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How Latin American Founders Keep Their Deals Alive
- ▶ 1:15 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
$1.4M Ask: Can AI Fix Dirty Hotel Rooms?
- ▶ 1:59 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
Track Mental Health with a Wearable?!
- ▶ 1:19 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
- ▶ 2:01 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
This App Detects Strep from a Selfie…What?!
- ▶ 1:55 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
VCs Offered $2M — Will This Profitable Startup Survive the Pitch?
- ▶ 1:48 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
- ▶ 2:01 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
This Founder Built the World’s First Smart Running Shoe
- ▶ 2:16 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This Luxury Grooming Company’s U.S. Expansion?
- ▶ 1:51 Josh Muccio Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
#126 Handle: The Uncut Pitch
- ▶ 1:03 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner Precursor Ventures.
#124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
- ▶ 1:19 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner of Precursor Ventures.
#122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
- ▶ 1:22 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner Precursor Ventures.
- ▶ 11:26 Charles Hudson Consumer's about half of what we do at Precursor.
#120 Bevz: A Tech Bro Walks Into a Corner Store...
- ▶ 1:21 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner Precursor Ventures.
#118 Uncovered: The Business of True Crime
- ▶ 1:44 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures.
#117 Lotus: Hardware Hail Mary
- ▶ 1:15 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner of Precursor Ventures.
#116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
- ▶ 1:16 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner Precursor Ventures.
#115 Gemist: The Crown Jewel of Venture
- ▶ 1:21 Charles Hudson Hi, I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner Precursor Ventures.
#114 Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
- ▶ 1:04 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures.
#111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
- ▶ 1:12 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures.
#110 HandsDown: The Accelerator Pitch
- ▶ 0:58 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures.
#107 Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale
- ▶ 1:07 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures.
#106 Dotcal: The Calendar Wars
- ▶ 1:13 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures.
#105 Teffola: Granola Guy Approved
- ▶ 1:04 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures.
#104 Dressd: Red Carpet or Red Ocean?
- ▶ 1:20 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures.
- ▶ 24:28 Charles Hudson My biggest dumb-dumb investments at Precursor have been where I've worked with someone for a year and not invested, and then when they raise, it's at some crazy place, and I'm like, I just worked for free and helped this person for a year. 2 times in the scene
#103 Get Lost in the AWSM Sauce
- ▶ 1:11 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures.
#102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
- ▶ 1:06 Charles Hudson I'm Charles Hudson, Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures.
#101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
- ▶ 8:11 Charles Hudson We're just wrapping up our new fund. 2 times in the scene
#97 Secret Sauce or Snake Oil?
- ▶ 0:57 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested fifty million in over a 170 startups.
#89 A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker
- ▶ 1:24 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested fifty million in over a 175 startups to date.
How I Saved My Startup
- ▶ 1:39 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#87 Uber for Pets
- ▶ 0:45 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#86 If the Suit Fits, Invest.
- ▶ 1:00 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#85 Will Coronavirus Kill This Deal?
- ▶ 2:32 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#84 The Napkin Pitch
- ▶ 1:34 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#83 Can Small Bras Be a Big Market?
- ▶ 1:23 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#82 A Deal Too Perfect to Pass Up
- ▶ 1:08 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#81 Jillian to the Rescue
- ▶ 0:39 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#80 Can This App Silence The Trolls?
- ▶ 0:55 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#79 The Anti-JUUL
- ▶ 1:25 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
- ▶ 13:51 Charles Hudson We've had a strict sort of no tobacco, no cannabis policy, a precursor, since I started the fund.
#78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
- ▶ 1:29 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#77 Sell Online or Go Door to Door
- ▶ 1:18 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures,
#75 “I Want Bro Money Too”
- ▶ 1:25 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#74 Stop Killing Your Plants
- ▶ 1:12 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#73 Enough Sales Calls Already!
- ▶ 1:37 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
- ▶ 11:35 Charles Hudson And I'm gonna learn a lot, and I'm gonna talk to Jonas and Andrew at Stackshare and TeamPay, and if the three of you are comfortable, this to me is a no-brainer for Precursor, but I need to clear all of those, so in the interest of, like,…
#72 How Niche Is Too Niche?
- ▶ 1:16 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date. 2 times in the scene
#71 Raising Kids Is Hard. So Is Raising a Startup.
- ▶ 1:14 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#70 What Is Michael Phelps Jamming to Right Now?
- ▶ 0:50 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#69 When Less Is Not More
- ▶ 1:25 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested forty-five million in over a hundred startups to date.
#68 Dogs & Dating: A Match Made in Heaven?
- ▶ 1:15 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures,
- ▶ 24:40 Leigh Isaacson And so having someone like Charles Hudson and Precursor Ventures, those names mean a ton to having everyone else we're talking to decide to put the money down.
I’ve Looked Death in the Eye
- ▶ 1:32 Josh Muccio Daniel Gulati is here with Comcast Ventures, along with Jillian Maness with Structure Capital, Phil Nadel of Forefront Venture Partners, and Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
- ▶ 17:32 Charles Hudson You know, our model at Precursor is really to bet on people first, and I just have a really good sense that you really understand what you're building, and you really understand your customer's pain points, and that's rare to find.
#66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product?
- ▶ 1:25 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#65 Wait, Your App Does What Exactly?
- ▶ 1:06 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#64 Startup Sale! 80% Off
- ▶ 1:33 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#63 Can A Startup Solve Homelessness?
- ▶ 1:15 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#62 Pivot or Die
- ▶ 1:19 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#61 Can a Zebra Survive in a Unicorn World?
- ▶ 0:52 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#60 Is This the Amazon Prime of Airline Tickets?
- ▶ 1:00 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#59 Disrupting Work Happy Hour
- ▶ 1:15 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, which has invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#58 Park Your Pooch Here
- ▶ 1:18 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
- ▶ 19:00 Charles Hudson About 10% of what I do at Precursor is hardware, and I think the hardest thing about hardware, other than everything, is being live in market and figuring out where the rough edges are in product and really impressed by the thoughtfulness.
#57 Where Losers Go To Win
- ▶ 0:55 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#56 Shark Tank vs. The Pitch
- ▶ 1:19 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
- ▶ 25:51 Zahra Kassam And Charles from Precursor.
- ▶ 38:36 Zahra Kassam Um, Alexandra has some great business development ideas and, um, Charles from Precursor is incredibly respected in the space.
#55 A New Spin on VR
- ▶ 1:20 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#54 Is Selling in Walmart a Good Thing?
- ▶ 1:06 Josh Muccio Charles started Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#52 Fitbit … for Dogs
- ▶ 1:08 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures.
#49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
- ▶ 1:08 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#47 Can This Tiny Gadget Keep Kids in College?
- ▶ 1:07 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#46 Never Get Lost Again
- ▶ 0:48 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#43 Get This Party Startup in Here
- ▶ 1:00 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#42 How Much Do You Trust Your Barista?
- ▶ 1:04 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#41 Can This Startup Help Retailers Take on Amazon?
- ▶ 1:05 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he's invested twenty million in over a hundred startups to date.
#39 This Pitch is Damn Near Perfect
- ▶ 1:16 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he invests in early-stage startups.
- ▶ 20:44 Charles Hudson Um, so we've only recently started investing in, um, apparel, or what we call tangible goods at Precursor, but I have a good feeling about you.
#38 A Beauty Industry Veteran Goes Rogue
- ▶ 1:13 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he invests in early stage startups.
#37 Can Tech Solve America’s Drug Crisis?
- ▶ 1:09 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he invests in early-stage startups.
- ▶ 18:20 Charles Hudson Yeah, and we've done a lot of, I mean, we've done a lot of digital health investing at Precursor, and a lot of those companies, because, as Jillian said, the sales cycle and deployment cycle is long, we've, we've sort of made some bets…
#34 Can Storytime Become Big Business?
- ▶ 1:10 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures, where he invests in early-stage startups.
#33 What Is a Startup Actually Worth?
- ▶ 18:40 Josh Muccio So I figured maybe it's time to call in a neutral third party, a mediator of sorts, Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
#29 Could This Be the Next Airbnb?
- ▶ 34:56 Josh Muccio And then Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures, another investor who's been on the show, decided to join the round, coming in for another 250 K.
#25 Rex
- ▶ 0:57 Josh Muccio Daniel Gulati is here with Comcast Ventures, along with Jillian Maness with Structure Capital, Phil Nadel of Forefront Venture Partners, and Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
- ▶ 20:27 Charles Hudson You know, our model at Precursor is really to bet on people first.
#24 unGlue
- ▶ 0:42 Josh Muccio We have Jillian Maness with Structure Capital, Phil Nadel with Forefront Venture Partners, and Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
#22 Investor FOMO: Lunar Wireless
- ▶ 0:44 Josh Muccio So it seems Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures has met today's founder before, but he has yet to invest in his company.
- ▶ 21:03 Charles Hudson No, I think for me, it's a binary, but it's either the 50 turns into something really, really interesting, or 50 is like, I can afford, if tomorrow the whole launch goes terrible, I'm like, well, that was the fastest 50 that Precrocher's…
#21 Metabrew
- ▶ 0:40 Josh Muccio Alongside Phil are three more investors, Jillian Maness from Structure Capital, Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures, and Daniel Galati from Comcast Ventures.
#20 Harper Wilde
- ▶ 1:08 Josh Muccio And finally, on today's episode, in the fourth seat is Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
#18 ROWViGOR
- ▶ 1:08 Josh Muccio And on today's episode in the coveted fourth seat is Charles Hudson with Precursor Ventures.
#100 When Investors Take the Hot Seat
- ▶ 0:59 Josh Muccio Charles is with Precursor Ventures.
Season 12 Finale: What Happened After The Pitch?
- ▶ 34:30 Julia Dixon He has a really cool process of getting letters of recommendation from people, and then we did some formal background checks, and right around the same week that I signed officially with Jesse, I signed with Charles in precursor, and…
$1M Pitch: Can This Beer Startup Transform the Brewing Industry?
- ▶ 12:06 Charles Hudson I think I'm out for, we have like an internal thing about science things that we're not science people at Precursor, but I do have two family offices I've gotten to know really well that are both in the brewing business, and they're always…
Stanford Engineer: Gecko-Inspired Space Velcro
- ▶ 11:37 Charles Hudson It's a bit beyond what we would do at Precursor, but this is super interesting, and I, I have some hardware companies in our portfolio.
The Pitch Season 12 Official Trailer: Let's Tear Down the System
- ▶ 2:56 Charles Hudson A precursor or ever?
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