Bill Bartee: Growing up seeing rocket launches at NASA, Silicon valley in the 80's, How and why he co-founded...

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Welcome to episode #80 w Bill Bartee! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:
1. How growing up near a NASA facility started Bill's love for science, tech and engineering
2. Reflections on working in Silicon Valley in the 80's seeing the early technology evolution
3. What he learnt from his most painful learning and why one advice has stuck the most 
4. The 5 hall of fame Australian VC's Bill would love to be in a room with
5. Why is deep tech innovation different and how does talent equate in Australia vs the USA
Please enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS
03:03 - Growing up seeing rocket launches
 
03:40 - Papers, washing cars and labourer
 
04:24 - Double nobel prize winner in Physics and Chemistry
 
06:12 - Economically poor, intellectually rich
 
08:01 - Aspirations to be an astronaut
 
09:48 - Building information sources in the 1960/70’s
 
11:07 - 25 year love for Australia
 
12:45 - Working across the spectrum: large, medium and early companies
 
15:13 - Evolution in rate of learning
 
17:54 - what makes people succeed
 
21:08 - 99% of learnings coming from failing
 
23:36 - Not judging a book by it’s cover
 
26:39 - Applying mathematics love to startup investing
 
30:32 - Venture Capital today vs the early 2000’s
 
35:02 - Co-founding 3 x VC firms
 
38:12 - top 5 hall of fame investors
 
41:10 - founders from 2000’s that impressed the most
 
43:47 - metrics in sass vs deep tech
 
48:23 - How do investors help deep tech founders?
 
50:54 - Most challenging mental models
 
52:43 - Talent equation in deep tech: Australia vs USA
 
54:26 - final sprint