#037 - Kyle Harrison on Investing in People, Talent Vortexes, Writing, & Tradition vs Progress

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Kyle Harrison is the General Partner at Contrary Capital, as well as a writer. We talk about hype cycles, talent vortexes, investing in people, battles between tradition and progress, building systems, writing, and much more.

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(00:46) Acceleration of FOMO and hype cycles in investing (07:04) Being people-centric is contrarian in VC (11:19) Most barriers have been lowered; networks & relationships are a moat (14:44) Why don't we have more world-class, capable founders? (19:49) Talent vortexes & curiosity (26:55) Triangulating people’s careers & admitting you were wrong (29:35) Doing what's profitable vs. good for humanity (34:08) Religion vs. science/technology is a matter of altitude (37:23) What’s always true in venture, and what won’t be in the future (45:21) Writing vs investing (47:05) Writing, reflecting, & changing behavior (53:52) Crossing out every day on the calendar (56:24) Only take opportunities that stick around (01:01:39) Regret minimization (01:03:18) Kyle’s final question for listeners

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Kyle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwharrison13

Kyle’s Site: https://kwharrison13.com/

Kyle’s Newsletter: https://investing1012dot0.substack.com/

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