Tommy Stadlen co-founded Giant Ventures and hosts the Giant Ideas podcast, where he interviews founders and investors about using technology as a force for good, positioning himself as both a capital allocator and public convener of mission-driven thinkers. He emphasizes backing founders with extreme perseverance and long-term problem obsession as the primary predictor of success, citing examples like Calm's four-year gap between funding rounds as positive proof of this founder-first investment approach. Tommy Stadlen co-founded Giant Ventures and hosts the Giant Ideas podcast, where he interviews founders and investors about using technology as a force for good, positioning himself as both a capital allocator and public convener of mission-driven thinkers. He emphasizes backing founders with extreme perseverance and long-term problem obsession as the primary predictor of success, citing examples like Calm's four-year gap between funding rounds as positive proof of this founder-first investment approach.