The Logan Bartlett Show

EP 50: Alan Patricof (Founder, Apax/Greycroft/Primetime Partners ) - On Burning Man and a marathon at 87, early investments in Apple and AOL, plus, how he almost made it to Woodstock

Episode Notes

On the 50th episode of the Logan Bartlett Show, Legendary investor Alan Patricof joins Logan to discuss venture through the years, his many investments including Apple and AOL, going to Buring Man at 87, his new book No Red Lights, and how a car breakdown led to him missing out on Woodstock.

(0:00) Intro

(1:30) Welcome Alan Patricof

(7:00) No Red Lights

(13:01) Generational perspectives and staying relevant

(18:00) New York 1966-1969

(25:54) Graduating from Ohio State and getting into venture

(29:40) Starting a venture fund in the 70s

(34:02) Different periods in venture

(40:25) Shift to private equity in venture

(48:09) Investment style

(51:41) Not taking board seats

(55:50) What Alan looks for in founders

(58:38) Investing in Apple

(1:09:35) Optimism on future in venture


Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky 

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir 

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz 

Music: Griff Lawson 

 

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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.