About this episode

In this episode, Peter Walker discusses decision-making in investing and the importance of regret minimization.

“You’re making decisions in an incomplete vacuum. What I think many people should do more of, in terms of those mental models, is frame it in the reverse. Which of these decisions am I going to make that is the most regret-minimizing? That I have the least likelihood of regretting later on in life, assuming that in most cases, I will be wrong.” — Peter Walker The holiday season has always been a great time to celebrate the movers and shakers in our world. This season we're celebrating my personal favorites in the VC and startup world. This episode, it's with my man, Peter Walker , who creates some of the industry's most talked charts and graphics around the ebbs and flows of tech innovation. Peter Walker runs the Insights team at Carta, where he works to make startups a little less opaque for founders, investors, and employees. Prior to Carta, he was a marketing executive for the media analytics startup PublicRelay and led a data visualization team at The Atlantic magazine. He lives in San Francisco, but you can find him on LinkedIn (see links below). You can find Peter on his socials here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjameswalker/ X / Twitter…

People in this episode

Host: David Zhou

Guest: Peter Walker

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• venture capital
• data visualization
• regret minimization
• tech innovation

Keywords

• Peter Walker
• venture capital
• data visualization
• regret minimization
• tech innovation
• Carta
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carta, PublicRelay, The Atlantic

Places: San Francisco

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