Dave Morin, Offline Ventures - how venture studios work
About this episode
Dave Morin is co-founder and managing partner of Offline Ventures, a venture fund and studio backed by Apple as anchor investor. He was an early employee at Facebook, then founded the mobile social network Path.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Dave and Auren discuss:
- Why Meta's AI ads work while Netflix, Amazon, and Spotify fail at recommendations
- How Offline runs its venture fund/studio hybrid
- Parasocial relationships and the loneliness crisis
- Depression as the #1 disease by 2030 and breakthrough treatments
Looking for more tech, data and venture capital intel? Head to worldofdaas.com for our podcast, newsletter and events, and follow us on X @worldofdaas.
You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Dave Morin on X at @davemorin.
Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
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