Niko Bonatsos is the Managing Director at General Catalyst Partners an early stage venture capital fund specialising in Series A and B tech startups. In this episode we discuss:

• How Niko harnessed the power of serendipity as a student in multiple countries
• Why Niko wants the founder he invests in to be learning animals and how he identifies this
• The current state of the conversation in Silicon Valley

We also discuss Niko’s investment in Snapchat which IPOd with a $28 billion valuation so this was a great episode packed full of useful insights about all things tech.

Steve O’Hear is a leading technology journalist for Techcrunch where he focuses on European startups, companies and products.

Steve has written for some of the world’s top publications and has also started a company himself, co-founding the London and Prague-based startup Beepl, In his role as CEO there, Steve helped the company raise its first round and develop and launch its product

A man of many talents he also wrote and directed the critically acclaimed documentary 'In Search of the Valley', which was released in back in 2006 spending one month visiting and talking to many of the valley's biggest personalities.

In this episode we discuss: 

• How technology has affected journalism and changed the rules of the game
• Steve’s tips and tricks for asking good questions to get the types of answers you’re looking for in an interview
• The current state of the global tech ecosystem and whether we’re in a bubble or not 

We also discuss Steve’s experiences as a founder and filmmaker, which makes this episode a wide-ranging and multidisciplinary one. So whether you’re curious about the state of the global tech industry, how journalism is evolving or what it takes to make the most of an interview, this episode has you covered.