What Life and Startups will Look Like After COVID-19 with Immad Akhund and Jude Gomila

Immad Akhund (@immad), founder and CEO of Mercury, and Jude Gomila (@judegomila), founder and CEO of Golden, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- What’s top of mind for them with respect to COVID-19 and the response.- Decentralized versus centralized approaches to the problem.- Which underlying problems in American society this has brought to the surface.- Which trends are going to accelerate because of the pandemic.- Common mistakes that founders make when fundraising.- Why it’s important to have balancing forces for certain attributes of the culture at your company.- Thoughts on futarchy.- What they disagree on.Applications for the summer vintage of our Network Catalyst accelerator are now open! The early decision deadline is May 15th and final deadline is June 5th. Learn more and apply today at www.villageglobal.vc/network-catalyst.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.