How Revolutionary Start-ups Change the Future. With Mike Maples (Partner at Floodgate)

Why do some startups with crazy ideas, like Uber and Airbnb, change the world, while others crash and burn?

Mike Maples is a pioneering Silicon Valley investor who founded Floodgate Ventures in 2005. He was an early investor in Twitter, Twitch, Okta, and Lyft.

His curiosity about what it takes to create a world-changing startup led him to study why revolutionary ideas that sound crazy sometimes change the world.

He's poured his findings into his new book "Pattern Breakers". Join us as Mike tells why Insight, Inflections and Founder/Future Fit are the keys to success, and what it takes to launch a revolutionary product.

CHAPTERS
06:03 Why did he pass on Airbnb?
09:27 Pursue opportunities where the odds are massively in your favor.
12:18 Inflections
28:48 Quickly validate if there's genuine demand for your idea.
32:40 View your earliest customers as your co-conspirators.
38:06 There is a mechanism for breakthroughs.
45:27 How do you know not to listen to doubters?
53:09 Advice to someone who's got a pitch coming up

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