#1251 Avlok Kohli | AngelList CEO on How To Build A Startup
The Pomp Podcast
Anthony Pompliano
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Avlok Kohli is the CEO of AngelList. This conversation was recorded at the BUILD Summit in New York. In this conversation, we talk about the culture of shipping speed at AngelList, fundraising environment, how cap tables are usually wrong, treasury management, hiring, private equity, and numerous industry trends.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Many of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp |
| 0:07.7 | podcast, which is my effort to find the most interesting people in the world and sit with them for hours while I ask questions in an effort to learn. So it would mean the world to me if you would subscribe to the show on your favorite audio platform, watch episodes on YouTube, |
| 0:21.1 | and tell your friends and family about the podcast. My goal is to help millions learn from |
| 0:26.3 | the world's most interesting people. So let's get in to today's episode. |
| 0:30.4 | The following episode is a conversation with Avloc Koli, the CEO of Angel's. |
| 0:35.9 | This conversation was recorded as part of Build Summit, where 700 founders came together in New York |
| 0:41.1 | City a few weeks ago to talk about the tactical ways to build a company, scale, and |
| 0:46.2 | ultimately exit. |
| 0:47.4 | In this conversation, Avalok and I talk about the culture of shipping speed at Angelist, |
| 0:52.4 | what the current fundraising environment is like, |
| 0:54.7 | how cap tables are usually wrong, how you can think about treasury management today in a world |
| 0:59.9 | where banks continue to be under stress, what hiring is like in the current environment, |
| 1:04.5 | how Angelus is expanding into private equity, and a number of different industry trends |
| 1:08.7 | related to artificial intelligence, Bitcoin and |
| 1:10.9 | cryptocurrencies, and many other. I always enjoy talking to Avlock and this conversation was no |
| 1:15.5 | different. So here is my conversation with Avlock Koli. |
| 1:19.8 | Anthony Pompliano runs Pomp Investments. All views of him and the guests on his podcast |
| 1:24.9 | are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions |
| 1:27.8 | of pomp investments. You should not treat any opinion expressed by pomp or his guest as a |
| 1:32.9 | specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy, but only |
| 1:37.6 | as an expression of his personal opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only. |
| 1:43.2 | Today's episode is brought to you by Trust and Will. |
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