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Podcast: Audience of One
Episode: #037 - Kyle Harrison on Investing in People, Talent Vortexes, Writing, & Tradition vs Progress
Description: Kyle Harrison is the General Partner at Contrary Capital, as well as a writer. We talk about hype cycles, talent vortexes, investing in people, battles between tradition and progress, building systems, writing, and much more.
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(00:46) Acceleration of FOMO and hype cycles in investing
(07:04) Being people-centric is contrarian in VC
(11:19) Most barriers have been lowered; networks & relationships are a moat
(14:44) Why don't we have more world-class, capable founders?
(19:49) Talent vortexes & curiosity
(26:55) Triangulating people’s careers & admitting you were wrong
(29:35) Doing what's profitable vs. good for humanity
(34:08) Religion vs. science/technology is a matter of altitude
(37:23) What’s alwa...