Summary: Brad is a co-founder and General Partner at Primary Venture Partners (formerly High Peaks Venture Partners). He has been a venture investor since the bubble days of the late 1990s, starting his investing career with The Berkshires Capital Investors and Village Ventures. Prior to his VC career, he was a strategy consultant with Monitor Group, leading projects out of the firm’s Cambridge, South Africa, and Brazil offices.<br> Listen and Learn:<br> <br> * The challenges with emerging market investing<br> * What investors and VCs need to know about bubble and collapsese<br> * How to balance investor expectations with founder goals<br> * Is today a tech bubble?<br> * How fund size affects outcomes on investment bets<br> * Why the financial crisis was great for NYC<br> * The one question Brad always asks founders<br> * What founders NEED to know about VC commitment to portfolio companies<br> <br> <br> <br> Brad’s Projects:<br> <a href="https://angel.co/brad-svrluga">Brad’s Angellist profile</a><br> <a href="http://www.primary.vc/">Primary.vc</a><br> <a href="https://bradsvrluga.com/">bradsvrluga.com</a><br> Brad’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bradsvrluga">@bradsvrluga</a><br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a>Brad is a co-founder and General Partner at Primary Venture Partners (formerly High Peaks Venture Partners). He has been a venture investor since the bubble days of the late 1990s, starting his investing career with The Berkshires Capital Investors and Village Ventures. Prior to his VC career, he was a strategy consultant with Monitor Group, leading projects out of the firm’s Cambridge, South Africa, and Brazil offices.<br> Listen and Learn:<br> <br> * The challenges with emerging market investing<br> * What investors and VCs need to know about bubble and collapsese<br> * How to balance investor expectations with founder goals<br> * Is today a tech bubble?<br> * How fund size affects outcomes on investment bets<br> * Why the financial crisis was great for NYC<br> * The one question Brad always asks founders<br> * What founders NEED to know about VC commitment to portfolio companies<br> <br> <br> <br> Brad’s Projects:<br> <a href="https://angel.co/brad-svrluga">Brad’s Angellist profile</a><br> <a href="http://www.primary.vc/">Primary.vc</a><br> <a href="https://bradsvrluga.com/">bradsvrluga.com</a><br> Brad’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bradsvrluga">@bradsvrluga</a><br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a><br>
