#77 - Rob Vickery Interview (Venture Capital, Start Ups, Entrepreneurs, Tall Poppy Syndrome, California etc.)

Rob Vickery is a venture capital investor who has been primarily
based out of Silicon Valley for the last 10 years. He moved to NZ
in 2020 to help start up businesses in NZ to thrive. He is on a
mission as managing partner at Hillfarrance to help create a
billion dollar NZ business.


SOCIAL MEDIA


WEBSITE - https://hillfarrance.com


Twitter - @VickeryRob


LinkedIn - Rob Vickery


 


#Investing #Entrepreneurs #Startups #VentureCapital


 


00:00 - Intro


00:32 - What Is A Venture Capitalist


02:55 - Having A Good Bullshitter Meter


05:05 - Rob’s Reason For Moving To NZ From California


07:57 - Cultivating NZ Entrepreneurs/NZ Capitalising On How It
Handled Covid


09:53 - Trying To Educate Government On Venture Capitalists


11:37 - Rise Of E-Sports/Why Rob Doesn’t Invest In E-Sports


13:58 - Difference Between Entrepreneurs Of NZ Vs California/What
NZ Entrepreneurs Don’t Do


17:57 - Rob Loves His Job/Honour Of Working With Entrepreneurs


20:05 - Venture Capitalists Are Entrepreneurs As Well


20:29 - Working With Maori & Pasifika Entrepreneurs/Maori
& Pasifika Are Amazing Salesman


23:18 - Hillfarrance Will Be Opening In Hamilton


24:21 - Roadshow With Entrepreneurial Community Over The Next Few
Months


25:35 - Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make


30:07 - Thinking Global Instead Of Local


32:17 - Things About NZ Rob Was Surprised By


33:44 - Rob Was Surprised By NZ’s Poverty & Housing Problem


35:01 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Is A Huge Risk To Entrepreneurs In NZ


38:38 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Exists In Britain


39:40 - Combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome/Entrepreneurship Schools


43:44 - Covid Has Divided People


44:20 - Why America Is Divided


46:28 - How Trump, BLM & Covid Affected The Entrepreneurs In
California & Silicon Valley/Why Rob Left America


54:50 - Arranging To Come To NZ Took Quite A Long Time/Rob Is
Thankful To NZ


59:24 - Rob Doesn’t Like American Billionaires Taking Refuge In
NZ Without Investing In The Country


1:03:25 - Gabe Newells/James Cameron Investment Into NZ


1:04:48 - Wealthy People/How Much Wealth Do You Realistically
Need


1:06:30 - Northland Needs More Investment/Investing Into People


1:07:34 - Where To Follow Rob Vickery/Hillfarrence