#9 — Jeff Morris Jr. — Investing in a post-COVID19 future

Jeff Morris Jr. (@jmj) is a full time angel investor and the founder of Chapter One who has invested in in companies including Lyft, Lambda School, Superhuman, Roman, Cameo and Branch Metrics. For episode #9, Jeff and I had a wide-ranging conversation about the impact this global coronavirus pandemic is having on millions of lives, the types of new companies and products that might be built to address new challenges and what investing in a post-COVID19 future might look like. We also talked about career-related path dependence in time of rising uncertainty, the unbundling and distribution of talent out of Silicon Valley and the importance of family. Prior to becoming a full-time investor, Jeff was was previously the VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder. In the role, he led the revenue team to the #1 top grossing app in the App Store and directed one of the top grossing products in mobile history. Jeff is a super talented investor and operator and is always sharing really interesting insights on Twitter @jmj. Hope you enjoy this episode with Jeff Morris Jr. Check out the PodcastNotes for this episode: https://podcastnotes.org/paradox-podcast/jeff-morris-jr-kyle-tibbitts-covid-19/