In this episode, I have a chat with Marvin Liao, partner at GAMEGROOVE Capital, an LA-based video game holding company. They manage products with +140 million users worldwide, with offices in the U.S. and Europe. You can listen to this podcast on Youtube, Spotify, and other podcast apps.
Before GAMEGROOVE Capital, Marvin was an investor and partner at the Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups. He invested in more than 400 pre-seed and seed-stage startups such as Pipefy, Shippo, RapidAPI, Manychat, along with many other relevant startups. Over 21 years of experience in the Valley, Marvin was also a senior executive in Yahoo. He helped the company find opportunities in Emerging Markets and grow revenues 100% YoY for 10+ years.
During this episode, Marvin shares his strong opinions on how the tech ecosystem and Silicon Valley have changed over the years. He shares his ideas from investment vehicles to the new breed of tech founders, and how COVID has affected the way we build and invest in new products.
In our conversation I ask Marvin:
I hope you enjoy the episode and hit me up to share your favorite insights from the episode.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it. Achieve perfect liberation from materialism by having the discipline to do what you know you have to execute
The world respects those that take risk. People that put skin in the game and are willing to self-sacrifice to build something greater than themselves.
Several encounters in your life can be tagged as "meaningful coincidences”. Events that happen with no casualty but end up being meaningfully related.