Kyle Harrison, GP at Contrary | Cinematographer Turned Investor, Time as a Resource, Ramp, Pave and Investing in Talent

Unlimited Partners

Today's Unlimited Partner is Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary, a venture fund that "identifies and invests in the world’s top talent. Backed by iconic founders from Tesla, Airbnb, Facebook, and more" in early stage rounds. Kyle joined to lead their Breakout Fund. He's also a writer with his blog Investing 101 2.0 where he tackles investing from different angles.

Topics include:

• Time as a resource, measuring your performance (The Natural Selection of Time) by Kyle Harrison
• Rome Research note taking app
• Kyle's career as an Investor at TCV, Coatue, Index, Contrary
• His videographer's background in college
• The West Wing clip ("I want to be the guy. You want to be the guy, 'the guy' counts on...")
• Contrary's Talent Vortex - Fred Wilson's quote, "Talent is the only thing that matters"
• The Founder's Book
• Ramp
• How Contrary works, Kyle's role in the later phase startups
• Investing in Pave, "How do you sign up to provide value besides just writing that cheque?"
• Marc Andreessen quote, "You commoditise one layer to create value at the next."
• The latest technology landscape, growth rates slowing in the near term
• "What's In a Valuation?" article (Investing 101 2.0) by Kyle Harrison
• "A genius is the man who can do the average thing when everyone else around him is losing his mind." by Napoleon
• Farewell Transmission by Magnolia Electric, "The real truth about it is no one gets it right, the real truth about it is we're all supposed to try"
• Optimism is better than pessimism

Kyle's song is Farther Along by Josh Garrels "So cheer up my brothers, live in the sunshine, we'll understand this, all by and by"

Sponsors:

Tegus Research

My Marketplace Builder

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Thomas McGannon LinkedIn

Tegus Acquires Canalyst Link

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