<p>In this episode, I spoke with the brilliant Adam Burrows.</p> <p>For those who don't know, Adam is a venture investor, a former C-level leader, and the co-founder and Managing Partner of Range Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on funding and supporting entrepreneurs in the Colorado area.</p> <p>Before that, as a senior vice president and general manager at HomeAdvisor, Adam was part of the executive team that built the company from $100M to over $1B in revenue, taking the company public in 2017 – it was Colorado’s largest tech IPO. Later, Adam was the first C-level executive at Guild Education, helping the company to raise its Series C and sign their largest clients towards $1B valuation. Guild is backed by investors such as Bessemer, ICONIQ, and General Catalyst, having raised $378.5M in total funding.</p> <p>He had amazing personal and professional experiences as an entrepreneur and business leader and is here today to share some of these learnings with us.</p> <p>Here are some of the questions that I asked Adam:</p> <ul> <li>Before joining the tech ecosystem, you graduated at Harvard Law School and went to a consulting firm right after. Why did you decide to not pursue a career as a lawyer?</li> <li>You then joined HomeAdvisor. How did you feel jumping from traditional consulting to a startup?</li> <li>Why HomeAdvsior was so successful despite all the challenges seen by other incumbents in the services marketplace space?</li> <li>Do you think that being a Colorado-based company impacted the overall culture at HomeAdvsior?</li> <li>As we see the world going remote, how do you see the impact of your strategy, since it has a geographical component attached to its ethos?</li> <li>Shortly after HomeAdvisor IPO, you joined Guild Education as the first C-level executive at the firm. How was the feeling of getting back to an early stage company?</li> <li>After helping Guild Education become a USD 1B company you decided to dedicate your life to helping entrepreneurs and co-founded Range Ventures. Why did you decide to focus mainly on Colorado based startups?</li> <li>What has changed in your life as a VC compared to everything you did before?</li> <li>What do you think will be the impact in venture from a macro perspective?</li> <li>Have you had any realization as an emerging manager that you were not expecting?</li> </ul> <p>This was a great chat, and I'm sure you will find it extremely insightful.</p>