#034 - Rational Musings: Lack of Authenticity EVERYWHERE, & Applying Wall Street DNA to Venture Capital

<p>Cyrus and Iman discuss their thoughts on authenticity in life, tech, and VC. They also discuss having purpose and performing deep work, whether elite university degrees are becoming a bad investment, applying the Wall Street DNA to Venture, and how Twitter activity influences VC funding outcomes.<br /> <br /> You can also watch this in video format on our youtube channel to see supporting material: <a href= "https://youtu.be/2O7Ugp_kmDQ">https://youtu.be/2O7Ugp_kmDQ</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Materials referenced:<br /> <br /> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">James Lo post on authenticity:</span> <a class= "yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXM5dEZGcEZQcVJYYTFpdVFhZF9hUE9GeEU4QXxBQ3Jtc0trTEVTY3pRY2tLZXpWY2RHQm5KQUhiVGdPYlJxVDJZdGlON1d0S0JCQWFhdGxrLTNWdVpMcW1wcEVQM0FJcEVDR01SbG5BdlZpX1VOMFJQckxJX0xNenc2c3NWOFF3Umc3MUFwZ290QUlLX0dFLWF5WQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2Fyfjameslo_my-time-at-web-summit-reminded-me-of-two-activity-6862526847062810624-12kB" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yfjame...</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><br /> <br /> Rob Henderson on university degrees:</span> <a class= "yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjMxN2cyZ0FBVnpNbFYwdzBzOTBhS1pzUDFRQXxBQ3Jtc0trYzhQUjN2YjBrUnR3YTUyaXlvRzBUWW15SEVtZUdDSHM1cGZWWkthZ19TVHNKVl93c05sQmJibzlzYWNKWmk5ZUtXc050QlowRjhPU1RpSE1fWldxcl9fd05Mc3dOd0tOUzZVQm9MWmVsaTVPd0lnVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Frobkhenderson%2Fstatus%2F1451638407600427010" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/sta...</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><br /> <br /> Sar Haribhakti on Tiger Global applying Wall Street DNA:</span> <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-