Precursor Ventures' Charles Hudson, & How The ML Toolchain Creates Big Opportunities For CEOs & Lead Zeppelin's Complete Client List - D.F.A. #10:

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I met Charles Hudson for the first time nearly 15 years ago at the Interplay social gaming conference, which I put on with Vanessa Camones in 2008. It was a pioneering social gaming conference, and Charles, Mark Pincus, Bret Taylor and a few other folks helped me put it on. I don’t think anyone there quite understood how big social gaming or social media would become.

Shortly after that, Charles began his career in venture capital, forming Percursor Ventures in 2015. To learn the basics on Charles Hudson and Precursor Ventures as well as any upcoming funds, you can check out the Precursor Ventures Investment Criteria.

One of the main reasons Charles was on my shortlist for an interview was because nearly every time he’s written a blog post, I’ve thought, “Man, I wish Charles was blogging *way* more often.” In recent months, his posts have covered consumer investing, the decoupling of small and large VC firms, the rebundling cycle in B2B SaaS and much more. I figured the way to get Char…