#134 - TURNER NOVAK

Turner is the Founder of Banana Capital, a global venture capital firm. Prior to launching Banana Capital in 2021, Turner ran all venture capital investing at Gelt VC. He writes a newsletter called “The Split” and hosts a podcast called “The Peel”. Follow Turner on Twitter @TurnerNovak [0:00] - Turner’s early interests in investing; how he ended up starting his own fund [10:31] - Growing up and building friendships on the internet [16:30] - Differences in fundraising from individual vs. institutional LPs [21:36] - The importance of evaluating founders in any startup investment [31:20] - Raising in public and Turner’s reflections on raising his first fund [44:50] - Turner’s media strategy and his new podcast, “The Peel” [55:19] - How Turner curates information & finds leverage in content [1:01:22] - The importance of understanding TikTok & the latest trends For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList⁠, Oura⁠, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at [email protected]. Thank you!