Ken Lerer's guest appearances

Ken Lerer

Recode Media with Peter Kafka

Funding Frequency: Venture Capital | Startups | Science

Elon Musk

Ben Thompson

Donald Trump

Bill Simmons

Sean Fennessey

Shea Serrano

Brian Koppelman

Wesley Morris

Bryan Curtis

Chuck Klosterman

Alex Gibney

Tom McCarthy

Sheryl Sandberg

Hillary Clinton

Rebecca Traister

OwlTail

Martha Stewart

Kate Shillo

Upslope Ventures

Kathe Shillo Beardsley is the Managing Partner at Upslope Ventures in Denver, Colorado. In the first third of this episode, we talk about how Kate balances her role as Managing Partner of Upslope Ventures with her role as a new mom to two toddlers.  And also, the business lessons Kate learned as the executive assistant of Martha Stewart and Huffington Post co-founder, Ken Lerer. Then, we discuss the difference between offensive and defensive venture investing and the characteristics that early startup founders should look for in an investor beyond the offer of capital. In the final third, we break down three of Upslope’s portfolio companies and what they are doing to change the world, including Billie, the female razor subscription service just acquired by Proctor and Gamble this past week.

Kathe Shillo Beardsley is the Managing Partner at Upslope Ventures in Denver, Colorado. In the first third of this episode, we talk about how Kate balances her role as Managing Partner of Upslope Ventures with her role as a new mom to two toddlers.  And also, the business lessons Kate learned as the executive assistant of Martha Stewart and Huffington Post co-founder, Ken Lerer. Then, we discuss the difference between offensive and defensive venture investing and the characteristics that early startup founders should look for in an investor beyond the offer of capital. In the final third, we break down three of Upslope’s portfolio companies and what they are doing to change the world, including Billie, the female razor subscription service just acquired by Proctor and Gamble this past week.

FF 014 - Kate Shillo Beardsley, Managing Partner at Upslope Ventures on Lessons Learned from Martha Stewart, Ken Lerer, and Raising Two Children

Media mogul Ken Lerer — the chairman of BuzzFeed, a board member at Viacom and a venture capitalist — talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about the media landscape in 2017. Lerer, who previously helped start MTV and co-founded HuffPost with Arianna Huffington, discusses why BuzzFeed did the right thing with its explosive Trump dossier, what he looks for in companies he invests in, and why he’s more optimistic about AT&amp;T’s pending acquisition of Time Warner than he is about Verizon’s deal to buy Yahoo and AOL. He also makes the case for a Breitbart-style online news outlet for liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Media mogul Ken Lerer — the chairman of BuzzFeed, a board member at Viacom and a venture capitalist — talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka about the media landscape in 2017. Lerer, who previously helped start MTV and co-founded HuffPost with Arianna Huffington, discusses why BuzzFeed did the right thing with its explosive Trump dossier, what he looks for in companies he invests in, and why he’s more optimistic about AT&amp;T’s pending acquisition of Time Warner than he is about Verizon’s deal to buy Yahoo and AOL. He also makes the case for a Breitbart-style online news outlet for liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

BuzzFeed chairman and HuffPost co-founder Ken Lerer on the future of media