{"id":7062,"date":"2021-02-15T16:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T16:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/paul-martino-co-founder-managing-partner-at-early-stage-vc-firm\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:33:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:33:20","slug":"paul-martino-co-founder-managing-partner-at-early-stage-vc-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/paul-martino-co-founder-managing-partner-at-early-stage-vc-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Martino, Co-founder &#038; Managing Partner at early-stage VC firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of<span>&nbsp;<\/span><em>Net Effects Podcast<\/em>, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pauljmartino\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pauljmartino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Martino<\/a>, co-founder and managing partner of early-stage VC firm<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BullpenCap\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BullpenCap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bullpen Capital<\/a>. The conversation dives into what makes a great investment opportunity as well as what makes a great startup founder. Martino brings his effusive knowledge to the table with plenty of anecdotes about resilience, grit, and curiosity.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PM-1.png\" alt=\"PM\" width=\"283\" style=\"width: 283px; float: right;\">Broadening your personal data set with both successes and failures.<\/strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Martino shares what it was like getting fired from his own startup and how it made space and energy for him to pursue his next big thing.<\/li>\n<li>A winning strategy for entrepreneurs:<span>&nbsp;<\/span><strong>Know enough to be dangerous but not enough to be jaded.<\/strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span>\u201cIf you know the business too well you\u2019re never going to be receptive to the fresh idea. And if you don\u2019t know the business at all, you won\u2019t know where to innovate.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBlue-collar founders\u201d is Martino\u2019s term for individuals who \u2013 regardless of background, age, or income \u2013 are<span>&nbsp;<\/span><strong>oriented towards grit, are hardworking, and encompass a determined, grounded mindset<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSocial good doesn\u2019t have to be the thing that motivates you, but it\u2019s a damn good one to motivate you to move mountains.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cYou can talk all the platitudes you want, but you have to show up.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To hear more about Martino\u2019s investing strategy and the lessons that some of the pivotal lessons that have shaped his staying power,<span>&nbsp;<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/net-effects\/id1550687284\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/net-effects\/id1550687284\">listen to the full episode now.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of&nbsp;Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview&nbsp;Paul Martino, co-founder&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7069,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions\/7069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lottolenghi.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}