Alister Coleman is Managing Partner at Folklore Ventures, he helps startups to grow through offering funding, but more importantly, he also offers advice, mentoring, and the steady hand of someone who’s been there before.
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On this episode…
Alister explained that, while he looks for mission-led businesses, he wouldn’t call himself an impact investor. We explored the idea that as more investors embrace the importance of sustainability, the distinctions will dissolve.
And I was most interested in how Alister identifies the founders in which he sees the most promise. As well as the unique role of a startup investor of being a mentor and in some ways a teacher to budding entrepreneurs.
My key takeaway this week…
“The best people to invest in startups, are those who have started them themselves.”
Good Future’s Good Books
By Morgan Housel
It talks about the emotional impacts money has, and how it plays tricks with us. And sometimes its great to read a book just to have a different perspective, you might not always agree with it, or it might confirm your world view, but it’s good to have a different perspective.
By Edward Chancellor
This is one I always recommend. Its around economic bubbles, and I think it’s very easy to lose perspective over time, and the argument has been for the last five years that we’re in a bubble, but that hasn’t stopped people creating a lot of value, and doing extraordinary things.
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