Navigating Your Startup Through a Crisis with Pete Flint
Apr 01, 2021•49 min
Episode description
Pete Flint (@peteflint), partner at NFX, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded as part of an event for Villagers. They discuss:
- How to gain ground in a downturn as a startup by doubling down on the things that are working.
- Lessons from starting Trulia during the Great Recession, when no one was buying homes.
- How and why to “turn all fixed costs to variable costs.”
- Ideas for how to do teambuilding in an all-remote environment.
- Predictions for the future of work post-COVID.
- The differences in the fundraising landscape during COVID.
- Why founders should be transparent about the state of their business with their investors and board.
- How to go from a product manager (founder) to company manager (CEO).
- Where he’s investing these days and why he’s excited about labor marketplaces.
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- How to gain ground in a downturn as a startup by doubling down on the things that are working.
- Lessons from starting Trulia during the Great Recession, when no one was buying homes.
- How and why to “turn all fixed costs to variable costs.”
- Ideas for how to do teambuilding in an all-remote environment.
- Predictions for the future of work post-COVID.
- The differences in the fundraising landscape during COVID.
- Why founders should be transparent about the state of their business with their investors and board.
- How to go from a product manager (founder) to company manager (CEO).
- Where he’s investing these days and why he’s excited about labor marketplaces.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup