With rapidly increasing fund sizes and record-breaking dry powder in venture, putting early stage capital to work efficiently is challenging.  And as we learned from Bill Ericson in Episode 1 and Episode 2 regarding the ‘Evolution of Venture Capital’, bigger funds and checks aren’t better when it comes to driving outsized returns - in fact, they can be quite detrimental.  In this episode Bill is joined by another General Partner at Wildcat; Bryan Stolle to discuss: Applying discipline to your investment strategy and managing the J-Curve phenomenon Going deep on thesis areas  Due diligence and finding the trapped value by understanding the people involved  Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at www.wildcat.vc Resources: Follow Wildcat Venture Partners on LinkedIn Follow Bill on LinkedIn  Follow Bryan on LinkedIn Visit Wildcat’s website Subscribe to Traction and Trapped Value: On Apple Podcasts On Google Podcasts On Spotify Traction and Trapped Value is produced by Flywheel Associates