In this episode, we touch on, how Ezra got into angel investing, what motivates Chicago Ventures, what the one question every founder should ask of their VCs, and why Ezra prefers growing a business over starting one. Plus we’ll also talk about where he sources his investments from, why producing content as a VC is important, how they look for outliers in the entrepreneurs they back, and how he finds and cultivates his mentors. After all that, he discuss why Ezra thinks ecommerce companies are underestimated, what Ezra wishes he knew when he first got into the venture industry, why some venture capital investments never get announced, why he thinks Chicago is so good at building great business, and hat we can do to make Chicago even better for startups. LISTEN ON ITUNES LISTEN ON STITCHER
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