Matt Oguz's guest appearances

Matt Oguz

Finding Genius Podcast

Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show

Michael Breus

Udo Erasmus

Nir Eyal

Jeff Gusky

Abel James

Kris Benson

Clint Arthur

Perry Marshall

Scott Young

Ben Goertzel

Steven Kotler

Ross Taylor

Stacey Brown Randall

Scott Smith

Andrew Smith

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(0:47) Introduction-Matt Oguz is a growth stage investor in technology and life science companies. His investment portfolio includes names like Lyft, Lemonade, Ripple, carbon circle stock folio, he's known for being a thought leader in quantitative investment methods in venture capital, and private equity. Matt is the founding partner at venture science. When science was established in 2013, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. This company has pioneered the data-driven quantitative approach to venture capital, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, gaming, VR and drone technology, which are just a few innovations in venture science investment. Aside from all these, Matt is also the Chief Investment Officer for the iris family office. The family office invests in multiple asset classes and takes direct positions in those classes. The family office deploys a quantitative investment strategy once again and is unconstrained in terms of stage or sector. Matt is outspoken about his approach and shares his valuable thoughts as a columnist on TechCrunch. Matt is a person of multiple talents with his profession revolving around analytics, behavior, economics, Decision Sciences, and AI. And Matt is obviously a successful investor, entrepreneur, decision theorist, and writer. The interview-(2:22)Can you walk us through your journey? Like how, you know, how did it all happen? How, how did you get to this point, being an immigrant? What kind of challenges did you face? Something about your backstory?(3:01) I have been a student here for 25 years. I originally came here as an exchange student, and then ended up getting my master's degree. I got my MBA while focusing on my decision theory studies.People called the study of decision-making "Decision Sciences" and it was considered a legitimate academic discipline.  It's essentially the discipline of trying to make better decisions and using models, theories, and math. Over time, Support the showFollow me on Facebook ⬇️https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal❤️ ID - Manuj Aggarwal■ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/ ■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realmanuj■ Instagram: ...

(0:47) Introduction-Matt Oguz is a growth stage investor in technology and life science companies. His investment portfolio includes names like Lyft, Lemonade, Ripple, carbon circle stock folio, he's known for being a thought leader in quantitative investment methods in venture capital, and private equity. Matt is the founding partner at venture science. When science was established in 2013, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. This company has pioneered the data-driven quantitative approach to venture capital, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, gaming, VR and drone technology, which are just a few innovations in venture science investment. Aside from all these, Matt is also the Chief Investment Officer for the iris family office. The family office invests in multiple asset classes and takes direct positions in those classes. The family office deploys a quantitative investment strategy once again and is unconstrained in terms of stage or sector. Matt is outspoken about his approach and shares his valuable thoughts as a columnist on TechCrunch. Matt is a person of multiple talents with his profession revolving around analytics, behavior, economics, Decision Sciences, and AI. And Matt is obviously a successful investor, entrepreneur, decision theorist, and writer. The interview-(2:22)<ol><li>Can you walk us through your journey? Like how, you know, how did it all happen? How, how did you get to this point, being an immigrant? What kind of challenges did you face? Something about your backstory?</li></ol> (3:01) I have been a student here for 25 years. I originally came here as an exchange student, and then ended up getting my master's degree. I got my MBA while focusing on my decision theory studies.People called the study of decision-making "Decision Sciences" and it was considered a legitimate academic discipline.  It's essentially the discipline of trying to make better decisions and using models, theories, and math. Over time, <a href="https://tetranoodle.com" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> Follow me on Facebook ⬇️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWVrSWpSSnhnRFpfUWhKSHFMT2RtdDRWMjB4UXxBQ3Jtc0tub0otc08zOVNCUWs5b2FybHB1R1lvS09VY1JZVjR0WFJlU3dBeFM2R1B1WjB2R2lQS0lxb3NZb1ZGU2ExOVNucXZ6S291dC1IQlpBdGJSQ2VkazVMZ0ozc3JOUkZCVUVRS25Oa2lqMVNMTF9EdWZacw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmanuj.aggarwal&amp;v=r6dNbGgbBMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal</a> ❤️ ID - Manuj Aggarwal ■ LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXQwbXQyZmFZaGNnMEMzN3FSd0ZOMzVyRzdvZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttajNLS3ZUTm5pTlNieFVTVERqdm9JVzk4blB6cjczZmVzMzF1ZHNobElHU21lZWx0SzRGQVVHZWxJR3Y4MVA2OWhaendjR3NQR05pRFcyMGlST0JIOXdhbmFNdEwzMmRpV1VEc1hVMnJuTGpVX2pBZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmanujaggarwal%2F&amp;v=r6dNbGgbBMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/</a> ■ Facebook: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2kzcHBEX0JQeUx3bUtfUXJiZWtvTGtZR1NtQXxBQ3Jtc0tuZG9tR1ZjNGdZUDBZOTJqQjNzVDItQlU5Ml9BRmk2Z0wydXAyWFJBdEF4dlczOFVISWs4Yjd3YnExRUEyR255TmFmU3RHTWdoeHZ2d0tUSkIwOVdxMlc5c3V6ZUM0VGJwZndhMDVQSGlGOGFiRmNLZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmanujagro%2F&amp;v=r6dNbGgbBMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/realmanuj</a> ■ Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDBfSVl4TFY2dWhzY0RNeGJOYzhhSzRvcksxQXxBQ3Jtc0ttTlZZaUdYdXd0SjZoX09Fc2ViaTEyTVJJZ2Q0WlZ0cHk5eEtSaV9iTUg5cmJiMkVlQU5ZUDVmTldMVDU5VEpwNTh2ampFSkQ5Z2tHY290NldtbmFUOGdnUDdIeGtuSS00dHF6ZGJDVUpLSXFpZHgxSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fmanujagro&amp;v=r6dNbGgbBMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">...</a>

#232 What makes startups successful? - Matt Oguz

At Venture Science, we are more calculated than some of the other venture investors out there…We try to quantify all of the attributes of these companies and understand how all of them contribute to the potential risks and rewards we would see,” says Matt Oguz, who is a founding partner at the San Francisco-based venture capital firm, Venture Science. When looking to invest in a blockchain company, one of the first questions the team at Venture Science will ask is whether or not that company aims to monopolize the space they’re going after. He gives Ripple-one of the strongest companies they’ve invested in- as an example: having started with the goal of going after the payment space and replacing the services already there, Ripple has successfully and quickly risen to the top. Oguz discusses a variety of topics, including the difference between many of the startups they were seeing a few years ago compared to the blockchain companies they’re seeing today, the current and future regulation of ICOs, and the promising trend toward decentralized and distributed computing. Hit play to hear the full discussion, and reach out through Oguz’s LinkedIn page.

Matt Oguz- Venture Science- Venture Investing in Cutting-Edge Technology and Blockchain-Based Companies