Lessons from Villagers

Michelle Zatlyn joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha for a masterclass with our founders in late 2020.

We recently pulled together 100+ angels…like Reid Hoffman, Chamath Palihapitiya, Elad Gil, Kevin Hartz, Athena Karp, & Nick Caldwell to talk trends and tips in backing entrepreneurs at the earliest stages.

During this virtual Q&A between Beth and Village Global Partner, Ben Casnocha, they discussed frameworks for inspiring innovation on teams, leading in times of chaos, using conflict as a catalyst for creativity, and more.

Some seed stage angels and VCs — including we at Village Global — will make “founder bets” where the investment thesis is mostly or entirely about the talents of the founders, irrespective of the founders’ specific idea, business model, market, etc.

We gathered a group of Village Global portfolio founders, network leaders, and friends of the firm from around the world at a beautiful location in northern California.

Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, was interviewed by Village Global co-founder and partner, Anne Dwane.

Village Global hosted a fireside chat featuring two of our luminary LPs who are also two of the most successful entrepreneurial executives of all time: Barry Diller and Bobby Kotick.

We recently hosted a lunch and learn with Alexa von Tobel for Village Global founders, Network Leaders, and friends of the firm.

A group of Village Global’s founders had a unique opportunity to meet with Reid at LinkedIn’s Sunnyvale headquarters for office hours.