Matt Clifford: Entrepreneur First - Ambition and Power

Matt Clifford is the co-founder and CEO of @EntrepreneurFirst a global talent investor that has helped create over 500 companies worth more than $10 billion. Matt is also the founding chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, the UK’s answer to DARPA. #entrepreneurfirst #talentinvesting #VC

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00:00 Matt Clifford - Entrepreneur First Co-founder

00:43 Investing in Talent

11:31 Traits of good founders

15:39 Finding ambition beyond money

20:48 Stack ranking

25:44 Why there's no innovation in VC models

32:24 Default career paths

38:12 History of ambition

47:36 The UK's answer to DARPA

1:03:44 A conspiracy theory Matt believes

1:06:16 Matt's take for common bad advice

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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)