260. The Fund that Started on Twitter, Why Community-driven Startups Win, and Embracing the Underestimated (Lolita Taub & Jesse Middleton)

Lolita Taub & Jesse Middleton of The Community Fund
join Nick to discuss The Fund that Started on Twitter, Why Community-driven Startups Win, and Embracing the Underestimated. In this episode, we cover:

• Background of Lolita & Jesse
• How did the two of you meet and ultimately decide to launch a fund together?
• What's the thesis at the Community Fund?
• Conflicts or issues running multiple funds that invest at similar stages?
• Why did you create a distributed investment team of 13?
• How did you select them?
• Approach to investing in cold reach outs?
• How does decision-making work?
• What does a great founder look like to you?
• You invest in community-driven companies... what does that mean, and how do you define community-driven?