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March 6, 2023 47 mins
Mallun Yen, founder of Operator Collective (@OpCo_VC), joins us to talk about the future of startups, venture capital, and the role operators, the people who help, grow, and scale up these companies, play in them. Every job Mallun had gave her the tools and led her to create Operator Collective. But one thing stands out, learning the ability to build communities. And Operator Collective is all about it; a venture fund and dream team community of founders and operator LPs from diverse backgrounds who have built and scaled the world’s most successful tech companies. We go over her journey and delve into how collectives work, what operators are and the advantages of teaming up with them when building and growing a company. Operations (and operators) are a crucial piece. Additionally, we compare operators to the classic venture capital model, discuss diversity and gender in operations and analyze the future of startups, how they are built and how they grow. Finally, a little bit of fun. Are tech and diversity underrated or overrated? What do you think? SUPPORT US ON PATREON and get access to exclusive content and resources: https://www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark Connect with us https://twitter.com/RhysShow https://www.tiktok.com/@rhyslindmark Connect with Mallun Yen https://twitter.com/mallun https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallun/ OperatorCollective - https://www.operatorcollective.com/ Mentioned resources: Scaling People Book - https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212 The Rhys Show - Insights from The Frontier https://twitter.com/RhysLindmark helps you become a live player building our solarpunk future. Join our fellowship https://twitter.com/roote_
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