Matthew Stafford

Catch Matthew on DO Radio: Being Well with Ian Laming from 9th - 15th November 2026.

Matthew Stafford is an investor, and venture capitalist who runs his own VC business called, strangely enough, Stafford VC.

I met Matthew through his founder community – 9Others — which now has over 5000 members in 45 countries. The premise of 9Others is simple: host a dinner for you and 9 Other entrepreneurs. Then pick a question — like “How do you define success?” or “How do you keep your best people” — and let the sharing and the learning begin.

Matthew is also a writer. He co-wrote “What’s keeping you up at Night ?” with Katie Lewis, which distils the wisdom of hundreds of 9Others dinners; and he has a great Substack called “The Education of a Start Up Investor”.

Matthew is definitely what Malcom Gladwell would call “a connector”. He really likes people and connecting them. He shares in this conversation how he does that through 9others.com (http://9others.com)