Mike Hirshland (Resolute Ventures) - The state of pre-seed & seed investing

Our guest today is Mike Hirshland, co-founder of Resolute Ventures. Resolute Ventures is a lead seed and “pre-seed” investor focused on backing and connecting a community of Founders who share an entrepreneurial spirit and energy. Some of their investments include Bark Box, Clutter, and Lumen. We discuss what pre-seed and seed investing is today, the opportunity within Web3, and how he builds conviction within founders. Without further ado, here’s Mike. Some of the questions I ask How did you enter venture capital? What were some of the learnings from that How did Resolute come together? What got you interested in the seed stage?How do you describe seed today? 10 financing in a year How do you think about risk in this market? Henrik Werdelin of BARK recently told Mike his "superpower is authenticity" which is what founders need now. What does that mean? Why is authenticity so important? One of your big themes is community. What’s your approach to building community, why is it so important and why did you create the Resolute DAO? How do you think about the opportunity within Web3? What are use cases that get you excited? Emotionally support Can we imagine a world where solving a problem What parts of Web3 is investible? How do you think about the current market/landscape? What’s you diligence process? What’s one thing you would change about venture capital? What’s one book that inspired you professionally and one book that inspired you personally?As It Is

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The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription. Mike also interviews founders that are building some of the most disruptive consumer facing companies in the world. The conversation usually includes the insight the founder discovered, fundraising strategy, and the pitch. This podcast also includes bonus episodes. Each bonus episode dives into a particular subject that might not have to due with the fundraise or venture capital, but still would be helpful to founders. For example, a bonus episode on brand strategy or how to construct a board of directors. All bonus episodes will be clearly labeled. For all episodes, please visit www.theconsumervc.com. For updates, you can follow @mikegelb on Twitter.