#172 — Scott Hartley, Everywhere VC: discovering and developing the best founders around the world
Description
Scott Hartley was a researcher and went on to work with product and operations at companies like Facebook and Google. But the most well-known part of Scott’s journey began when he hit Sand Hill Road.
Scott went on to become a co-founder of Two Culture Capital and Everywhere Ventures. Across these two VC firms, he invested in over 300 startups around the world — Latitud and LatAm included.
In a world now ruled by AI, Scott talks instead about IA, or intellectual amplification. On a similar note, he’s also the author of The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World.
In this chat, Scott and I talk about:
• What makes him confident about investing early on and in multiple countries;
• The difference between fuzzy and techie entrepreneurs;
• And the advice Scott shares most often with startup founders.
My name’s Brian Requarth and this is the Latitud Podcast. Vamos, LatAm!
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