Accel Partner: Matt Robinson - Live at Imperial College London

In the latest podcast,Kyriakos is joined by Matt Robinsonwho's a partner at Accel, and the cofounder of GoCardless and Nested, in their discussion at Imperial College London.

00:00 Intro

2:12 Launching GoCardless

7:10 Leaning into real relationships

8:48 'If you take everything you need to do in a successful business, we did the opposite.'

12:08 There's no idea that two smart people can't tear apart in a day

13:35 Finding the best idea is an irrational endeavor

18:13 Paul Graham and Sam Altman as advisors in @ycombinator  

22:15 Be a King or Rich

24:35 Ensure you understand how a VC functions

29:10 Customers knew before we did 

31:27 Overcorrecting as a second-time founder

35:50 Everything you do creates culture

39:00 'Being the angel investor I wanted as a founder'

40:39 Founder archetypes

43:30 Angel vs VC

46:10 Life is really easy

48:25 If you change one thing you change everything

49:45 Life is not a 0 sum game

52:10 Q&A