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Hosted by Paige Soya · EN-US · 72 episodes
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Join seasoned investors and successful start-up founders as they weigh in on topics and trends currently dominating the venture capital space. Each episode brings together a founder and an investor to provoke a deepened understanding of the topic at hand. If you want to learn about how early-stage venture capital investing works, this show is for you.
Paige Soya hosts High Stakes, a business show with 72 episodes published.
What actually creates a competitive moat? For years, founders believed the answer was simple: build a better product. Today, venture investors increasingly believe the answer is distribution. In this episode of High Stak
Not all venture deals are created equal, and understanding the fine print can make a significant difference for founders. In this episode of High Stakes, K Street Capital's Paige Soya and Nick Duafala are joined by Scott
What makes a pre-revenue startup worth investing in? Before there's revenue, traction, or a long list of customers, venture investors have to make decisions with limited data. So what signals matter most? How do VCs buil
How do venture capital firms actually exit their investments when startups are staying private longer than ever before? On this episode of High Stakes, hosts Paige Soya and Nick Duafala sat down with Andrew Seter, Princi
How long does it actually take to raise venture capital? In this episode of High Stakes, Paige Soya and Nick Duafala sit down with Matt Bressler, Co-Founder and General Partner at Lookout Ventures, formerly TDF Ventures,
In this episode of High Stakes, K Street Capital’s Paige Soya and co-host Nick Duafala sit down with Haley Bryant, Partner at Hustle Fund, and Ann Marie Guzzi, angel investor, Managing Partner of Dalmatian Ops and Co-Fou
Most people assume VCs are evaluating traction, revenue, or the pitch deck first. Those things matter — but often, the real signal is something harder to quantify: how a founder thinks. In this episode of High Stakes, Ni
In this episode of High Stakes , Paige Soya sits down with Dadi Akhavan, a startup-to-IPO founder and angel investor, to break down one of the most important dynamics in early-stage investing: angel investors vs venture
How do venture capitalists actually find deals and how can founders break into those conversations? In this episode of High Stakes, Paige Soya and Nick Duafala are joined by Taylor Margot (Partner at Lytical Ventures) to
Venture capital is one of the most misunderstood asset classes in investing and one of the most powerful when approached correctly. In this episode of High Stakes , K Street Capital Managing Partner Paige Soya sits down
Welcome to Season 4 of High Stakes and this season we’re starting with the fundamentals. In Venture Capital 101 , K Street Capital Managing Partner Paige Soya and Principal Nick Duafala break down how venture capital act
In this episode of High Stakes , host Paige Soya , Managing Partner at K Street Capital, sits down with Julie Castro Abrams , GP and Founder of How Women Invest , for a candid look at one of the most important shifts hap
In this episode of High Stakes , K Street Capital Managing Partner, Paige Soya, sits down with Gabriel Jarrosson, Managing Partner at Lobster Capital, to unpack how Y Combinator’s internal tool “Bookface” is reshaping in
The High-Stakes Decisions Behind Early Fundraising: When to Raise, Who to Raise From, and How Much Equity to Give Up In this episode of High Stakes , host Paige Soya sits down with Jennifer Neundorfer, Managing Partner a
Many investors still see backing diverse founders as a bigger risk. In this episode of High Stakes , Paige Soya sits down with Melissa Bradley, General Partner at BAE Ventures, to challenge that misconception and explore
How do investors evaluate founders when there’s little or no traction? What really drives decisions in early-stage venture capital? In this episode of High Stakes , host Paige Soya sits down with early-stage investor Mat
How do you know if you're actually a successful venture capitalist? It's harder to tell than you might think. In this episode, K Street Capital Managing Partner Paige Soya sits down with Henri Pierre-Jacques, Managing Pa
Most founders know the pressure of fundraising, but what many don’t realize is that venture capitalists have to fundraise too. Behind every investment is a group of limited partners (LPs) whose expectations shape how fun
What makes a venture investment a true home run—and why is it so hard to find those opportunities? In this episode of High Stakes , Paige sits down with Sean Glass (entrepreneur, investor, and founding partner at Ayuda P
“The Ownership Equation: Why Check Size, Stage, and Strategy Matter in VC” What does a $2M check actually mean for the founder, the investor, and the future of the company? In this episode of High Stakes , Paige Soya sit
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High Stakes is hosted by Paige Soya. The show is categorised under business (investing) and has published 72 episodes.
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