#3: Paul Martino: The O.G of Silicon Valley
Programming the Internet's First Bulletin Boards, 8x Entrepreneur, Running a Top VC firm, working with the Trillion Dollar Coach
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About this Episode
Episode 3: Gabe (@gabrielsundaram) and I (@dotmatrix) talk to Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital) , the co-founder of Bullpen Capital. Paul is an 8X founder and one of the O.Gs in tech. He co-founded, with Mark Pincus (@pinc.eth), one of the world's first social networks called Tribe, was coached by the legendary Bill Campbell (Trillion Dollar Coach) and even predicted that influencers would rule the world (@MichellePhan) before everyone else did.
Episode highlights
Being on the frontlines of the earliest days of the internet
Building one of the world’s first social networks with Marc Pincus
Shifting the mindset from a pure product builder to a company builder
How he built an insanely powerful professional network
Producing the film Inside Game
Spotting a gap in the seed market
Working with the Trillion Dollar Coach Bill Campbell
Betting on diversity before it was even a thing