14: David Fialkow, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at General Catalyst Partners

Snap. Warby Parker. Airbnb. Stripe. Kayak. That list of companies has a two clear things in common: (1) they are all generational companies that have contributed to significant value creation and (2) General Catalyst invested in all of them. This week, we dug deep into what’s going on in the world of venture with David Fialkow, Co-Founder and Managing Director at General Catalyst. David had an interesting journey to venture — successfully founding and exiting four companies — and ultimately created an early-stage fund to give the type of support to entrepreneurs he sought as a founder. My favorite moments in this conversation included David’s reflections on: (1) how to think about aligning founder and VC interest, (2) why going public is overblown and (3) why at the end of the day, nothing matters more than people .