Venture Capitalist 101 w/Pedro Moore | Ep. 56

Flacs & King speak with serial venture capitalist Pedro Moore! Pedro comes by the podcast and drops some gems on the venture capitalist world and what you should be looking for when investing or buying into businesses.

00:00 - Intro
01:21 - Intro of Pedro Moore
01:42 - Figuring Shxt Out Moment
04:38 - What is a Venture Capitalist?
06:40 - So whats the risk like?
07:57 - Is weathering the business storms apart of being a good VC?
08:42 - Evolution of podcasts
10:14 - Are investments tax write offs a postivie thing??
12:57 - What is one thing you see from successful VC endeavors?
14:55 - Zuckerbegs Meta Fail
16:45 - Some Ideas just have to make sense
17:27 - Apple created an industry and forced it on the public, META failed
21:59 - Meta overplayed their hand with the Metaverse
23:39 - What has the IT factor, the entreprenuer or the product/service?
25:07 - Separating emotions from being a business owner
27:39 - What's the mindset of the buyer of businesses?
29:47 - Buying systems that self manage without a certain individual
32:07 - Buying distressed Little Ceasars aka buying "garbage" businesses
34:20 - Pedro's first attempt in buying an established business
42:45 - Are you looking into AI right now?
47:47 - How to make your business idea attractive to VCs?
49:45 - VC is not the holy grail of startups
51:47 - Patent and Trademark before presenting for investors?
52:50 - Utility patents are most beneficial
54:41 - Super Soaker gun story
58:10 - Can a mobile phone app have utility?
1:00:12 - Gesture motion for phones and utility
1:01:29 - Drag n Drop feature guy is insanely rich
1:04:55 - Business movie suggestions (Blackberry & The Billion Dollar Code)
1:06:43 - Where to find Pedro Moore
1:07:56 - What are you trying Figure out right now?

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