Naval Ravikant: The AngelList founder and angel investor popularly known as Tech Buddha

 To him, managing a fund is more of a hobby. Yet, AngelList founder Naval Ravikant is known as The Angel Philosopher and Tech Buddha — monikers that are testimony to his knack of bringing a philosophical and pure science perspective to the tech industry. Besides being an evangelist for the startup ecosystem, the Indian American is a successful backer of famed names such as Uber, Twitter, Yammer, FourSquare, and Stack Overflow.  

Struggle-filled beginnings 

Like most successful founders, the 47-year-old’s entrepreneurial journey is speckled with failures; in his Outliers podcast Ravikant says that success only comes after one has given up on it. When he launched Epinions back in 1999, it came with its own share of challenges. After exiting Epinions (now Shopping.com) there was a decade of struggles before he tasted success with his 2010 venture AngelList, a one-stop-shop for the early-stage tech ecosystem that helps entrepreneurs raise money and recruit talent. 

Delhi to NYC 

To him, managing a fund is more of a hobby. Yet, AngelList founder Naval Ravikant is known as The Angel Philosopher and Tech Buddha

Originally from Delhi, Naval moved to New York with his mother and brother at the age of 9. It was here that he was exposed to the world of technology and went on to graduate from Dartmouth College in Computer Science and Economics followed by a brief stint with the Boston Consulting Group.  

AngelList established him as one of the most influential names in Silicon Valley. It all began as a way to open up Silicon Valley and the tech industry to the rest of the world. From a time when people rushed to strike deals before it became public information to today where thousands of investors and early founders transact transparently, AngelList has been a clear game-changer.  

Ravikant is a deep thinker who likes to constantly challenge the status quo on most things. Today most entrepreneurs believe that networking is of utmost importance but the startup backer has a contrarian view. In an Outliers podcast, he said if one is building something interesting there will always be more people wanting to know you than you want to know them.  

In a collection of interviews, he published on his website, Ravikant

Location: India

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