James Currier on Network Effects, Education, and Evaluating Startup Ideas

James Currier (@JamesCurrier) of NFX join Erik on this episode. They Discuss: - Why hasn’t Linkedin been disrupted yet - What does crypto do for generating network effects - Where are today’s opportunities in consumer social - Market networks and how they’ve evolved over time - What’s wrong with education and can homeschooling be a solution - Commoditization of higher education - How to evaluate startup ideas - How will venture evolve over the next decade - What should founders better appreciate about the psychology of VCs 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.