Isaac Souweine hosts Brice Scheschuk, Managing Partner at Globalive Capital. Brice is an active private technology investor in Canada with firsthand founder experience as the co-founder of Wind Mobile (now Freedom Mobile) in 2008. In this podcast he talks to Isaac about his “play your own game” framework, a thought exercise for founders that shifts their sole focus from pitching to investors to include selling to customers.
2:46
“The Brice Arc” - Brice’s history and experience that brought us to the Play Your Own Game framework.
6:25
Brice discusses Globalive Capital’s differentiated strategy when it comes to allocating to tech as a family office.
8:50
Unpacking the “big ideas” with the play your own game framework.
13:07
Playing your own game instead of playing the VC game is a lesson for founders and investors.
19:37
Brice shares why the traditional definition of bootstrapping is too limiting.
23:22
Measure Up – A look at the first few years as a startup.
31:00
“One of your jobs as a founder is not to be seduced.” When is the right time to take a VC meeting?
35:28
What is the concept of the mighty middle? “...it's by far the most interesting place to play.”
43:02
“Decisions that can be undone or decisions that cannot be undone” - a decision-making framework.
46:15
How Pender Ventures sees the world.
47:41
Funding the mighty middle and weighing up different investing strategies.
1:02:45
Closing thoughts for founders and knowing the different ways to finance your business.
