Welcome back to this week's Lunches with Legends™ episode featuring our host Mo Lidsky, CEO of Prime Quadrant, and Allen Lau, Co-Founder of Two Small Fish Ventures and Co-Founder and former CEO of Wattpad. In this candid conversation, Allen talks about the evolution and opportunities in AI-driven content creation, how he thinks about exit strategies and the state of venture investing today. Enjoy!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction & upbringing
5:36 Wattpad
8:28 AI-driven content creation
12:20 Exit strategies & venture capital
17:03 Founding Wattpad
25:55 Two Small Fish Ventures & early stage VC
34:12 Developing conviction
41:20 The macroenvironment
45:45 Canada's tech ecosystem
48:40 Risk management
54:35 Parting advice

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