Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Michael Smerklo was recorded in April 2019. Michael Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures, talks about some of the ventures his firm has invested in and the philosophy in general. Sramana Mitra: Let's start by getting to know you and introducing you to our audience. Tell us a bit about yourself as well as about Next Coast. Michael Smerklo: I grew up in the middle part of United States. I'm the first person in my family to go to college. I started my career in jobs that I endured but hated - public accounting and investment banking. I moved out to Silicon Valley in the late 90's. I worked there for Morgan Stanley two bubbles ago. My first operating job was to go help a guy called Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz build a company called LoudCloud. For all the listeners that have read Ben's amazing
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