Conflicts of interest aside, it sounds like a poor use of time for most startups, who are presumably building something and would want to be targeted with their

Conflicts of interest aside, it sounds like a poor use of time for most startups, who are presumably building something and would want to be targeted with their marketing; I'd expect only a small number to have a good potential customer base in the podcast set. There way be like a lifestyle/influencer founder angle for certain people that could get you the attention of similarly minded VCs, personally I think thats a lame strategy.