#77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future

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Today I'm talking with Mike Maples Jr. Mike is a partner at the venture capital firm, Floodgate. And this conversation is all about mental models. Mike's developed a series of mental models for evaluating opportunities, and he's gonna pull back the curtain and show us the mental models that he uses to find the risks worth taking. You're gonna love this conversation. It's time to listen.

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