Caesar Layton's guest appearances

Caesar Layton

The Food Startups Podcast

Jim Rogers

Matt Cohen

Caleb Simpson

Jeremy Smith

Alan Hahn

Hugh Thomas

Ryan Florio

Anthony Rodriguez

Jeff Hong

Amanda Sains

Corey Hill

Lisa Q.

Jess Jackson

Martin Mignot

Karen Caplan

OwlTail

Cultivate Ventures is changing the Washington DC food scene. They invest time, money, and expertise into promising startups in the DMV. A few years ago, Caesar Layton, the founder, was commuting to South East Asia as an agricultural economist. After poor customer service from an online grocery, he sent an email to them and got called back by the founder. A few months later, Caesar invested in the company and took over as the CEO. Today, his firm is investing and advising. Wheeling and dealing. They are betting everything on the under-appreciated DC food scene. Caesar shares his story:  The survivalist skill set (developing skills on the fly) The value-chain appoarch time = relevance | relevance = access | access = opportunity “Capital is never enough” “your business is not that great and you’re not that smart”  Focus on the non-sexy Learning from failure  Selected links from the show:Cultivate VenturesRelay FoodsCultivate Ventures Bets Big on DC's Food SceneDAIBoratKick IncubatorSeeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger

Cultivate Ventures is changing the Washington DC food scene. They invest time, money, and expertise into promising startups in the DMV. A few years ago, Caesar Layton, the founder, was commuting to South East Asia as an agricultural economist. After poor customer service from an online grocery, he sent an email to them and got called back by the founder. A few months later, Caesar invested in the company and took over as the CEO. Today, his firm is investing and advising. Wheeling and dealing. They are betting everything on the under-appreciated DC food scene. Caesar shares his story: <ul> <li>The survivalist skill set (developing skills on the fly)</li> <li>The value-chain appoarch</li> <li>time = relevance | relevance = access | access = opportunity</li> <li>“Capital is never enough”</li> <li>“your business is not that great and you’re not that smart” </li> <li>Focus on the non-sexy</li> <li>Learning from failure</li> </ul> Selected links from the show:<a href="http://www.cultivateventures.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cultivate Ventures</a><a href="https://www.relayfoods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Relay Foods</a><a href="http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/14/07/04/cultivate_ventures_bets_big_on_dcs_food_scene" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cultivate Ventures Bets Big on DC's Food Scene</a><a href="http://dai.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DAI</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Borat</a><a href="http://www.kickincubator.com/in/dc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kick Incubator</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Wisdom-Darwin-Munger-Edition/dp/1578644283" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger</a>

Ep81- Elevating the DC Food Scene - Caesar Layton of Cultivate Ventures