Tod Sacerdoti's guest appearances

Tod Sacerdoti

Village Global's Venture Stories

World of DaaS

Who Got Me Here

Daniel Gross

Julia Galef

Auren Hoffman

Antonio Garcia Martinez

Glen Weyl

Tyler Cowen

Jacob Helberg

Travis Kling

David Epstein

Keith Rabois

Cal Newport

Nir Eyal

Ramit Sethi

Peter Thiel

Charles Eisenstein

OwlTail

As a 2x CEO with a $640 million exit and early investments in unicorns AppLovin and Chime on his resume, relationships have been essential to Tod’s success. But for him, “networking” isn’t the right word to describe his strategy. It’s all about genuine, meaningful connections, built by bringing people together around shared interests and passions. Our conversation with Tod was packed with insights about the value of being a host, why curation is a relationship-building superpower, and the importance of reminding people you’re still alive.---"I think the single most important thing is authenticity. Relationship building is the absolute core of human nature, and the absolute worst thing I think you can do to bring to that experience is something that is incongruent with who you are." - Tod Sacerdoti---Episode Timestamps:*(01:20) - Why networking is super- important kryptonite*(02:30) - How Steve Abbot change the trajectory of Tod’s career*(06:21) - The power of ambition, persistence, and tenacity*(10:37) - The role of relationships in Tod’s investing career*(17:18) - Finding the superpower in organizing events*(26:31) - The fundamental mistake of being too transactional *(37:52) - Why authenticity and relationship building are most important---Sponsor:Who Got Me Here is brought to you by Connect The Dots, mapping professional relationships so you can find the strongest connections to the people and companies you want to reach. Visit ctd.ai to learn more.---LinksConnect with Tod on LinkedInConnect with Annie RileyLearn more about PipedreamLearn more about Connect The Dotswww.caspianstudios.com

As a 2x CEO with a $640 million exit and early investments in unicorns AppLovin and Chime on his resume, relationships have been essential to Tod’s success. But for him, “networking” isn’t the right word to describe his strategy. It’s all about genuine, meaningful connections, built by bringing people together around shared interests and passions. Our conversation with Tod was packed with insights about the value of being a host, why curation is a relationship-building superpower, and the importance of reminding people you’re still alive.---"I think the single most important thing is authenticity. Relationship building is the absolute core of human nature, and the absolute worst thing I think you can do to bring to that experience is something that is incongruent with who you are." - Tod Sacerdoti---Episode Timestamps:*(01:20) - Why networking is super- important kryptonite*(02:30) - How Steve Abbot change the trajectory of Tod’s career*(06:21) - The power of ambition, persistence, and tenacity*(10:37) - The role of relationships in Tod’s investing career*(17:18) - Finding the superpower in organizing events*(26:31) - The fundamental mistake of being too transactional *(37:52) - Why authenticity and relationship building are most important---Sponsor:Who Got Me Here is brought to you by <a href="https://www.ctd.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect The Dots</a>, mapping professional relationships so you can find the strongest connections to the people and companies you want to reach. Visit <a href="https://www.ctd.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ctd.ai</a> to learn more.---Links<ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sacerdoti/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Tod on LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.annieriley.me/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Annie Riley</a></li><li><a href="https://pipedream.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more about Pipedream</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ctd.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more about Connect The Dots</a></li><li><a href="http://www.caspianstudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.caspianstudios.com</a></li></ul>

Tod Sacerdoti: The Power of Bringing People Together

Tod Sacerdoti is Founder and CEO at Pipedream, a platform that lets developers connect APIs remarkably fast. Tod and Auren are both serial founder CEOs who dive deep into how go-forward compensation for founder CEOs is way LESS than that of a replacement CEO. They explore ways to solve this problem and tactics founders can employ to restructure their compensation. World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph. For more episodes, visit safegraph.com/podcastsYou can find Auren Hoffman (CEO of SafeGraph) on Twitter at @auren and Tod Sacerdoti at @tod

Tod Sacerdoti is Founder and CEO at Pipedream, a platform that lets developers connect APIs remarkably fast.  Tod and Auren are both serial founder CEOs who dive deep into how go-forward compensation for founder CEOs is way LESS than that of a replacement CEO. They explore ways to solve this problem and tactics founders can employ to restructure their compensation.  World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph. For more episodes, visit <a href="http://safegraph.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">safegraph.com/podcasts</a> You can find Auren Hoffman (CEO of SafeGraph) on Twitter at @auren and Tod Sacerdoti at @tod

Tod Sacerdoti: Let’s Talk About Founder Compensation

Erik is joined on this episode by Auren Hoffman (@auren), former co-founder and CEO of LiveRamp and Tod Sacerdoti (@tod), former CEO and founder of BrightRoll. They are now working together on a new fund.They talk about how they came to the idea they’re working on, including how to find the right intersection of ideas among those that are interesting to you, that you are uniquely skilled at, that others don’t yet appreciate, and that are worth working on.They explain what data co-ops are and the unique value that they can bring. Auren says he believes that the future is about managing vendors rather than people, and points out that WhatsApp didn’t even build their core messaging functionality themselves in the first place.Erik asks what’s changed in company building since they started their companies in the 2000s and what the next ten years will look like in venture capital. They also talk about why the Valley is flush with cash and whether they are long San Francisco in an era of distributed teams.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Erik is joined on this episode by Auren Hoffman (@auren), former co-founder and CEO of LiveRamp and Tod Sacerdoti (@tod), former CEO and founder of BrightRoll. They are now working together on a new fund. They talk about how they came to the idea they’re working on, including how to find the right intersection of ideas among those that are interesting to you, that you are uniquely skilled at, that others don’t yet appreciate, and that are worth working on. They explain what data co-ops are and the unique value that they can bring. Auren says he believes that the future is about managing vendors rather than people, and points out that WhatsApp didn’t even build their core messaging functionality themselves in the first place. Erik asks what’s changed in company building since they started their companies in the 2000s and what the next ten years will look like in venture capital. They also talk about why the Valley is flush with cash and whether they are long San Francisco in an era of distributed teams. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at <a href="http://villageglobal.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal. Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Why What You Know Is More Valuable Than Who You Know, and More with Auren Hoffman and Tod Sacerdoti