Progressing the Bottom-Up Economy: Satya Patel of Homebrew

Founder & Funder Experience

“We are big believers that everybody in technology is

standing on the shoulders of giants.”

— Satya Patel

Today's guest is Satya Patel, Founding Partner at Homebrew, a seed stage venture fund in San Francisco focused on helping entrepreneurs who are building within the Bottom-Up Economy. Alongside his partner, Hunter Walk, Satya and the team are investing in mission-driven founders who are leveraging technology— often in some novel way— to democratize access to products, services, data, customers, revenue, markets, and more!

Satya’s thoughtful sharing provides piercing clarity to a myriad of topics— venture investing, career development, and company building. Anyone who consumes large volumes of content will find Satya’s sharing to be a breath of fresh air!

Highlights

• The bottom-up economy and making the world a more equitable place to live.
• The best of both worlds— classical VC and operational support.
• Operating experience— a double-edged sword?
• Bringing the product-philosophy to investing.
• The ONE domain of expertise every VC must master.
• The founder’s relationship with capital— necessary evil, or, a rewarding path to long-term value creation and partnership?