’re young, take asymmetric business risks.Be more respected by peers for taking a risk and pursuing a dream.Learn about growing a business first-hand.Even if you create a startup that fails, you’ll:.Besides – people are more apt to remember your successes, not your failures.Your goal should be to look smart at the end of your journey, you don’t have to look smart at every step of your journey.Always be asking – “What can I do that has little downside but if it works out, can have a huge payoff?”.Constantly be searching for the asymmetric bets both in life and business.Play your own game where no one can compete with you.“Don’t play the rat race unless you’re the fastest rat”.Find the thing that looks like work to others, but feels like play to you, in order to gain a competitive advantage.Where It Happens with Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg.This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis.The Unraveling Podcast with Jocko Willink and Darryl Cooper.The Underworld Podcast with Danny Gold and Sean Williams.The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie.The Jolly Swagman Podcast with Joseph Walker.The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens. ![]()
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