David Hornik is a partner at August Capital. He has been honored by Forbes Magazine as a member of its Midas List of top Venture Capitalists. He became known as a “giver”, not by choice, after Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, used him as the first story in his book to help us understand givers vs takers.

Adam got interested in David after seeing his article in Wired Magazine with the title, Nice guys finish first. Eventually! Not only is this provocative in hyper competitive Silicon Valley. Is this for real coming from a VC? To find out, we encourage you to read Give and Take by Adam Grant to see the end of the story and whether success can be achieved by helping others.

We certainly believe it’s possible! Otherwise, we would not be showcasing it here. This one-hour conversation with David is packed with many practical insights and real world examples from Silicon Valley.