How This Solo GP Is Redefining Venture Capital With Building In Public (feat. Marc Cohen)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.
Today's episode features Marc Cohen, a solo partner and investor at Unbundled VC, typically investing in early-stage startups mainly in digital tech, and e-commerce with up to £200k checks.
In this interview, Marc and KP navigate through Marc's experiences, personal insights and reflections on topics including:
● Intro (00:00)
● Marc’s background story & how he got into venture capital (02:23)
● What made him build in public as a venture capitalist (06:26)
● The genesis and reason behind Unbundled VC (10:16)
● Marc’s belief on the unbundling of the VC (12:24)
● Consistency and compound interest of content (17:46)
● Content ideas and experiments (21:04)
● The kind of founders Unbundled VC is looking for (29:49)
● Businesses and sectors that Marc wants to invest in (32:04)
● 3 startups Marc and KP could have invested in during the last 2 decades (35:23)
● Learning to invest, but never knowing what will succeed (43:59)
● Explaining what founders have learned from users (47:09)
● Marc’s top 3 questions that would assess great founders (48:19)
● The power of having a network of founders (50:56)
● Vulnerability as a huge part of building in public (54:09)
Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.
Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Thanks for watching this video!
Links:
Marc’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcnigelcohen/
Today's episode features Marc Cohen, a solo partner and investor at Unbundled VC, typically investing in early-stage startups mainly in digital tech, and e-commerce with up to £200k checks.
In this interview, Marc and KP navigate through Marc's experiences, personal insights and reflections on topics including:
● Intro (00:00)
● Marc’s background story & how he got into venture capital (02:23)
● What made him build in public as a venture capitalist (06:26)
● The genesis and reason behind Unbundled VC (10:16)
● Marc’s belief on the unbundling of the VC (12:24)
● Consistency and compound interest of content (17:46)
● Content ideas and experiments (21:04)
● The kind of founders Unbundled VC is looking for (29:49)
● Businesses and sectors that Marc wants to invest in (32:04)
● 3 startups Marc and KP could have invested in during the last 2 decades (35:23)
● Learning to invest, but never knowing what will succeed (43:59)
● Explaining what founders have learned from users (47:09)
● Marc’s top 3 questions that would assess great founders (48:19)
● The power of having a network of founders (50:56)
● Vulnerability as a huge part of building in public (54:09)
Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.
Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Thanks for watching this video!
Links:
Marc’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcnigelcohen/
Marc’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbundledvc
Unbundled VC: https://www.unbundled.vc/
KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_
