Operators: The Future of Startups with Mallun Yen
Mallun Yen, founder of Operator Collective (@OpCo_VC), joins us to talk about the future of #startups, #venturecapital, and the role #operators, the people who help, grow, and scale up these companies, play in them.
Every job Mallun had gave her the tools and led her to create Operator Collective. But one thing stands out, learning the ability to build communities. And Operator Collective is all about it; a venture fund and dream team community of founders and operator LPs from diverse backgrounds who have built and scaled the world’s most successful tech companies.
We go over her journey and delve into how collectives work, what operators are and the advantages of teaming up with them when building and growing a company. Operations (and operators) are a crucial piece.
Additionally, we compare operators to the classic venture capital model, discuss diversity and gender in operations and analyze the future of startups, how they are built and how they grow.
Finally, a little bit of fun. Are tech and diversity underrated or overrated? What do you think?
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Timestamps
(01:31) – Welcome Mallun Yen to The Rhys Show
(02:38) – How Mallun’s previous jobs led her to Operator Collective:
(06:10) – Role operators play at startups
(07:30) – Mallun’s “Aha” moment
(09:45) – VC’s vs Operators
(15:59) – Ulterior motives for creating Operator Collective
(20:58) – Operators and Collectives in capitalization tables
(24:21) – Why operators are as important as founders and VC’s
(29:10) – Investment possibilities for operators
(32:41) – Changes in operations. What’s next?
(37:16) – Advice for ambitious young people
(42:06) – Overrated or Underrated: tech and diversity
(45:20) – Get in touch with Mallun
(46:25) – Outro and Patrons
Mentioned resources:
Scaling People Book - https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212
The Rhys Show - Insights from The Frontier
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