Mike Annunziata is the Founding Partner of Also Capital, the Co-Founder of ⁠Farther Farms & a board member of Varda Space⁠⁠.

In this episode, Ollie & Mike talk about:

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• Mike's fund, Also Capital
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• Deep tech industry trends
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• How to find great deep tech founders
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• The founding story of Varda Space
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• The founding story of Farther Farms
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• How to master deep tech branding
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Timestamps:

00:34 Mike's Background

04:16 Varda Space Founding Story

07:14 Storytelling for Founders

09:47 How do VC's find investment opportunities in Deep Tech?

13:56 How to launch a startup?

17:42 Farther Farms origin story

20:04 The steps to grow Farther Farms from Seed to Series B

22:17 Mike's lessons from his early times as an entrepreneur

24:03 Should you stay in a stable career or start a company?

25:21 Mike's approach to deep tech investing

31:32 Having fun and playing to win

33:58 The importance of getting on that flight

36:47 How the best founders lead their teams?

41:44 The biggest challenge of founding Farther Farms

43:42 The importance of aligning leaders with organisational culture

46:44 The difference between a seed stage founder, a growth stage founder & a public company CEO

48:34 How to pick good board members

50:32 How to guide founders as a board member

53:15 Who are board members typically?

54:11 Branding for deep tech companies

57:31 How to attract the best team to your deep tech startup?

59:18 Exciting frontier technologies arriving in the future

01:03:50 The Also Capital Flywheel

01:06:17 What does being a Father teach you about life?

Mike [Twitter]

Ollie [Twitter, WEBOAF]