Amber Illig is the Founding General Partner of The Council, an early stage venture firm focused on essential industries like supply chain and healthcare. Amber has a deep operating background having worked at Apple, Cruise, Snap, and Eli Lilly. We talked about why Amber loves essential industries, how she built a proprietary network of operator angel investors, how she and that network help support founders, and her nuanced take on AI. Please enjoy.

Investing in Startups is hosted by Joe Magyer and produced by Seaplane Ventures.

Investing in Startups: https://www.investinginstartups.com/

Joe Magyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemagyer/

Seaplane Ventures: https://www.seaplaneventures.com/

Winter Mead is the Founder and CEO of Coolwater Capital. Coolwater is an accelerator for emerging venture capital fund managers aimed at helping them to launch, build, and scale their firms. We talked about what investors should look for in emerging VCs, how VCs can build durable platforms, and how VCs are using AI to do their jobs better. Winter is one of the most thoughtful LPs in the venture space so it was great to have him on the show.

Investing in Startups is hosted by Joe Magyer and produced by Seaplane Ventures.

Investing in Startups: https://www.investinginstartups.com/

Joe Magyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemagyer/

Seaplane Ventures: https://www.seaplaneventures.com/

Zach Coelius is the Managing Partner of Coelius Capital. Zach is a 4-time entrepreneur and now solo GP who invests in early stage technology companies. We talked about why ideas are meaningless, demo day investing, platform risk, sniffing out product/market fit, B2B2C business models, and why Zach thinks ownership is overrated. This was a really fun, candid conversation.

Investing in Startups is hosted by Joe Magyer and produced by Seaplane Ventures.

Investing in Startups: https://www.investinginstartups.com/

Joe Magyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemagyer/

Seaplane Ventures: https://www.seaplaneventures.com/