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Daniel Gulati

The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News

1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast

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Our guest today is Daniel Gulati. Daniel has spent the last 6 years at Comcast Ventures, a financially-focused venture capital firm with a 20 year history investing in consumer, enterprise, and frontier technology companies. He joined as Entrepreneur in Residence, and worked his way up the ranks to Principal, Partner and Managing Director at the firm. His seed stage portfolio includes D2C company Away (now worth $1.4B), sports media company The Athletic (reportedly worth over $500M) and digital health company K Health (also worth $500M according to Pitchbook). He recently became Founding Partner of Forecast, an early stage consumer fund.One book that inspired Daniel personally is Personal History by Kay Graham. One book that inspired him professionally is Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton.You can follow Daniel on Twitter and Medium @DanielGulati. You can also follow your host, Mike, on Twitter @mikegelb. You can also follow for episode announcements @consumervc.On this episode we discuss -What attracted Daniel to startups? What were some of the learnings at FashionStake? How does he think about opportunistic investors vs. thematic and where does he fall on the scale? How does he think about the corporate VC ecosystem and where Comcast Ventures falls on the financial vs. strategic scale? Execution type businesses vs. network type businesses. What does he mean that CAC is the new rent? Attractive vs. mediocre markets.How does he think about winning a category or becoming a leader in a category when he is looking at opportunities? How does he think about first mover advantage? How does domain expertise influence investment decision? How does founders having domain expertise influence his decision making process? Do does he think about investing in first time founders vs. seasoned domain experts differently?Daniel walks us through how he invested in K Health, Away and The Athletic. The effects coronavirus has had on early stage investing. The top mistakes founders make when pitching to VCs. What is one thing that he would change when it came to venture capital? What is a company that is in his anti-porfolio? (Had the opportunity to invest in, didn’t and in retrospect wish did)What is his most recent investment and what makes him excited about it? What’s one piece of advice for founders of B2C founders?

Our guest today is <a href="https://comcastventures.com/team" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Gulati</a>. Daniel has spent the last 6 years at <a href="https://comcastventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comcast Ventures</a>, a financially-focused venture capital firm with a 20 year history investing in consumer, enterprise, and frontier technology companies. He joined as Entrepreneur in Residence, and worked his way up the ranks to Principal, Partner and Managing Director at the firm. His seed stage portfolio includes D2C company Away (now worth $1.4B), sports media company The Athletic (reportedly worth over $500M) and digital health company K Health (also worth $500M according to Pitchbook). He recently became Founding Partner of Forecast, an early stage consumer fund.One book that inspired Daniel personally is Personal History by Kay Graham. One book that inspired him professionally is Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton. You can follow Daniel on Twitter and Medium <a href="https://twitter.com/DanielGulati" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@DanielGulati</a>. You can also follow your host, Mike, on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeGelb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mikegelb</a>. You can also follow for episode announcements <a href="https://twitter.com/ConsumerVc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@consumervc</a>. On this episode we discuss - <ol><li>What attracted Daniel to startups? What were some of the learnings at FashionStake? How does he think about opportunistic investors vs. thematic and where does he fall on the scale? How does he think about the corporate VC ecosystem and where Comcast Ventures falls on the financial vs. strategic scale? Execution type businesses vs. network type businesses. What does he mean that CAC is the new rent? Attractive vs. mediocre markets.</li><li>How does he think about winning a category or becoming a leader in a category when he is looking at opportunities? How does he think about first mover advantage? How does domain expertise influence investment decision? How does founders having domain expertise influence his decision making process? Do does he think about investing in first time founders vs. seasoned domain experts differently?</li><li>Daniel walks us through how he invested in K Health, Away and The Athletic. The effects coronavirus has had on early stage investing. The top mistakes founders make when pitching to VCs. What is one thing that he would change when it came to venture capital? What is a company that is in his anti-porfolio? (Had the opportunity to invest in, didn’t and in retrospect wish did)</li><li>What is his most recent investment and what makes him excited about it? What’s one piece of advice for founders of B2C founders?</li></ol>

Daniel Gulati (Comcast Ventures) - Execution vs. Network Type Business, How To Think About Winning a Category, and Evaluating Blue Ocean Opportunities

EP130 - Comcast Ventures Daniel Gulati  We caught up with Daniel Gulati (@DanielGulati) at ShopTalk 2018. Daniel is a partner at Comcast Ventures a venture capital firm that focus on early stage consumer internet investing.  Comcast Ventures was an early investor in Away, MealPal, and recently invested in Zola (hear Zola founder Shan Lyn in episode 98). We spoke with Daniel about his background, his book, Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders, his portfolio companies, the direct to consumer market, competing with Amazon, and the future of retail. Episode 130 of the Jason &amp; Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce &amp; Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.

EP130 - Comcast Ventures Daniel Gulati  We caught up with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgulati/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Gulati</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/DanielGulati" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@DanielGulati</a>) at ShopTalk 2018. Daniel is a partner at Comcast Ventures a venture capital firm that focus on early stage consumer internet investing.  Comcast Ventures was an early investor in Away, MealPal, and recently invested in Zola (<a href="http://retailgeek.com/jason-scot-show-episode-98-zola-ceo-co-founder-shan-lyn-ma/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">hear Zola founder Shan Lyn in episode 98</a>). We spoke with Daniel about his background, his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Purpose-Stories-Brightest-Business-ebook/dp/B005P15CNE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525730003&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=Passion+and+purpose" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders,</a> his portfolio companies, the direct to consumer market, competing with Amazon, and the future of retail. Episode 130 of the Jason &amp; Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. <a href="http://jasonandscot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jasonandscot.com</a> Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce &amp; Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.

EP130 - Comcast Ventures Daniel Gulati

Daniel Gulati, Principal and Head of Seed Investment Practice at Comcast Ventures, discusses e-commerce startup trends and what can and cannot be venture financed at this stage, and why.

Daniel Gulati, Principal and Head of Seed Investment Practice at Comcast Ventures, discusses e-commerce startup trends and what can and cannot be venture financed at this stage, and why.

355th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Daniel Gulati, Comcast Ventures - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast