Crazy Wisdom
What is the relationship between creativity and venture capital? - Leo Polovets: Susa Ventures
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We talk about two types of creativity
1. Creativity that VC unlocks through the companies VC's invest in
2. Creativity of how to make investment decisions
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Episode transcript
My name is Stuart Allsop and this is my podcast, Crazy Wisdom, where I interview creative people about how they work with and manage the stress that is inherent in creative work. What I've realized over the past 10 years of my research is that anybody who is creating something of value that is significantly different from what has come before is considered crazy. Most of us have a fear, an ingrained fear of going crazy. So what I'm saying is grab onto that fear, realize that it's there, and just go with it. Because the problems we're going to be facing over the next 20 years require crazy people in order to solve them. Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom podcast. Today my guest is Leo Polowitz. He is the co founder and a partner of suse Ventures. And we are going to be talking a lot about what is the relationship between creativity and venture capital. So we're excited to have you on Leo.
So I guess we could start out with just kind of discussing what creativity means to us and then going into the venture capital side. What does creativity mean to you?
That's an interesting question. I think a lot of it is about trying to see as many possibilities as possible, both good and bad, just so that when you're presented with a decision or a lot of options, you can basically make the best choice possible. And I think that's where creativity comes in, because you really need to, you know, the more options you can think of, the better the choice you're going to make.
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