Brian Bell
@brianrbell
Seed Investor @teamignitevc, futurist, gamer, ex AI PM & BD @microsoft & @AWSCloud. Pitch us https://tr.ee/pitch-us, Join us: https://tr.ee/join-team-ignite
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“Serial entrepreneur” sounds impressive until you realize it also sounds like “serial killer,” except instead of bodies, it’s just a trail of half-baked startups and ghosted cap tables. I’ll take a repeat founder (even better "exited founder") over a “serial” any day.
Is your QA strategy a growth lever—or a liability? In our latest Ignite episode, we sit down with Rajeev Rai, co-founder and CEO of @qasource, who helped scale QA operations for iconic companies like Notion, Airtable, Slack, and many more. With deep roots at Apple and Adobe,…
VC Skill: Direct & Polite Feedback? Listen to episode #164 of the Ignite Podcast with Alex Norman of N49P on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/HxWe70g @alexandernorman @N49PVC #Startups #VentureCapital #Investing
🚀 New resource for Team Ignite : We just launched a private Team Ignite network on Happenstance — a warm intros platform (built by one of our portcos!) that helps founders search for relevant, high-signal connections across our LP, founder, and advisor base. Need a customer…
Scaling a fund is hard. Scaling it well is even harder. Too many GPs underestimate what it really takes to earn LP trust, build institutional-grade systems, and manage complexity across 100+ portfolio companies. Enter Dave Perretz, founder of @signalservices, former Army…
AI's New Era: Is It the Future? Listen to episode #164 of the Ignite Podcast with Alex Norman of N49P on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/HxWe70g @alexandernorman @N49PVC #Startups #VentureCapital #Investing
Robots that weld, attorneys that never sleep, and an AI copilot for your grandma’s utility pole. We just dropped a new Ignite Insights deep-dive: 18 fresh YC bets where vertical AI jumps off the chat window and into the real world. 🧠 TL;DR • “Agents for everything” are…
What happens when a fund loses over half its capital overnight… and still ends up a 2x DPI win? This week on the Ignite Podcast, we sit down with @benjamindblack, co-founder and Managing Director at @AkkadianVC and the visionary behind the Raise Global Summit. With 20+ years in…
Most startup investors know about the QSBS tax break if a company wins. But almost no one talks about the other side of the coin—how to reduce your tax bill when a startup fails. Enter Section 1244: If you invested personally (as one of the first $1M in) and your equity goes to…
QSBS lovers, brace yourselves. Imagine you bought a five-year time machine to a tax-free future, only to discover the countdown never started. That’s the dilemma with SAFEs vs. actual stock: Conservative camp says the QSBS clock waits until your SAFE converts into real shares.…
Can AI Impact Income Inequality Through Capital Redistribution? 💰🤖 Listen to episode #133 of the Ignite Podcast with Philip Trammell of Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/3OcaM5d @pawtrammell @DigEconLab…
Is AI Set to Transform Work Dynamics? 🤖📈 Listen to episode #133 of the Ignite Podcast with Philip Trammell of Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/3OcaM5d @pawtrammell @DigEconLab #Startups #VentureCapital…
What Sparks the Connection Between AI 🤖 and Economics 💰? Listen to episode #133 of the Ignite Podcast with Philip Trammell of Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/3OcaM5d @pawtrammell @DigEconLab #Startups…
Smooth Returns? What Matters Most in Investing? Listen to episode #163 of the Ignite Podcast with Chris Zaccarelli of Northlight Asset Management on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/HxWe70g #Startups #VentureCapital #Investing
Is the Market Shifting? Listen to episode #163 of the Ignite Podcast with Chris Zaccarelli of Northlight Asset Management on your favorite podcast player here: buff.ly/HxWe70g #Startups #VentureCapital #Investing
What does it take to build a civilization that spans planets? On the latest episode of The Ignite Podcast, we sit down with @abdojohnhajj, Managing Partner at @TypeOneVC, who’s invested over $1B+ into some of the most transformational companies in tech, AI, and space — think…
