Playbook: Alex Rubalcava – Partner at Stage Venture Partners

“No one in the world has an urgent problem that will get solved by investing in some random guy's venture capital fund.” – Alex Rubalcava 

Alex Rubalcava (@AlexRubalcava) is Partner of Stage Venture Partners, a pre-Seed and Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging software technology for business-to-business markets. He began his VC career as an analyst at Anthem Venture Partners in 2002, and he as served on the boards of numerous Stage VP companies, including Balto, NotiSphere, SoundCommerce, WhiteFox, SPIDR Tech, Abett, Gray Matter Robotics, and Dyania Health.

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Topics discussed with Alex Rubalcava

• 00:01:53 – Alex’s superpowers in investing
• 00:03:07 – Advice for founders
• 00:05:03 – Learning from Berkshire Hathaway and investment books
• 00:09:17 – The massive energy transition underway
• 00:14:24 – Advice for new investors
• 00:16:54 – Planning and long term success

Alex Rubalcava Resources

• Stage Venture Partners
• Frank Slootman
• Berkshire Hathaway
• Warren Buffett
• Charlie Munger

Books Recommended by Alex Rubalcava

• The Gorilla Game, Revised Edition: Picking Winners in High Technology by Geoffrey A. Moore and Paul Johnson