Kiwi Talkz #77 - Rob Vickery Interview (Venture Capital, Start Ups, Entrepreneurs, Tall Poppy Syndrome, California etc.)
Rob Vickery is a venture capital investor who has been primarily based out of Silicon Valley for the last 10 years. He moved to NZ in 2020 to help start up businesses in NZ to thrive. He is on a mission as managing partner at Hillfarrance to help create a billion dollar NZ business.
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WEBSITE - https://hillfarrance.com
Twitter - @VickeryRob
LinkedIn - Rob Vickery
#Investing #Entrepreneurs #Startups #VentureCapital
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - What Is A Venture Capitalist
02:55 - Having A Good Bullshitter Meter
05:05 - Rob’s Reason For Moving To NZ From California
07:57 - Cultivating NZ Entrepreneurs/NZ Capitalising On How It Handled Covid
09:53 - Trying To Educate Government On Venture Capitalists
11:37 - Rise Of E-Sports/Why Rob Doesn’t Invest In E-Sports
13:58 - Difference Between Entrepreneurs Of NZ Vs California/What NZ Entrepreneurs Don’t Do
17:57 - Rob Loves His Job/Honour Of Working With Entrepreneurs
20:05 - Venture Capitalists Are Entrepreneurs As Well
20:29 - Working With Maori & Pasifika Entrepreneurs/Maori & Pasifika Are Amazing Salesman
23:18 - Hillfarrance Will Be Opening In Hamilton
24:21 - Roadshow With Entrepreneurial Community Over The Next Few Months
25:35 - Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
30:07 - Thinking Global Instead Of Local
32:17 - Things About NZ Rob Was Surprised By
33:44 - Rob Was Surprised By NZ’s Poverty & Housing Problem
35:01 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Is A Huge Risk To Entrepreneurs In NZ
38:38 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Exists In Britain
39:40 - Combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome/Entrepreneurship Schools
43:44 - Covid Has Divided People
44:20 - Why America Is Divided
46:28 - How Trump, BLM & Covid Affected The Entrepreneurs In California & Silicon Valley/Why Rob Left America
54:50 - Arranging To Come To NZ Took Quite A Long Time/Rob Is Thankful To NZ
59:24 - Rob Doesn’t Like American Billionaires Taking Refuge In NZ Without Investing In The Country
1:03:25 - Gabe Newells/James Cameron Investment Into NZ
1:04:48 - Wealthy People/How Much Wealth Do You Realistically Need
1:06:30 - Northland Needs More Investment/Investing Into People
1:07:34 - Where To Follow Rob Vickery/Hillfarrence