Insights from The Power Law: Sebastian Mallaby on the Evolution of Venture Capital

Insights from The Power Law: Sebastian Mallaby on the Evolution of Venture Capital
Auren Hoffman
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Published on
May 30, 2023
April 12, 2022
Insights from The Power Law: Sebastian Mallaby on the Evolution of Venture Capital

Sebastian Mallaby is a renowned journalist and a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He’s also the author of The Power Law, one of the most influential books on venture capital. 

Sebastian spent five years researching the history of venture capital and talked to some of the biggest players in Silicon Valley history, like Don Valentine, Bill Gurley, and Michael Mortiz. On this episode of World of DaaS, he explains what makes firms like Sequoia and Benchmark truly special and how they drove powerful trends in venture capital over the last decades. 

Sebastian gives an overview of the rise of growth funds like Tiger Global and how they’ve changed the norms around good governance at startups. We also review the major macroeconomic crises of the past 40 years and what we’ve learned about the Federal Reserve’s role in navigating crises.

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You can find me (Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph) on Twitter at @auren and Sebastian Mallaby at @scmallaby

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