Listen now | Episode 112 Mountaineering is a sport that draws a lot of comparisons. Climbing can be done as a lark or as a well-planned expedition. Sometimes even the best planned climbs can end in disaster due to one wrong choice or factors outside the control of the climbers. And sometimes everything is perfect and an underprepared climber can achieve something special.At the end of the day, you need to show up and do the climb before you know the outcome.That same truth applies to venture capital and investing, and our guest today, Tony van Marken of First Ascent Ventures, marries both those pursuits as a successful operator, investor, and mountaineer.We touched on how Tony supports founders going through the emotional startup journey, how to help CEOs during a company-wide layoff, he shares his experience as a public market CEO, and how the recent sell-off in Canadian IPOs is impacting his Founders.
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Listen now | Episode 112 Mountaineering is a sport that draws a lot of comparisons. Climbing can be done as a lark or as a well-planned expedition. Sometimes even the best planned climbs can end in disaster due to one wrong choice or factors outside the control of the climbers. And sometimes everything is perfect and an underprepared climber can achieve something special.At the end of the day, you need to show up and do the climb before you know the outcome.That same truth applies to venture capital and investing, and our guest today, Tony van Marken of First Ascent Ventures, marries both those pursuits as a successful operator, investor, and mountaineer.We touched on how Tony supports founders going through the emotional startup journey, how to help CEOs during a company-wide layoff, he shares his experience as a public market CEO, and how the recent sell-off in Canadian IPOs is impacting his Founders.