Matt Clifford: Entrepreneur First - Ambition and Power

Matt Clifford is the co-founder and CEO of ‪@Join_ef‬ a global talent investor that has helped create over 500 companies worth more than $10 billion. Matt is also the founding chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, the UK’s answer to DARPA. #entrepreneurfirst #talentinvesting #VC Looking for more tech, data and venture capital news? Head to https://www.worldofdaas.com/ for our newsletter and events, and follow us on X   / worldofdaas   --------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Matt Clifford - Entrepreneur First Co-founder 00:43 Investing in Talent 11:31 Traits of good founders 15:39 Finding ambition beyond money 20:48 Stack ranking 25:44 Why there's no innovation in VC models 32:24 Default career paths 38:12 History of ambition 47:36 The UK's answer to DARPA 1:03:44 A conspiracy theory Matt believes 1:06:16 Matt's take for common bad advice --------------------------------------------------------- Guest Socials: Twitter: https://x.com/matthewclifford LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcliff... World of DaaS: https://www.worldofdaas.com/ Follow   / worldofdaas   Host Auren Hoffman Socials: Twitter:   / auren   Substack: https://substack.com/@auren Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)