520. The Inner Workings of Seed Investing at GC, Why Sector Focus Can Be Limiting, Why Seed Milestones Are Obsolete, and Who to Hire Among Your First 10 Employees (Yuri Sagalov)

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified · Oct 26, 2026 · 43m

Yuri Sagalov of General Catalyst joins Nick to discuss The Inner Workings of Seed Investing at GC, Why Sector Focus Can Be Limiting, Why Seed Milestones Are Obsolete, and Who to Hire Among Your First 10 Employees. In this episode we cover:

Seed Investing Strategy

Evaluating Founder Quality

Impact of AI on Development

Building Early Teams

Capital and Market Dynamics

Guest Links:

Yuri's LinkedIn

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General Catalyst's LinkedIn

General Catalyst's Website

The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the…