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Origins is a podcast about the VC and LP ecosystem, co-hosted by Nick Chirls of Notation and Beezer Clarkson of Sapphire Partners. On this episode, we dig into current market dynamics with our guest Kanyi Maqubela of Kindred Ventures. Topics covered include the current state of the venture market, how LPs and VCs are modifying their investment strategy, the future state of seed funds, and how to manage psychology through downturns. Follow us: https://twitter.com/nchirls https://twitter.com/beezer232 https://twitter.com/km Links referenced in the show: https://www.newcomer.co/p/new-angellist-data-shows-startup https://hunterwalk.com/2023/01/17/death-of-the-generalist-seed-vc/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/13/sequoia-capitals-alfred-lin-in-his-first-public-interview-since-the-implosion-of-ftx-video/

Origins is a podcast about the VC and LP ecosystem, co-hosted by Nick Chirls of Notation and Beezer Clarkson of Sapphire Partners. On this episode, we dig into current market dynamics with our guest Kanyi Maqubela of Kindred Ventures. Topics covered include the current state of the venture market, how LPs and VCs are modifying their investment strategy, the future state of seed funds, and how to manage psychology through downturns. Follow us: <a href="https://twitter.com/nchirls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nchirls</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/beezer232" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/beezer232</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/km" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/km</a> Links referenced in the show: <a href="https://www.newcomer.co/p/new-angellist-data-shows-startup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newcomer.co/p/new-angellist-data-shows-startup</a> <a href="https://hunterwalk.com/2023/01/17/death-of-the-generalist-seed-vc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hunterwalk.com/2023/01/17/death-of-the-generalist-seed-vc/</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/13/sequoia-capitals-alfred-lin-in-his-first-public-interview-since-the-implosion-of-ftx-video/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/13/sequoia-capitals-alfred-lin-in-his-first-public-interview-since-the-implosion-of-ftx-video/</a>

Nick (Notation) & Beezer (Sapphire) co-host Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred)

Steve Jang

This conversation was recorded live on Clubhouse. In this episode, Kanyi and Steve share:- How many companies Kindred invests in per year- What makes a cold email stand out- If Kindred invests in companies from other countries Want to hear more? Like the episode? Send us a note at seriestea@mercury.com.

This conversation was recorded live on Clubhouse. In this episode, Kanyi and Steve share:- How many companies Kindred invests in per year- What makes a cold email stand out- If Kindred invests in companies from other countries Want to hear more? Like the episode? Send us a note at seriestea@mercury.com.

Kanyi Maqubela and Steve Jang: Think Seed Like Kindred Ventures

My guest today is Kanyi Maqubela, co-founder of seed-stage VC firm Kindred Ventures, which he started with his partner Steven Jang in 2019. Before founding Kindred Ventures, Kanyi was a general partner at Collaborative Fund. In our conversation, we discuss the parallels between today and the Roaring ’20s of the last century, the misunderstood risk curve of seed investing, and dive deep into how Kanyi evaluates founders and businesses at the earliest stage of company formation. We also discuss Kanyi’s experience teaching the Design Your Life class at Stanford and how some of those principles convinced him to take the leap to start his own fund. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Kanyi Maqubela. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page  here.------Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, Inc. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes[00:04:11] - [First question] - Understanding the roaring 20s and their potential resurgence[00:06:14] - Seed-stage investing today compared to a few years ago[00:09:02] - Lessons learned from studying the 1920s [00:11:52] - Supply chain infrastructure in the 21st century[00:14:49] - His investment philosophy and what influenced it[00:17:47] - Defining the risk curve and early-stage divergence[00:21:31] - Assessing risk in seed-stage investing[00:23:32] - Other moments that influenced Kanyi’s investment philosophy[00:26:50] - Assisting early-stage companies as a VC [00:29:31] - How he approaches VC differently than traditional US VCs[00:31:55] - Non-consensus ways and unique views when evaluating founders[00:35:19] - Domain insight and its importance[00:36:53] - What he looks for in a company when considering investing in them[00:38:17] - Assessing a team in whether or not they have characteristics of longevity[00:40:59] - Questions he most enjoys asking people[00:42:24] - What makes for a good problem space[00:44:26] - Early-stage crypto investing[00:47:27] - How the crypto space and NFTs will change and influence other sectors[00:50:37] - Emerging trends that are catching his attention[00:54:20] - The potential for upward mobility in the coming decade[00:56:30] - Teaching the Design Your Life course[01:01:21] - Advice for modern investor-operators[01:03:26] - If he could change one major thing in the industry[01:06:57] - The biggest lesson learned from Obama’s campaign[01:07:44] - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

My guest today is Kanyi Maqubela, co-founder of seed-stage VC firm Kindred Ventures, which he started with his partner Steven Jang in 2019. Before founding Kindred Ventures, Kanyi was a general partner at Collaborative Fund. In our conversation, we discuss the parallels between today and the Roaring ’20s of the last century, the misunderstood risk curve of seed investing, and dive deep into how Kanyi evaluates founders and businesses at the earliest stage of company formation. We also discuss Kanyi’s experience teaching the Design Your Life class at Stanford and how some of those principles convinced him to take the leap to start his own fund. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Kanyi Maqubela. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page <a href="https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes/16855188/maqubela-dawn-of-the-21st-century" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>.------Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, Inc. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit <a href="https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">joincolossus.com/episodes</a>. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up <a href="https://www.joincolossus.com/newsletter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/patrick_oshag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@patrick_oshag</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/JoinColossus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@JoinColossus</a> Show Notes[00:04:11] - [First question] - Understanding the roaring 20s and their potential resurgence[00:06:14] - Seed-stage investing today compared to a few years ago[00:09:02] - Lessons learned from studying the 1920s [00:11:52] - Supply chain infrastructure in the 21st century[00:14:49] - His investment philosophy and what influenced it[00:17:47] - Defining the risk curve and early-stage divergence[00:21:31] - Assessing risk in seed-stage investing[00:23:32] - Other moments that influenced Kanyi’s investment philosophy[00:26:50] - Assisting early-stage companies as a VC [00:29:31] - How he approaches VC differently than traditional US VCs[00:31:55] - Non-consensus ways and unique views when evaluating founders[00:35:19] - Domain insight and its importance[00:36:53] - What he looks for in a company when considering investing in them[00:38:17] - Assessing a team in whether or not they have characteristics of longevity[00:40:59] - Questions he most enjoys asking people[00:42:24] - What makes for a good problem space[00:44:26] - Early-stage crypto investing[00:47:27] - How the crypto space and NFTs will change and influence other sectors[00:50:37] - Emerging trends that are catching his attention[00:54:20] - The potential for upward mobility in the coming decade[00:56:30] - Teaching the <a href="http://lifedesignlab.stanford.edu/dyl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design Your Life</a> course[01:01:21] - Advice for modern investor-operators[01:03:26] - If he could change one major thing in the industry[01:06:57] - The biggest lesson learned from Obama’s campaign[01:07:44] - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

Kanyi Maqubela - Dawn of the 21st Century - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 219]

In this podcast, Boost journalist Persis Baah interviews Kanyi Maqubela, a managing partner at Kindred Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco, California. Maqubela discusses what it means to be an entrepreneur, what is necessary for an innovative startup, and how he runs a successful VC.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-today/support

In this podcast, Boost journalist Persis Baah interviews Kanyi Maqubela, a managing partner at Kindred Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco, California. Maqubela discusses what it means to be an entrepreneur, what is necessary for an innovative startup, and how he runs a successful VC.--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-today/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-today/support</a>

In Conversation with Kanyi Maqubela: Entrepreneurship, Startups, and VCs

Kanyi is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he was an early advisor to Tala and Walker &amp; Co., and a board member at Buffer, Camino Financial, Spruce, and True Link. Kanyi is a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG) and was an early employee at Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time as a student at Stanford University. Kanyi and I spoke in 2015 to discuss Collaborative Fund and the companies that they are partnering with. He shares his background and how he came to join Collaborative Fund. We discuss the differences between blended value and blended return. We also get into the topic of shared economy. Miles challenged Kanyi to further explain how some of their companies are “for good”. “We have to make enough bets that we can find a couple of home runs in there. And we don’t know going in which of those are going to be the home runs.” - Kanyi MaqubelaToday on Startups for Good we cover:The perspective on risk reward when you are considering investing in a companyListen to find out what one company owner said that made Kanyi want to strive to be able to collaborate with them. The reason that some company owners are hesitant to take on an investor and why they should consider itKanyi shared his fascination with Bit coin and block chain and where internationally these are popularSocial Media for Kanyi:Twitter: @kmSubscribe, Rate &amp; Share Your Favorite Episodes!Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Startups For Good with your host, Miles Lasater. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast listening app.Don’t forget to visit our website, connect with Miles on Twitter or  LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

Kanyi is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he was an early advisor to Tala and Walker &amp; Co., and a board member at Buffer, Camino Financial, Spruce, and True Link. Kanyi is a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid (acquired by $NRG) and was an early employee at Doostang (acquired by Universum Global). Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time as a student at Stanford University. Kanyi and I spoke in 2015 to discuss Collaborative Fund and the companies that they are partnering with. He shares his background and how he came to join Collaborative Fund. We discuss the differences between blended value and blended return. We also get into the topic of shared economy. Miles challenged Kanyi to further explain how some of their companies are “for good”. “We have to make enough bets that we can find a couple of home runs in there. And we don’t know going in which of those are going to be the home runs.” - Kanyi MaqubelaToday on Startups for Good we cover: <ul><li>The perspective on risk reward when you are considering investing in a company</li><li>Listen to find out what one company owner said that made Kanyi want to strive to be able to collaborate with them. </li><li>The reason that some company owners are hesitant to take on an investor and why they should consider it</li><li>Kanyi shared his fascination with Bit coin and block chain and where internationally these are popular</li></ul> Social Media for Kanyi:Twitter: @km Subscribe, Rate &amp; Share Your Favorite Episodes! Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of Startups For Good with your host, Miles Lasater. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast listening app. Don’t forget to visit our<a href="http://startupsforgood.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> website</a>, connect with Miles on<a href="https://twitter.com/Startups4Good" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mileslasater/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> LinkedIn</a>, and share your favorite episodes across social media.

Kanyi Maqubela, managing director of Kindred Ventures

We have a few Office Hours / AMAs coming up -&gt; https://theconsumervc.com/events/Kanyi Maqubela is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund, whose mission is to back visionary and dedicated founders who want to solve the most important problems and vastly improve people’s lives around the world. Some of their investments include Uber, Poshmark, Otis and Blue Bottle Coffee.Prior to Kindred, Kanyi was a Partner at Collaborative Fund and co-founded Heartbeat Health. He previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid and was an early employee at Doostang. Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time as a student at Stanford University. This was an amazing conversation about Kanyi’s journey both as a founder and investor, his mission and what he looks for from founders. Without further ado, here’s A couple of books the inspired Kanyi are The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn and Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy by William Janeway. A book that inspired him personally is I highly recommend following Kanyi on Twitter @km. You can also visit his website Kanyi.me to read his articles and listen to some of his other interviews. You can also follow your host, Mike, on Twitter @mikegelb. You can also follow for episode announcements @consumervc.Some of the questions I ask Kanyi - What compelled you to drop out of Stanford, founding Doostang and what initially attracted you to technology and entrepreneurship? What were some of the mistakes you made as an entrepreneur? What compelled you to switch to the other side and become an investor? How has venture capital changed? How has venture capital and domain expertise changed? How do you filter inbound opportunities and your due diligence process?What are qualities that a founder needs to have or milestones a company needs to reach in order for you to be interested? What do you most pay attention to when analyzing an opportunity and what do you pay least attention to? For entrepreneurs building a company in a market that may not exist yet, how should they think about market sizing?CoronaVirus is very top of mind. Has this impacted how you invest? Are you more focused on current portfolio companies rather than new investments?How are you adjusting to new work protocols?Is it harder to establish conviction in founders since you are meeting them remotely rather than in person?Has COVID changed how you think about investing in fully distributed teams or teams that are located in secondary markets?How should founders think of pivoting at the early stages? Can founders pivot too quickly?What’s some advice for founders that live in secondary and tertiary markets? Or maybe simply don’t have a network of VCs?What are some consumer trends that you are focused on?Has CoronaVirus changed how you invest at Kindred?Are you starting to see discrepancies in valuations?Are VCs starting to pull back in order to focus on their current portfolio companies?What’s one thing that you would change when it came to venture capital?What’s one company on your anti-portfolio?What’s your most recent investment and what makes you excited about it?

We have a few Office Hours / AMAs coming up -&gt; <a href="https://theconsumervc.com/events/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://theconsumervc.com/events/</a> <a href="http://kanyi.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kanyi Maqubela</a> is a Managing Partner at <a href="https://kindredventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kindred Ventures</a>. Kindred Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital fund, whose mission is to back visionary and dedicated founders who want to solve the most important problems and vastly improve people’s lives around the world. Some of their investments include Uber, Poshmark, Otis and Blue Bottle Coffee. Prior to Kindred, Kanyi was a Partner at Collaborative Fund and co-founded Heartbeat Health. He previously ran growth at One Block Off the Grid and was an early employee at Doostang. Kanyi has also served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, a curriculum adapted from his time as a student at Stanford University. This was an amazing conversation about Kanyi’s journey both as a founder and investor, his mission and what he looks for from founders. Without further ado, here’s  A couple of books the inspired Kanyi are <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226458083?camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=0226458083&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=theconsumervc-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</a> by Thomas Kuhn and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1108471277?camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1108471277&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=theconsumervc-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy</a> by William Janeway. A book that inspired him personally is  I highly recommend following Kanyi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/km" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@km</a>. You can also visit his website <a href="http://kanyi.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kanyi.me</a> to read his articles and listen to some of his other interviews. You can also follow your host, Mike, on Twitter<a href="https://twitter.com/MikeGelb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @mikegelb</a>. You can also follow for episode announcements<a href="https://twitter.com/ConsumerVc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @consumervc</a>. Some of the questions I ask Kanyi - <ol><li>What compelled you to drop out of Stanford, founding Doostang and what initially attracted you to technology and entrepreneurship? What were some of the mistakes you made as an entrepreneur? What compelled you to switch to the other side and become an investor? How has venture capital changed? How has venture capital and domain expertise changed? How do you filter inbound opportunities and your due diligence process?</li><li>What are qualities that a founder needs to have or milestones a company needs to reach in order for you to be interested? What do you most pay attention to when analyzing an opportunity and what do you pay least attention to? For entrepreneurs building a company in a market that may not exist yet, how should they think about market sizing?</li><li>CoronaVirus is very top of mind. Has this impacted how you invest? Are you more focused on current portfolio companies rather than new investments?</li><li>How are you adjusting to new work protocols?</li><li>Is it harder to establish conviction in founders since you are meeting them remotely rather than in person?</li><li>Has COVID changed how you think about investing in fully distributed teams or teams that are located in secondary markets?</li><li>How should founders think of pivoting at the early stages? Can founders pivot too quickly?</li><li>What’s some advice for founders that live in secondary and tertiary markets? Or maybe simply don’t have a network of VCs?</li><li>What are some consumer trends that you are focused on?</li><li>Has CoronaVirus changed how you invest at Kindred?</li><li>Are you starting to see discrepancies in valuations?</li><li>Are VCs starting to pull back in order to focus on their current portfolio companies?</li><li>What’s one thing that you would change when it came to venture capital?</li><li>What’s one company on your anti-portfolio?</li><li>What’s your most recent investment and what makes you excited about it?</li></ol>

Kanyi Maqubela (Kindred Ventures) - Why There's Been an Explosion in Seed and Late Stage Funds, Diversity Amongst Investors & Market Risk, and Why he's interested in Learning Why Something Is Not Fundable

Kanyi Maqubela is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He previously served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he was an early advisor to Tala and Walker &amp; Co., and a board member at Buffer, Camino Financial, Spruce, and True Link. Kanyi is also a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and has served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.In this episode, we discuss everything from Kanyi's childhood to founding his first startup out of Stanford to joining Collaborative Fund to ultimately founding Kindred Ventures with his partner Steve. But in between his story, this was a fascinating conversation about the arc of venture capital, how to build an investment process and conviction, and navigating the current Covid-19 health and economic crisis.As always, a huge thank you to Carta, the title sponsor for this season of Origins. This season is also sponsored by SVB and Cooley, two of the earliest and most trusted supporters of our work at Notation.

Kanyi Maqubela is a Managing Partner at Kindred Ventures. He previously served as a Partner at Collaborative Fund, where he was an early advisor to Tala and Walker &amp; Co., and a board member at Buffer, Camino Financial, Spruce, and True Link. Kanyi is also a co-founder at Heartbeat Health, and has served as a Lecturer and Adjunct at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. In this episode, we discuss everything from Kanyi's childhood to founding his first startup out of Stanford to joining Collaborative Fund to ultimately founding Kindred Ventures with his partner Steve. But in between his story, this was a fascinating conversation about the arc of venture capital, how to build an investment process and conviction, and navigating the current Covid-19 health and economic crisis. As always, a huge thank you to Carta, the title sponsor for this season of Origins. This season is also sponsored by SVB and Cooley, two of the earliest and most trusted supporters of our work at Notation.

Kanyi Maqubela, Kindred Ventures

As a venture capital investor at Collaborative Fund and Kindred Ventures, Kanyi Maqubela has invested in dozens of companies—including Lyft, Kickstarter, Beyond Meat, and Blue Bottle Coffee—and evaluated hundreds more. He seeks out founders and businesses that are not only addressing a market need, but have the potential to reinvent our future. In this episode of our Creative Confidence Podcast, he shares the elements he looks for to signal a strong business idea, an impactful leader, and a collaborative team. Build your leadership abilities in our course Leading for Creativity, and learn how to design prototypes to test and iterate business ideas in Designing a Business: https://ideo.to/XX94SR

As a venture capital investor at Collaborative Fund and Kindred Ventures, Kanyi Maqubela has invested in dozens of companies—including Lyft, Kickstarter, Beyond Meat, and Blue Bottle Coffee—and evaluated hundreds more. He seeks out founders and businesses that are not only addressing a market need, but have the potential to reinvent our future. In this episode of our Creative Confidence Podcast, he shares the elements he looks for to signal a strong business idea, an impactful leader, and a collaborative team. Build your leadership abilities in our course Leading for Creativity, and learn how to design prototypes to test and iterate business ideas in Designing a Business: <a href="https://ideo.to/XX94SR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ideo.to/XX94SR</a>

Identifying Business Potential: Kanyi Maqubela

Kanyi is one of the smartest guys out there. His systems thinking and unique viewpoints will challenge the way you think. Enjoy this one.Thank you so much for listening, we really appreciate you.If you have found this valuable, please consider leaving us a review as it will help more people find it! Thanks you're awesome!You can find more information and content by going to these places:Website: https://www.investingcity.orgYouTube: Investing CityTwitter: investing_cityInstagram: investing_cityOr feel free to email us at service@investingcity.orgAgain, we really appreciate that you would take the time to listen. Hope it was valuable. Let us know if you have any questions!Below you will find our entire conversation transcripted. Enjoy! Join our Dynasty Membership to see them all in one place.Ryan ReevesOn this episode of The Investing City Podcast we are so happy to have Kanyi Maqubela on, just a great guy and former VC investor and we're going to get into more of his story but just thank you so much for being here.Kanyi MaqubelaI'm very happy to be on Ryan.Ryan ReevesGreat. So, let's just dig in a little bit to your background I think you have kind of a fascinating history and background so can you just talk a little bit about where you're born, and then just a little bit about your background.Kanyi MaqubelaSure. Gladly. I was born in township of Johannesburg, South Africa in the 80s, a Southwest Township. In the midst of apartheid, my parents were involved in the anti-apartheid struggle and my father actually was in exile, so I was born with my mother and her parents and quickly shuttled off to Brooklyn, which is where my family was living. A special circumstance, but one that I'm very proud of, and we ended up coming to the United States in the midst of that very chaotic period in South African history. We landed in New York City with my folks, where they made their way via substitute teaching. My mom was actually an ESL teacher at the Fashion Institute of Technology. And my dad was a public-school teacher, a substitute teacher at first and then eventually a public-school teacher in chemistry. And so, we ended up in the United States and lived the proverbial American dream.Ryan ReevesWow. So, being the son of two teachers, obviously, education is probably pretty important. Just tell us a little bit about that.Kanyi MaqubelaOf course, well it's extraordinarily important, and has had a big impact on my life, and maybe I'll start in reverse order. If I had to describe what my passion is and what I prefer to do, above all, it's to teach and I come, obviously from lineage of teachers, my parents, but also their parents and my grandfather were actually all teachers so it's in my blood, whether or not I like it. And I've spent the better part of the last 10 years teaching in some capacity or another and right now it's really more in the context of teaching first time entrepreneurs, how to avoid unforced errors. So how to make new mistakes is what I call them. And I was also teaching in a more formal capacity at NYU for a couple of semesters for entrepreneurship for undergrad, so teaching is something that's very, very important to me. Before, obviously, I was a teacher I was a student, and my trajectory of the student was an interesting one on two factors. The first factor is I was once a dropout. So, my first stint at Stanford University, which is where I went for undergrad, was cut short to chase a startup dream and so, about two and a half years into my time and undergrad, I was studying philosophy, I dropped out to pursue a startup and needless to say that wasn't my parents favorite activity over the course of my life, given their background, and their point of view on the world, but it was something that at that time in my life I really needed to pursue, and that ended up...

Kanyi is one of the smartest guys out there. His systems thinking and unique viewpoints will challenge the way you think. Enjoy this one. Thank you so much for listening, we really appreciate you. If you have found this valuable, please consider leaving us a review as it will help more people find it! Thanks you're awesome! You can find more information and content by going to these places: Website: <a href="https://www.investingcity.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.investingcity.org</a> YouTube: Investing City Twitter: investing_city Instagram: investing_city Or feel free to email us at service@investingcity.org Again, we really appreciate that you would take the time to listen. Hope it was valuable. Let us know if you have any questions! Below you will find our entire conversation transcripted. Enjoy! Join our Dynasty Membership to see them all in one place. Ryan Reeves On this episode of The Investing City Podcast we are so happy to have Kanyi Maqubela on, just a great guy and former VC investor and we're going to get into more of his story but just thank you so much for being here. Kanyi Maqubela I'm very happy to be on Ryan. Ryan Reeves Great. So, let's just dig in a little bit to your background I think you have kind of a fascinating history and background so can you just talk a little bit about where you're born, and then just a little bit about your background. Kanyi Maqubela Sure. Gladly. I was born in township of Johannesburg, South Africa in the 80s, a Southwest Township. In the midst of apartheid, my parents were involved in the anti-apartheid struggle and my father actually was in exile, so I was born with my mother and her parents and quickly shuttled off to Brooklyn, which is where my family was living. A special circumstance, but one that I'm very proud of, and we ended up coming to the United States in the midst of that very chaotic period in South African history. We landed in New York City with my folks, where they made their way via substitute teaching. My mom was actually an ESL teacher at the Fashion Institute of Technology. And my dad was a public-school teacher, a substitute teacher at first and then eventually a public-school teacher in chemistry. And so, we ended up in the United States and lived the proverbial American dream. Ryan Reeves Wow. So, being the son of two teachers, obviously, education is probably pretty important. Just tell us a little bit about that. Kanyi Maqubela Of course, well it's extraordinarily important, and has had a big impact on my life, and maybe I'll start in reverse order. If I had to describe what my passion is and what I prefer to do, above all, it's to teach and I come, obviously from lineage of teachers, my parents, but also their parents and my grandfather were actually all teachers so it's in my blood, whether or not I like it. And I've spent the better part of the last 10 years teaching in some capacity or another and right now it's really more in the context of teaching first time entrepreneurs, how to avoid unforced errors. So how to make new mistakes is what I call them. And I was also teaching in a more formal capacity at NYU for a couple of semesters for entrepreneurship for undergrad, so teaching is something that's very, very important to me. Before, obviously, I was a teacher I was a student, and my trajectory of the student was an interesting one on two factors. The first factor is I was once a dropout. So, my first stint at Stanford University, which is where I went for undergrad, was cut short to chase a startup dream and so, about two and a half years into my time and undergrad, I was studying philosophy, I dropped out to pursue a startup and needless to say that wasn't my parents favorite activity over the course of my life, given their background, and their point of view on the world, but it was something that at that time in my life I really needed to pursue, and that ended up...

Ep. 10 - Kanyi Maqubela, VC & Entrepreneur: Curiosity + Process = Success

Craig Shapiro

Lauren Loktev

This week’s episode features the partners of the Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital firm based in New York City.  This is a unique, group interview with Lauren Loktev, Kanyi Maqubela, and Craig Shapiro that explores all aspects of their search and investing process, including how they identify thematic change in the world and then build a portfolio around those themes.  The quality of a team is crucial to success in investing and this is a great example of a team with chemistry on a singular mission.  They all offer great advice on how to operate a business, build a team, and find interesting new investments.    Also, stay tuned to the end for a bonus segment captured while the tape was still rolling.   Please enjoy!   For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to investorfieldguide.com/collaborative/ For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag

This week’s episode features the partners of the Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital firm based in New York City.  This is a unique, group interview with Lauren Loktev, Kanyi Maqubela, and Craig Shapiro that explores all aspects of their search and investing process, including how they identify thematic change in the world and then build a portfolio around those themes.  The quality of a team is crucial to success in investing and this is a great example of a team with chemistry on a singular mission.  They all offer great advice on how to operate a business, build a team, and find interesting new investments.  Also, stay tuned to the end for a bonus segment captured while the tape was still rolling. Please enjoy! For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/collaborative/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">investorfieldguide.com/collaborative/</a> For more episodes go to <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast</a>.  Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at <a href="http://investorfieldguide.com/bookclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub</a> Follow Patrick on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/patrick_oshag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@patrick_oshag</a>