EP 74: Laela Sturdy (Head of CapitalG) on Why Google Invests in Startups

(0:00) Intro(1:44) What is CapitalG?(5:31) Why does Google invest in startups?(12:31) Laela's role as Managing Partner(14:16) Making investment decisions at CapitalG(17:50) Top lessons from investing(21:26) Getting lucky early in your career(24:55) Consumer vs enterprise investing(31:06) What the best investments have in common(36:48) Avoiding false precision in investing(45:36) Making concentrated bets(47:31) How to develop talent(51:09) Advice for young people in venture(1:04:24) Thoughts on the artificial intelligence industry(1:07:37) Immigrating from Jamaica Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/....podcast/three-cartoo https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the ShowLogan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.