Ryan Randall is CFO, CCO and Partner at Section Partners, a growth-stage venture firm that provides personal financing solutions for founders, executives and shareholders of VC-backed tech companies. Ryan has been an operator in the private markets for nearly two decades, drawing on his experience as a founder, allocator, and back-office leader.

In this episode, Ryan discusses the current macroeconomic environment, recognizable patterns at play in the private markets, and the evolution of back-office technology. 

Additional resources from this episode:

• The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby
• Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It by Scott Kupor

Hunter Chen is the CFO at 9Yards Capital, a FinTech and supply chain focused VC firm that started off with just 45 million in assets under management and has grown to now nearly a billion.

In this episode, Hunter draws on nearly a decade of experience at Standish Management to offer advice on maximizing value from third-party service providers. He shares his perspective for when to bring in external vendors, how to leverage individual relationships to extract maximum value, and what to consider when balancing cost vs. quality.

In this episode, you will learn:

- Best practices for utilizing your vendors to their fullest capacity

- Advice on negotiating costs with your partners

- The risks of engaging low-cost discount providers