Redefining Human Value: Sam Lessin

In this episode we talk about human value with Sam Lessin. Sam is a  GP at Slow Ventures, the Co-Founder of Fin & Drop.io (sold to FB), an Intern at The Information. Formerly, he was VP of Product at Facebook and a Bain AC.

This episode of Redefining Human Value goes into the controversial topic of balancing profit and the greater good with Vlas, Max & Nick. Many recent developments focus on how the private sector affects our lives and how the public tries to redefine this relationship.   What is the right balance between new technologies and human wellbeing?  How do you balance 10X returns for VC investors while supporting communities around the world?  Is there a real value for sustainability in the big companies, or is it just a PR exercise?  How can businesses grow by working the underprivileged and underserved?  What are the most significant technological threats to humanity? Maxim Sapozhnikov -- Stanford MBA/MS Graduate, Venture Investor, Googler. Talk to Max Nick Byrne -- Tech Activist, Entrepreneur, Researcher. Talk to Nick

In this episode of Redefining Human Value, Vlas, Jill & Zach are discussing using communities for building businesses, using your user base to grow it year-over-year, and constructing the right ecosystem for your customers.   Questions we discussed:  What differentiates businesses that are built around communities?  How do you bring never-heard-before ideas to the multimillion community?  How do you maintain control over your business when you bring external players into your ecosystem?  Why do founders need to focus on their team to manage exponential business growth?  How do you extract maximum value for the over supportive positive and strongly negative feedback? Jill Salzman  -- serial entrepreneur (3x), bestselling author and TEDx Speaker.  Talk with Jill  Zachary Snader -- Collegiate E-Sport Evangelist, Serial Entrepreneur. Talk with Zach

In this session Vlas, Ilya & Konstantin are discussing what it takes to do a successful funding round for your enterprise.   Questions discussed:  1. What was the most unexpected thing you learned during the fundraising process?  2. What factors are most crucial for successful fundraising?  3. Which mistakes are hardest to fix during the fundraising process?  4. What do investors bring to the company besides the capital?  Ilya Flaks --  serial entrepreneur,  founder of FIBRUM and Vice president of VR/AR department in  LANIT-Integration and Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of E-gree mobile app. His HumanIPO: https://humanipo.app/id/ilya.flaks Konstantin Dubovitskiy - host of Fundraising Radio - podcast on fundraising for early stage startups and the Head of Investor Relations at Make it Studio - LA-based venture studio. His HumanIPO: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.du...