“No one in the world has an urgent problem that will get solved by investing in some random guy's venture capital fund.” – Alex Rubalcava Alex Rubalcava (@AlexRubalcava) is Partner of Stage Venture Partners, a pre-Seed and Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging software technology for business-to-business markets. He began his VC career as an analyst at Anthem Venture Partners in 2002, and he as served on the boards of numerous Stage VP companies, including Balto, NotiSphere, SoundCommerce, WhiteFox, SPIDR Tech, Abett, Gray Matter Robotics, and Dyania Health. Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/alex-rubalcava-stage-venture-partners-playbook-show-notes Topics discussed with Alex Rubalcava 00:01:53 – Alex’s superpowers in investing 00:03:07 – Advice for founders 00:05:03 – Learning from Berkshire Hathaway and investment books 00:09:17 – The massive energy transition underway 00:14:24 – Advice for new investors 00:16:54 – Planning and long term success Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week. Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy. If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices