“É mesmo preciso ter uma obsessão inabalável...”

A carreira de Harry Stebbings começou aos 13 anos, quando viu The Social Network — o retrato sombrio dos primórdios do Facebook, realizado por David Fincher e escrito por Aaron Sorkin. Mas, enquanto muitos de nós vimos esse filme e pensámos: «Gostava de fundar uma empresa tecnológica», Harry viu-o e pensou: «Caramba. Quero ser investidor de capital de risco.»

A few years later, and with £200 pounds in the bank and not a single contact in the VC world, Harry started his podcast, The Twenty Minute VC. Now, more than 10 years and 1400 episodes later, Harry has pivoted his juggernaut-like podcast into his very own VC fund — one that has backed 13 unicorns to-date. Here, in a beautifully candid interview, Harry tells the podcast about the AI start-up sphere; why he chooses to work nine-to-nine, six days a week; how his often lonely childhood formed his entrepreneurial mindset; the dangers of social media usage; and the things that make him optimistic about the future.