In this episode, we had a fascinating conversation with Touraj Parang. Touraj graduated from Stanford in economics and philosophy, earned his JD from Yale Law School, and started his career at a top Silicon Valley law firm. He then moved into venture capital with Early Bird Firm and Amidzad. Touraj's entrepreneurial journey included founding Jaxtr and Webs, which was later acquired. He joined GoDaddy as VP of Corporate Development, staying until 2014. Currently, he is the President, COO, and Board Member of Serve Robotics, an autonomous delivery company that recently went public. Touraj is also the author of *Exit Path*, and in this episode, we discuss his views on exits and acquisitions, along with insights into Serve Robotics.



Touraj Parang Linkedin :   / ardalanjam1369  
Exit Path : https://www.amazon.com/ExitPathHow...


(0:00) Summary
(1:08) Touraj’s Introduction
(3:38) How Startup founders should think about Exit
(5:16) Jaxtr
(10:33) Exit Strategy for Webs
(14:34) How to Design Effective Signaling for Selling Your Startup
(17:13) Reasons Behind Exit Tabo
(20:50) GoDaddy Acquisition Insights
(21:40) How to Build Trust with Your Potential Acquirer?
(22:29) Best Strategies for Selling Your Company
(23:06) How to Communicate with Technical Folks?
(28:41) Biases in Entrepreneurship
(33:28) Power Law in Venture Capital
(41:47) How does the Gen AI wave affect the Power Law?
(42:20) The Partnership Story with Pejman Nozad
(47:02) Serve Robotics Story
(53:36) Serve Robotics IPO
(55:36) Serve Robotics Product Vision
(1:05:33) Serve Robotics' Goals
(1:10:58) How to Find the Right CoFounder and Define the Problem
(1:15:23) How to excel as a Venture Capitalist?


References :
https://tparang.medium.com/dontsacri...
https://hbr.org/2022/08/whyfounders...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoria...
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK...


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