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Aneel Lakhani (@aneel, Venture Partner @crane_vc) talks about the modern state of Tech VC investing, the changing pace of investment horizons, portfolio thesis, and helping founders.**SHOW: 580CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - **http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw)
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Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. You’ve changed roles. Tell us about what you’re working on these days.
**Topic 2 **- You’ve worked at startups, been an advisor to startups, and an angel investor in the past. In 2022, what does a Venture Capitalist do? How has that evolved over the last 5 years?
**Topic 3 **- It not only seems like there is a lot more money flowing into startups, but a lot more early. Is there sort of a “homerun” mentality happening across the VC world, or is that just one of the headlines?
**Topic 4 **- How do you go about creating your investment thesis? Do you have a future horizon that you’re thinking about, or is it more about technology sectors, or founder personalities, etc.?
**Topic 5 - How do you balance between investing in something completely new, and seeing something that is just a much better version of a current mousetrap? **
**Topic 6 **- How involved do you get with the companies? How involved do you want to be? How much do the founders guide you vs. you guiding them?
**Topic 7 **- At the macro-level, what areas are you most interested in (investing) vs. just areas where you’re doing a lot of research (personal interests)?
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