This week, we caught up with Bobby Goodlatte and Josh Williams, two designers-turned-investors who recently announced Form Capital, an early-stage venture fund. In this episode we talk about the path to starting a fund, whether founders should live in the Bay Area, and share advice to designers who are interested in starting their own company someday.
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What is the most under-rated skill for founders?What is the most over-rated skill for founders?Follow up:Marshall has recently crossed 100 episodes and two years of co-hosting this podcast! Boy, oh boy, how time flies - thank you Marshall, it's been a fun two years!Interview:Bobby Goodlatte on Twitter, and his email is bobby at formcapital.com.Josh Williams on Twitter, and his email is jw at formcapital.com.Josh appeared on episode 200 of Design Details.Form Capital is Bobby and JW's new early stage venture fund.Pauh Graham's essays have a wealth of startup advice.Cool Things:Brian shared Timecrimes, a low-budget, internally-consistent time travel movie.Marshall shared the Scott Pilgrim Table Read on YouTube.Josh snuck in two recommendations this week:The AWB OneSky Telescope.The Segway Ninebot Electric GoKart.Bobby shared the 2021 Ford Bronco.The UI is buck-wild.Design Details on the Web:📻 We are @designdetailsfm🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock📬 Don't have Twitter? Email us at designdetailsfm@gmail.com🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :)⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunesBye!
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