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mbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen Later20VC: ElevenLabs Hits $200M ARR: The Untold Story of Europe's Fastest Growing AI Startup | The Real Cost of AI from Talent to Data Centres | How US VCs are in a Different League to Europeans | The Future of Foundation Models with Mati Staniszewski Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: ElevenLabs Hits $200M ARR: The Untold Story of Europe's Fastest Growing AI Startup | The Real Cost of AI from Talent to Data Centres | How US VCs are in a Different League to Europeans | The Future of Foundation Models with Mati StaniszewskiPub date: 2025-09-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the world’s leading AI voice platf...
2025-12-181h 14
Conversations from LSISignature Series with Harry Stebbings, Founder of 20VC | LSI Europe '25This Panel took place at LSI Europe ‘25 Emerging Medtech Summit in London.Join venture capitalist Harry Stebbings of 20VC Fund as he hosts a signature conversation with Henry Peck from LSI, exploring insights on investment strategies and market trends in the life sciences industry.This Panel featured:Henry Peck — LSIHarry Stebbings — 20VC FundJoin us at our next event: https://www.lifesciencemarketresearch.com/why-lsi-summitsFollow us on social:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/co...
2025-11-1341 min
BiographyHe Raised $800M Starting at 18 to Invest In Startups (Harry Stebbings, 20VC)In this episode, Wouter Teunissen sits down with Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, to explore how he turned a teenage side project into one of venture capital’s most influential media empires. At just 18, Harry launched The Twenty Minute VC from his childhood bedroom. Within a few years, it became the go-to show for the world’s top investors and founders—from Sequoia to Stripe.
That momentum became the foundation for 20VC Fund, which has now raised more than $800 million to back early-stage startups. Harry’s story is one of relentless curiosity and consistency. He shares what he’s lea...
2025-11-131h 30BiographyHe Raised $800M Starting at 18 to Invest In Startups (Harry Stebbings, 20VC)In this episode, Wouter Teunissen sits down with Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, to explore how he turned a teenage side project into one of venture capital’s most influential media empires. At just 18, Harry launched The Twenty Minute VC from his childhood bedroom. Within a few years, it became the go-to show for the world’s top investors and founders—from Sequoia to Stripe.
That momentum became the foundation for 20VC Fund, which has now raised more than $800 million to back early-stage startups. Harry’s story is one of relentless curiosity and consistency. He shares what he’s lea...
2025-11-131h 30
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Opendoor's CEO on The Greatest Turnaround in Tech | OpenAI and Oracle: How Can Either Afford to Do This | How Anthropic Could Lose 50% of Their Revenue Overnight | Replit Raises at $3BN | Figure, Gemini & VIA IPOs Broken DownAGENDA: 00:00 Opendoor's Potential and Market Valuation 03:32 Why Did Kaz Leave $300M on the Table to Join Opendoor 04:44 Why Does Kaz Believe OPEN Can Be a Good Business When the Market Doesn’t 06:34 How does Kaz Feel About OPEN Becoming a Meme Stock? 17:25 Kaz’s $0 Salary but $1BN Stock Based Compensation 23:41 Oracle and OpenAI Partnership: WTF is Going On? 42:21 Microsoft's Investment in OpenAI: A Financial Perspective & Who Has the Power 44:46 Why Sam Altman is the Greatest Politician of our Time 48:33 How Anthropic’s Reve...
2025-09-181h 24
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Mercor: From $1M to $500M in 17 Months: The Fastest Growing Company in the World | How to Think About Margins and Revenue Sustainability in AI | Why Evaluation Benchmarks in AI are BS Today with Brendan FoodyBrendan Foody is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Mercor, the fastest growing company in history. The company solves talent allocation in the AI economy and they have scaled from $1M to $500M in revenue in just 17 months. With a rumoured new funding round pricing the company at a whopping $10BN, the company has the likes of Benchmark, Felicis, Emergence, and of course, 20VC, all on their cap table. AGENDA: 04:34 Why My Mother Thought I Was Selling Drugs as a Kid 07:48 In The Time My Peers Graduated, I Created a $10BN Business; Is College Worth it...
2025-09-151h 01
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Anthropic Raises $13BN | Why Canva Will Not Direct List | OpenAI Buys Statsig for $1.1BN All Stock | Lovable Raising at $4BN + Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Not | Quarterly Results from SNOW, Mongo, ZOOM and moreAgenda: 04:00 – Anthropic Raises $13BN: The Analysis? 19:00 – Is Zuck’s $14BN Scale bet the biggest blunder in AI? 27:00 – Lovable Raising at $4BN and Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Madness? 36:00 – Quarterly Results for Snowflake, Mongo, Okta, Zoom Skyrocket: Is B2B SaaS back from the dead? 48:00 – Is Jensen Huang right there will be $4TRN in AI gains? 57:00 – Will AI wipe out SaaS margins with 10% GPU taxes? Or is Notion the exception? Items Mentioned in Today's Episode: Try NEXOS.AI for yourself with a 14-day free trial: https...
2025-09-041h 14
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsThe Latest 20VC+SaaStr: Benioff Joins — And Delivers $1B+ AI Revenue; Anthropic Demand is Insatiable; AI Following Up With 1,000,000+ Leads at SalesforceWe had a great one this week — Marc Benioff joined Harry, Rory, and Jason on 20VC+SaaStr this week to deliver one of the most grounded and passionate takes on AI we’ve heard from any enterprise leader. In a market fueled by AGI promises and $10 billion funding rounds, Salesforce CEO’s cut through the hype while revealing his company is quietly building a billion-dollar AI business — by focusing on practical applications over futuristic fantasies.And Marc shared for the first time how AI is letting them follow up on 1,000,000+ leads their human sales team … never followed up on....
2025-09-0101 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsThe Latest 20VC+SaaStr: Databricks Hits $100B, CoreWeave’s $11B Debt Gamble, and Why We’re All Living in the AI BubbleThe latest 20VC x SaaStr episode with Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, and Rory O’Driscoll is here! The team is discussing Databricks’ $100B valuation, the coming IPO tsunami, CoreWeave’s massive debt raise, AI infrastructure spending that could hit trillions, the return of SPACs as a bubble signal, and why AI tool consolidation will happen faster than anyone expectsBottom Line Up FrontHarry Stebbings: “We’re seeing the biggest wealth transfer in tech history unfolding before our eyes. When Databricks hits $100B and Andreessen could make $30B on a single deal, we’re not just in a bu...
2025-08-2202 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Lovable CEO Anton Osika on $120M in ARR in 7 Months | The Honest Truth About Defensibility and Unit Economics for AI Startups | The State of Foundation Models: Long Grok, Short OpenAI, Why | Replit vs Lovable vs Bolt: What HappensAnton Osika is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Lovable, the fastest growing company on the planet. In just 7 months, they have scaled from $0 to $120M in ARR. They have raised over $200M in funding from some of the best including Accel, Creandum and 20VC. Their latest round priced the company at a whopping $2BN. Agenda for Today: 00:00 – Is AI an Arms Race… Or Just a Talent War? 03:45 – How Does Anton Compete with Zuck’s $100M Packages for Talent 07:30 – Founder Mode vs. Structure: Can Chaos Scale? 10:15 – The Brutal Truth About Defensibility in AI Startup...
2025-08-181h 08
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsThe Latest 20VC + SaaStr: Was $3B Really Left on the Table, Broken CEO Comp, and Why VCs Are Worse Than Public MarketsThe latest 20VC + SaaStr: The Figma IPO Breakdown: $3B Left on the Table, Broken CEO Comp, and Why VCs Are Worse Than Public MarketsThis week, Brian Halligan (Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of HubSpot) joins the regular crew of Harry Stebbings, Rory O’Driscoll, and Jason Calacanis for an inside look at IPO dynamics, CEO compensation, and the current state of public markets.The Bottom Line Up FrontOn IPO Pricing Reality: “The people who said, ‘Oh, Figma left $3 billion on the table.’ The $98 price only happened because the IPO happened at $38. Had someone walked i...
2025-08-0804 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with No Funding: Surge AI | The Most Insane Scaling Story in Tech |Edwin Chen is the Founder and CEO of Surge. Founded in 2020, Surge has scaled to $1BN+ in revenue with zero external funding. At the same time, their competitor, Scale.ai raised over $1.3BN to reach $850M ARR. Today, Surge have the world’s largest model providers as customers and have just 120 employees. Agenda: 00:00 — “Everyone Else Is Just a Body Shop” — Edwin Calls Out the Whole Industry 01:05 — Why 90% of Big Tech Is Wasting Time on Useless Problems 03:45 — “I Don’t Do 1-on-1s” — How Surge Kills Meetings and Still Moves 10x Faster 05:55 — Will a S...
2025-07-211h 06
跨国串门儿计划#137. 20VC｜Fiverr CEO：人工智能时代，个体如何破局？📝 本期播客简介本期我们克隆了：20VC: Fiverr CEO: ‘If You’re Not Adapting to AI, F* You. You’re Done | Why "Time to Copy" is the Most Important Metric in Startups Today | Why 99% of AI Companies Today Will Die | Why Governments Will Take Control of AI with Micha Kauffman节目邀请到全球领先的自由职业者服务在线市场Fiverr的创始人兼首席执行官Micha Kaufman。对话的起点是Micha一篇引发热议的帖子——“人工智能正在抢走你的饭碗，这是一个警钟”。Micha以其标志性的坦率和犀利，深入剖析了在AI时代，个体应如何承担起自我提升的责任，强调“公司没有责任让你变得更专业，你必须自己努力”。他还将当前的AI热潮与互联网泡沫相提并论，探讨了AI如何迫使我们重新发现并珍视自身的人性特质，如批判性思维和创造力。此外，Micha还分享了对AI领域投资、企业发展壁垒、未来职业变迁以及版权等问题的深刻见解。👨⚕️ 本期嘉宾Micha Kaufman，Fiverr的创始人兼首席执行官。Fiverr是全球知名的自由职业者服务在线市场，自2010年成立以来，深刻改变了人们工作和提供服务的方式。Micha拥有近三十年的创业经验，以其直言不讳的风格和对科技趋势的敏锐洞察而闻名。在他的领导下，Fiverr经历了从初创到上市并持续应对市场变化的完整周期。📒 文字版精华见微信公众号（点击跳转）⏱️ 时间戳00:01:54 开场白 & Micha 的“警钟”AI 浪潮下的个体责任与企业角色00:05:00 拥抱自动化，重塑人类价值：AI迫使我们重新发现人性00:07:23 公司不负责你的成长，责任在你自身：“去他妈的，你们自己不努力就完蛋了”00:09:48 AI 热潮与互联网泡沫的相似性，及工作伦理：“都他妈给我醒醒，给我长大！”AI 时代的商业模式与壁垒00:12:05 AI 领域的不可持续性与创业挑战：每天涌现大量同质化公司00:14:49 先发优势、品牌与快速迭代的重要性：复制时间缩短，运气成分增加00:18:25 投资 AI：人的重要性超越技术，技术普及化后应投资于优秀的人才AI 的未来展望与深层思考00:21:34 AI 泡沫会破裂吗？市场将如何洗牌，监管和昂贵技术是关键变量00:25:54 AI 引发的根本性问题：真理、人性与版权的终结？我们正在为AI工作00:31:18 CEO 的责任：引领企业穿越变革浪潮，开创第二、三幕00:32:39 AI 未来五年预测的挑战与政府干预的可能性：类比曼哈顿计划AI 对组织与职业的影响00:38:17 未来工程师数量会增加，速度与方向并重，降低失败成本00:42:08 AI 对不同技能水平开发者的影响：顶尖人才如虎添翼，普通开发者提升有限00:42:17 市场营销部门：AI 颠覆的重灾区，入门级职位最危险领导力与个人反思00:45:30 AI 时代的领导力与沟通：坚持真实表达，不使用AI代笔00:46:19 CEO 们对 AI 发展速度的普遍看法：宁近勿远，积极应对快问快答00:48:57 对 AI 看法的转变：从普惠到权力集中，倾向开放00:49:37 给职场新人的建议：大学教育在多数情况下是浪费时间，鼓励自学00:50:27 Fiverr 错失的战略机遇：早期曾有机会发展类似OnlyFans的平台00:51:35 关于 Fiverr 是否是最后一家公司的思考：每年进行自我评估00:53:07 何时最快乐：追求意义，而非单纯的快乐00:54:05 希望如何被铭记：作为传承者、给予者、建设者和艺术家🌟 精彩内容 Micha Kaufman的“警钟”: 解释了其“AI正在抢走你的饭碗”帖子的初衷和引发的内部讨论。 个人责任至上: 强调在AI时代，个人必须主动学习和提升，公司没有义务培养员工。 AI与人性再发现: AI自动化重复性工作，反而迫使人类回归并珍视创造力、批判性思维等独特的人性特质。 AI泡沫与互联网泡沫: 将当前AI的过度炒作与互联网泡沫时期相提并论，预言大量AI公司将倒闭。 版权之死: 探讨AI对原创内容和版权体系的冲击，担心创作激励减弱。 市场营销的颠覆: 认为市场营销，尤其是入门级职位，是受AI影响最大的领域之一。 对大学教育的质疑: Micha直言大学教育在很多情况下是浪费时间，鼓励年轻人自学。 领导者的自我审视: 分享其作为CEO每年进行自我评估，判断自己是否仍是领导公司的最佳人选。🌐 播客信息补充翻译克隆自：20VC: Fiverr CEO: ‘If You’re Not Adapting to AI, F* You. You’re Done | Why "Time to C
2025-06-1256 min
The AI Chopping BlockFrom AI Agency to €2.5M Seed: How Delos Built an AI Orchestration Platform | 20VC | Harry StebbingsAgency to €2.5M Platform: The Anti-Prompting Revolution That Caught 20VC's AttentionThibaut de la Grand'rive, CEO of Delos, reveals how they evolved from an AI consulting agency into a €2.5M-funded orchestration platform backed by Harry Stebbings' 20VC—without building a single AI model.Inside This Episode:• Why 90% of enterprise employees can't prompt AI (and how Delos eliminates prompting entirely)• The strategic agency-first approach that validated their product while getting paid for R&D• How orchestrating Claude, GPT, and Mistral creates more value than building your own LLM• Why Allianz and Shiseido chose Delos ov...
2025-05-2248 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Duolingo Co-Founder on Why $3M is Harder than $100M to Raise | Why You Should Always Take Tier 1 VCs Even at Worse Terms | Why Europe Can't Win Unless the US Screws Up | How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education with Severin HackerSeverin Hacker is the Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world’s most downloaded education app with over 100 million monthly users. Since its 2021 IPO, Duolingo has reached a market cap of $20BN. The company has raised over $183M from top-tier investors including CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins, Union Square Ventures, NEA, Ashton Kutcher, and Tim Ferriss. Severin is also an active angel investor, with standout bets including Decagon, one of the fastest-growing AI-native dev shops globally. Items Mentioned In Today’s Episode: 00:00 – Why It's Harder to Raise $3M Than $100M 02:10 – The Real Reason Duolingo Couldn't Have Star...
2025-05-191h 31
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ PigmentEléonore Crespo is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Pigment, one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies. With Pigment, Eleonore has raised over $397M from the best in the world including ICONIQ, Greenoaks and IVP to name a few. Prior to Pigment, Eléonore was on the other side of the table as an investor with Index Ventures. In Today's Episode We Discuss: [04:10] “I had 3 surgeries. That’s when I knew I had to become a founder.” [06:50] Why Index Ventures isn’t on her cap table [08:40] Eleonore’s CIA-style co-founder hunt (she literally made a target l...
2025-05-091h 09
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC Exclusive: Why Mega Platforms Will Win in VC | Why You Cannot Do VC If You Do Not Do Pre-Seed | Why Market Sizing is BS | Where Will Foundation Models Build/Buy Apps vs Where Will They Not with Bucky MooreBucky Moore is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, announced exclusively in the show today on 20VC. Prior to Lightspeed, Bucky spent an incredibly successful 7 years at Kleiner Perkins working with Mamoon Hamid to build one of the most successful early stage firms of the last decade. Bucky has made investments in the likes of Prisma, Netlify, Browserbase and more. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 03:07 Big News: Joining Lightspeed Venture Partners 04:09 Why Mega Platforms Will Win the Next 10 Years of VC 09:33 Are Foundation Model Companies Good Venture Investments 16:04 What App...
2025-05-051h 05
ARRtist on AIR - Meaningful conversations with Software & AI leaders233: "7x Wachstum, 12,5 Mio. EUR von Google und 20VC - Die Go-to-Market-Secrets von comstruct"Mit Henric Meinhardtll - Co-Founder bei comstruct
Konservative Bauindustrie und innovative Software – passt das zusammen?
Definitiv, wenn man es richtig angeht! Henric Meinhardt, Co-Founder von comstruct, hat genau das bewiesen und spricht mit Julius über das massive Wachstum der letzten Quartale, die dahinterliegende Go-To-Market Strategie sowie das darauf aufsitzenden Playbook zur Akquise einer massiven Seed Finanzierung mit internationalen Top Investoren wie Google oder 20VC.
In dieser Episode lernst du:
✅ Wie man SaaS in eine konservative Industrie bringt – Der Einstieg in eine altmodische Branche und wie man „Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht“ überwindet.
✅ Cold Calling als B2B-Sales-Hebe...
2025-03-1149 minmbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen Later20VC: From Penniless Printing Shop Offices to Public Company and One of the Largest Entertainment Companies: The Story of LADbible | The Future of Content & Social Media | US vs Europe: Is Europe F****** with Solly Solomou Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: From Penniless Printing Shop Offices to Public Company and One of the Largest Entertainment Companies: The Story of LADbible | The Future of Content & Social Media | US vs Europe: Is Europe F****** with Solly SolomouPub date: 2025-02-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFounder and CEO of LADbible Group, Solly Solomou has built one of the largest and most engaged digital media entertainment companies in the...
2025-02-1459 min
tech 45'Bonus Track - Rapport complet sur l'écosystème tech français - Alexandre Dewez (20VC)Bonus Track cette semaine avec un investisseur 🤑Alexandre Dewez (ex-Eurazeo) a rejoint 20VC et Harry Stebbings à l'été 2024. Harry a une histoire incroyable, passionné d’entrepreneuriat, à 18 ans il lance son podcast dans la cuisine de sa maman en Angleterre, 10 ans et 3000 invités plus tard, il a levé 750 M de dollars et investi dans les deals les + chauds des 2 côtés de l’Atlantique.C’est donc ce petit génie qu’a rejoint Alexandre il y a 6 mois. Lui aussi est un très bon. Il publie pour la 5ème année consécutive son rapport sur l’é...
2025-01-1737 mintech 45'#Teaser - Alexandre Dewez (20VC)Bonus Track cette semaine avec un VC 🤑Alexandre (ex-Eurazeo) a rejoint Harry Stebbings à l'été 2024.*Dans cet épisode, il lève le voile sur son dernier rapport « The State of the French Tech Ecosystem » qu'il publie depuis 5 ans. Un gros boulot qui tient en près de 100 pages de graphs, courbes, metrics, etc.Mi-fonds de capital risque, mi-media, 20VC est littérallement un Ovni dans l'univers du VC européen.Le fonds mène des tours de table allant du pré-amorçage (pre-Seed) à la série B en Europe et aux É...
2025-01-1503 min
Repeat Rhyme / リピートライム#125 $400M調達したメディアVC「20VC」、VCはどう優位性を作れるのか？原さんの曲チョイス：Fame 90 - David Bowie
https://youtu.be/_Up1s8z7jH8
Repeat Rhymeプレイリスト
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qFUG8l9LOtnfjTkTlM2vj?si=edaaa0b1f28a4f7d
エピソードの流れ
(00:00) Intro
(0:43) ポッドキャスト「20VC」の$400Mファンド調達ニュースと20VCの凄さ
(9:16) メディアVCの優位性作りの難しさ
(15:36) 領域に特化した優位性作り
(19:46) 豪速球で勝負するVCファンド「Chemistry」
20VC closes new $400M fund to ‘make Europe great again,’ says Harry Stebbings
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/15/20vc-closes-new-400m-fund-to-make-europe-great-again-says-harry-stebbings/
Former Partners From Index, Bessemer, A16z Raise $350 Million For New VC Firm Chemistry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2024/10/23/index-bessemer-a16z-alums-raise-350-million-fund-chemistry/
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2024-11-0725 min
Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing TipsCan a podcast help you raise money? 20VC raises $400 million, The problem with all these new podcasts, Amazon's AI generator tool can now create audio ads, and Why AI agents are not a moat for your business (and what is)In episode #2847, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the potential of podcasts as a tool for fundraising, the saturation of the podcast market, and why the true moat for businesses lies in brand value and creativity. Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube!Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT) TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:
(00:00) Can a podcast help you raise money? 20VC raises $400 million
(02:24) The problem with all these ne...
2024-10-2319 min
Imagine AI PodcastClip Editor of The All-in Podcast and 20VC Shares Secrets to Podcasting Success - Chris MaddenIn this episode, Chris Madden delivers a speech at Gen AI Innovation Korea, highlighting the importance of building a network of AI experts and sharing podcast success stories. He discusses podcasting's intersection with AI tools, TikTok for growth, and the origins of Imagine AI Live. Chris also explores AI's role in podcast production, language dubbing, future AI voices, and emphasizes authenticity in AI-generated content. The episode wraps up with strategies for creating viral content, social media consistency, and reflections on "Pronoia."
(0:00) Introduction to GenAI Innovation Korea and Chris Madden's background
(2:55) Journey from Teacher to The All-in Podcast & 20VC
(7:06) The Podcast...
2024-10-0824 minmbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen Later20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman, Mistral's Arthur Mensch and more discuss: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | Which Startups Are Threatened vs Enabled by OpenAI | Is the Value in the Infrastructure or Application Layer? Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman, Mistral's Arthur Mensch and more discuss: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | Which Startups Are Threatened vs Enabled by OpenAI | Is the Value in the Infrastructure or Application Layer?Pub date: 2024-05-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Sam Altman is the CEO @ OpenAI, the company on a mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is o...
2024-09-1221 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Sequoia's David Cahn on AI's $600BN Question | Why the Data Centre is the Most Important Asset | Servers, Steel and Power: The Core Pillars Powering the Future of AI David Cahn is a Partner @ Sequoia Capital, one of the great venture firms of the last 5 decades. Before joining the Sequoia partnership, David led Coatue's venture business as a General Partner and COO where he led investments in Hugging Face, Runway and Supabase. David also joined the boards of Weights & Biases and Replit. In Today's Episode with David Cahn We Discuss: 1. AI's $600BN Question: What is the $600BN question in AI today? Is it possible to believe "AI will change the world" and "Capex levels are...
2024-08-051h 13
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why We Are in a Bubble & Now is Frothier Than 2021 | Why $1M ARR is a BS Milestone for Series A | Why Seed Pricing is Rational & Large Seed Rounds Have Less Risk | Why Many AI Apps Have BS Revenue & Are Not Sustainable with Saam Motamedi @ Greylock Saam Motamedi is a General Partner at Greylock, where he has led investments in Abnormal Security (incubated at Greylock), Apiiro Security and Opal Security, as well as AI companies like Adept, Braintrst, Cresta, Predibase, Snorkel, and more. Before Greylock, Saam founded Guru Labs, a machine learning-driven fintech startup, and worked in product management at RelateIQ, one of the first applied AI software companies. In Today's Conversation We Discuss: 1. Seed Today is Frothier than 2021: How does Saam evaluate the seed market today? With seed pricing being so h...
2024-07-151h 06
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 745: Mastering SaaS Sales Hiring, Customer Retention, and Growth with OpenAI, Retool, and 20VCSaaStr 745: Mastering SaaS Sales Hiring, Customer Retention, and Growth with OpenAI, Retool, and 20VC Dominic Grill, Head of Technical Success at OpenAI, and Eleanor Dorfman, Head of Sales at Retool, answer some of the most pressing questions from Harry Stebbings, Founder at 20VC, about mastering the customer lifecycle, how roles and motions in sales and post-sales have changed, the role of AI in sales, and some of the biggest lessons learned at these hyper-growth companies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SaaStr hosts the largest SaaS community events on the planet. Join us in 2024 at:...
2024-06-2835 minericmckay4 's Listen Later20VC: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really "Venture Capital" | The Five Core Levers Needed To Assess Risk and Price a Startup | The Future of Venture; Who Wins, Who Loses, What Happens to the Crossover Funds with Will Quist, Partner @ Slow Ventures Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really "Venture Capital" | The Five Core Levers Needed To Assess Risk and Price a Startup | The Future of Venture; Who Wins, Who Loses, What Happens to the Crossover Funds with Will Quist, Partner @ Slow VenturesPub date: 2022-09-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Will Quist is a Partner @ Slow Ventures. Over the last decade, the team at...
2024-06-1945 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Behind the Scenes at Y Combinator: The Interview Process | What the Best & Worst Do in the Program | Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | Why the Value is in Application Layer AI with Tom Blomfield Tom Blomfield is a Group Partner at YC. Before YC, Tom founded two unicorns in the UK. He was co-founder of Monzo (most recently valued at $5BN), one of the first challenger banks in the UK. Monzo raised more than £1bn and counts 15% of the UK population as customers. Before Monzo, Tom founded GoCardless (YC S11), an online payments processor, most recently valued at $2.1BN. In Today's Episode with Tom Blomfield We Discuss: 1. From Founding Two Unicorns to YC Partner: Does Tom believe that all great f...
2024-05-131h 04
Marco Polo Podcast#14 : I Hosted one of the BIGGEST AI Conferences | Helped Grow 20VC, ALL In Pod, This Week in Startups | Traveled to 60 CountriesLadies and gents,
I introduce: Chris Madden, who is the Co-Founder of IMAGINE AI LIVE '24 and the CEO of Short Form Media agency for clients such as All-In Podcast, Jason Calacanis's This Week in Startups and much more. Also having worked as Head of Content for 20VC, with one of my idols Harry Stebbings, who inspired me to start this podcast.
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2024-04-1649 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why Now is the Best Time to Invest in Emerging Managers, Biggest Mistake Emerging Managers Make When Fundraising & Investing Lessons from Investing $1.5BN Per Year and Being Early Investors in Thrive, a16z and Founders Fund with Peter Lacaillade Peter Lacaillade is a Managing Director @ SCS Financial Services where he leads its private investment program where he oversees the firm’s activities in private equity, opportunistic credit and private real assets. Peter has been an early backer of Thrive, Founders Fund, a16z, Greenoaks and 20VC. Before SCS, Peter was an Associate at HarbourVest Partners in its Secondary Group where he analyzed venture capital, growth equity and buyout investments. In Today's Episode with Peter Lacaillade We Discuss: 1. Becoming One of the Great LPs in Venture: Ho...
2023-12-181h 02
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: AI's Biggest Questions: The Commoditisation of LLMs, Open vs Closed: Who Wins, Model Size vs Data Quality, Why Google are Vulnerable and Apple are the Dark Horse Des Traynor is a Co-Founder of Intercom, and has built and led many teams within the company, including Product, Marketing, and Customer Support. Yann LeCun is VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta and Silver Professor at NYU affiliated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences & the Center for Data Science. He was the founding Director of FAIR and of the NYU Center for Data Science. Emad Mostaque is the Co-Founder and CEO @ StabilityAI, the parent company of Stable Diffusion. Stability are building the foundation to activate humanity’s potential. ...
2023-11-2433 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why OpenAI Will Become an Infrastructure Play, Why Apple Will Win in an AI World, Why Google is the Most Vulnerable Incumbent, Will LLMs Be Commoditised, Which Startups Are Thin vs Thick Wrappers on Top of LLMs with Jeff Seibert, Founder @ Digits Jeff Seibert is the Founder & CEO @ Digits, building the future of AI-powered accounting. Digits have raised funding from the likes of Peter Fenton @ Benchmark and 20VC. Jeff previously served as Twitter's Head of Consumer Product, a position he came to following the acquisition of his prior company, Crashlytics. Today, Crashlytics is the de-facto mobile crash reporting solution for iOS and Android and runs on over 6 Billion monthly active smartphones worldwide. In Today's Episode with Jeff Seibert We Discuss: 1. The Art of the Pivot: What are Jeff's...
2023-11-2258 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: NEW FORMAT: Harry Stebbings on Why Seed Pricing is as High as Ever, Why Series A is the Best Place to Invest Today, Why Growth Founders Need to Reshape Expectations, Why M&A Windows Remain Shut and When Will IPO Windows Crack Open Harry Stebbings is the Founder of 20VC, building the next great financial institution at the intersection of media and venture capital. 20VC has reached over 125M downloads in 100+ countries and has featured the likes of Doug Leone, Bill Gurley, Marc Benioff, Daniel Ek and more. On the investing side, Harry has raised over $400M and made investments in the likes of Pachama, Linear, TripleDot, Superhuman, AgentSync, Linktree, Sorare and more. In Today's Episode We Cover: Are LPs Open for Business: How has what LPs look for in new...
2023-10-2027 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Atlassian Co-Founder Scott Farquhar on The Biggest Lessons Scaling Atlassian to $50BN Market Cap; The Four Roles of the CEO, The Funding Round That Net Accel $6BN, The Regrets of Omission and Commission & The Honeymoon Cut Short Scott Farquhar is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ Atlassian. Scott co-founded the company with his university friend, Mike Cannon-Brookes, in 2002 from Australia. Over an incredible 20-year journey they have grown to a market cap of $50BN today, over 11,000 staff globally and serving over 260,000 customers. Scott is also a co-founder of Skip Capital, a private investment fund with a portfolio including Figma, Snyk, Canva and more. In Today's Episode with Scott Farquhar We Discuss: 1. The 20-Year Journey to $50BN Market Cap: How did Scott first make his way into...
2023-10-0953 min
Invested by AlephHarry Stebbings on Starting 20VC, Being Underestimated, Investing, and Wealth vs. HappinessOn the 9th episode of Invested, Michael hosts Harry Stebbings, founder of 20VC, the largest media asset in venture with over $300M AUM and 13 unicorn portfolio companies in the last 5 years. 20VC’s portfolio includes Pachama, Tripledot, Linear, BeReal, Sorare, Roam Research, Merge and Nex Health to name a few. Harry is also a passionate supporter of MS UK and male eating disorder charities. You can learn more about 20VC at www.thetwentyminutevc.com Please enjoy and rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts! Key Topics: [00:00:00] Intro [00:01:50] Kindness as a Value [00:05:00] On Harry’s Influences [00:09:15] Timing Markets [00:12:45] Drinking Cul...
2023-07-051h 24Voices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC Rising Star: Why Founders Should Expect More From Their VCs | How To Know Pre-Investment Whether a VC Will Be Valuable and How to Get the Most Value Out of Them | Is There a Misalignment Between Founders and VCs with Oana Olteanu, Partner @ SignalFir Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC Rising Star: Why Founders Should Expect More From Their VCs | How To Know Pre-Investment Whether a VC Will Be Valuable and How to Get the Most Value Out of Them | Is There a Misalignment Between Founders and VCs with Oana Olteanu, Partner @ SignalFirPub date: 2022-11-18Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Episode 178 I Oana Olteanu, SignalFire- https://signalfire.com/Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summar...
2023-05-1838 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 631: What Is Going On In Venture Capital in 2023 with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin and 20VC Host Harry StebbingsJason recently joined Harry Stebbings on 20VC to discuss VC in 2023. Hear why you shouldn't wait to raise (if you're fundable), even though the venture landscape will look better by the end of 2023. This episode is an excerpt of Jason and Harry's discussion. You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/dHIWdwljt7Q Want to join the SaaStr community? We're the 🌎largest community for B2B software. Subscribe for weekly updates: https://www.saastr.com/subscribeform Twitter: https://twitter.com/saastr LinkedIn: https://www.l...
2023-02-0328 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC Special: How To Fundraise Like a Pro: How to Size and Price a Round, How to Create FOMO and Urgency in a Fundraise, How to Structure Angel Allocations, The 7 Deadly Sins of Fundraising Decks, The 3 Signs a Potential Investor is Bad News20VC: Fundraising 101 Today we are going to walk through the process of raising a funding round for a hypothetical company. We will break it down by different stages in the fundraising process and at those stages I will talk about how each element differs according to the round being raised. First, for 99% of fundraises it is a game of shots on goal. You need to have enough investors in the pipeline, it is a sheer numbers game. Miki Kuusi @ Wolt said on 20VC recently for his Series B he got 68 rejections before Laurel Bowden @83North s...
2022-12-2126 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: 10 Lessons on Scaling 20VC to 100M+ Downloads | How To Build an Audience and a Next-Generation Media Company Over the last 7 years, I have scaled 20VC to 100M+ downloads, and listeners in 117 countries, and all of this with a spend of less than $1,000. Here are 10 of my biggest lessons: Lesson 1: Persistence: This is a game of who can last the longest. Lesson 2: Platform Selection: Choose the platform that best aligns to your skills and passion, not the one that is "hottest" at the time. Lesson 3: Just Start: The biggest reason people fail is because they do not take the first step. The V1...
2022-08-2418 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on The Biggest Challenges Scaling Both Teams and AUM, What Truly is High Performance in Fund Management & Why Parenting and Relationships are an Enabler To Your Best Work Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on The Biggest Challenges Scaling Both Teams and AUM, What Truly is High Performance in Fund Management & Why Parenting and Relationships are an Enabler To Your Best WorkPub date: 2022-08-01Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Episode 169 | Kirsten Green, Forerunner Ventures - https://www.forerunnerventures.com/team/kirsten-greenGet Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Kirste...
2022-08-1541 min
The Conscious Founder Podcast: Growth Mindsets, Leadership & High Performance For Entrepreneurs to Create Massive Impact whilst Avoiding Burnout#37 | Harry Stebbings On Living With An Eating Disorder: How To Deal With Rejection, Insecurities + Uncertainties Whilst Building a #1 Investment Podcast & Venture Fund (20VC) Worth $140MText Alexi a question or feedbackKEY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:How he started the podcast and what he owes his success to?Is there a work / life balance?The line - where and when to be vulnerableLiving with bulimia / eating disorders & how to address itWhat is human happiness?How to inspire a team and create a clear visionWhat keeps Harry motivated and his ‘why’How to think about mental health in the workplace & investment worldHow to face rejection, insecurities and uncertaintiesWhat is it that keeps him going when he feels like he’s at his lo...
2022-07-1156 min
Curse Free GaryVeeThe Hardest Lesson I've Ever Learned | 20VC PodcastToday's episode is an amazing conversation I had with Harry Stebbings on the 20VC podcast! We discussed my introduction into the investing world, the first company I ever invested in, how luck plays a role in almost everything in life, the most valuable lesson I ever learned, behind the scenes of the liquor store days and much more!
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2022-07-0832 min
Bard: 5-Minute Podcast Clips20VC: Mark Cuban on His Cost Plus Drug Company20VC is hosted by Harry Stebbings. This is a clip from the episode, Mark Cuban on Reshaping the Pharmaceuticals Industry, How To Hire and Build Truly Great Teams and What Brand Really Means Today and How To Build One Successfully.
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2022-02-0606 min
Bard: 5-Minute Podcast Clips20VC: How NEA Decided to Invest in Robinhood20VC is hosted by Harry Stebbings. This is a clip from the episode, The Robinhood Memo: The Early Metrics That Showed Robinhood was a Breakout Company, The Cost Structure of Robinhood in the Early Days and Why it is a More Efficient Business than eTrade & How Vlad Has Developed as a Leader Over Time with Rick Yang and Scott Sandell.
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2022-01-2906 min
Bard: 5-Minute Podcast Clips20VC: Why Startup Valuations are Higher Than Ever Before20VC is hosted by Harry Stebbings. This is a clip from the episode, Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impending Bust, What Happens with a Market Crash, How Do Public Markets Impact Private Valuations & The Biggest Lessons from 20 Years Investing in Venture.
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2022-01-1407 min
Bard: 5-Minute Podcast Clips20VC: How Today is Similar to the Dot-Com Bubble20VC is hosted by Harry Stebbings. This is a clip from the episode, Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impending Bust, What Happens with a Market Crash, How Do Public Markets Impact Private Valuations & The Biggest Lessons from 20 Years Investing in Venture.
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2022-01-1406 min
Bard: 5-Minute Podcast Clips20VC: John Doerr on the Climate Crisis20VC is hosted by Harry Stebbings. This is a clip from the episode, John Doerr on Buying 12% of Google for $12M, His Biggest Investing Lesson from 30 Years in Venture & The Climate Crisis: Why Governments are The Biggest Problem and Where the Biggest Opportunities Are in Climate Investing?
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2022-01-0609 min
Bard: 5-Minute Podcast Clips20VC: John Doerr on Buying 12% of Google for $12M20VC is hosted by Harry Stebbings. This is a clip from the episode, John Doerr on Buying 12% of Google for $12M, His Biggest Investing Lesson from 30 Years in Venture & The Climate Crisis: Why Governments are The Biggest Problem and Where the Biggest Opportunities Are in Climate Investing?
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2022-01-0603 min
Index Audio[Creator Summit] The Evolution of Creator Monetization with Creative Juice, Printify, EQL & 20VCGuests:
*Sima Gandhi*, Co-Founder & CEO, Creative Juice
*James Berdigans*, Co-Founder & CEO, Printify
*Andrew Lipp*, Co-Founder & CEO, EQL
*Harry Stebbings*, Founder, 20VC
*Mark Goldberg*, Index Ventures (Moderator)
While the tools for making and distributing media across the internet have been around for a while, the financial and digital infrastructure required to make money from online creativity is only just emerging. As the ‘creator-as-business’ model gains momentum, hear from some of the most thoughtful and engaged voices now pushing for the maturation of the creator economy.
2021-11-1729 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Why Chasing GMV Will Lead To The Wrong Direction, The 2 Crucial Tipping Points For Marketplace Adoption, Why UGC Plays Are Like Marketplaces & How To Determine Between Existential and Non-Existential Risk Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Why Chasing GMV Will Lead To The Wrong Direction, The 2 Crucial Tipping Points For Marketplace Adoption, Why UGC Plays Are Like Marketplaces & How To Determine Between Existential and Non-Existential RiskPub date: 2020-11-23Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Episode 151 | Sarah TavelGet Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Sarah Tavel is a General Partner @ Benchm...
2021-10-0836 min
AugmentBrowserStack, Novo, Bringg, Vianai Systems, 20VC,Templafy, Gloat, Trigo, Brella and Introhive raise funds | DuckDuckGo has claimed a $100M revenue increaseBrowserStack, a software testing platform, has announced its Series B fundraise of $200 million from BOND, at a valuation of $4 billion, making it the highest for any Indian SaaS unicorn. Insight Partners and existing investor Accel participated in the funding. The Series B fundraising makes BrowserStack India’s second SaaS unicorn this year, after Chargebee, which attained the tag in April. In its press release, BrowserStack stated that the funding would be used to support its acquisitions, expand its product offerings, and scale growth. Miami-based Novo, a digital banking platform for small businesses, has raised $40.7 million in a Val...
2021-06-1704 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: How To Deliver Feedback with Compassion and Clarity, WTF Are Values Really and How To Instill Them & Raising $50M+ From Index and Greylock but Remaining in Stealth for 12 Months with Linda Lian, Co-Founder & CEO @ CommonRoom Linda Lian is the Co-Founder and CEO @ CommonRoom, the place where your organization and your community come together. To date, Linda has raised over $50M with CommonRoom from the likes of Danny Rimer @ Index Ventures, Sarah Guo @ Greylock, Dylan Field @ Figma, Dick Costolo and of course 20VC Fund. Prior to changing the world of community though, Linda spent close to 3 years at Amazon as a Senior Product Manager on AWS and Alexa. Before Amazon, Lida was on the other side of the table in venture as an associate at Madrona. In Today’s Ep...
2021-04-0139 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Hopin, The Breakout Startup of 2020 on Scaling from 10 to 230 People and $174M in Funding in just 13 Months, The 3 Phases of Startup Scaling, How To Lead Remote Teams Effectively, The Future of Events Post-COVID and more Johnny Boufarhat is the Founder & CEO @ Hopin, one of the fastest-growing companies on the planet, providing an online events platform where you can create engaging virtual events that connect people around the globe. In the last 13 months, Johnny has raised over $174M for Hopin from the likes of Accel, IVP, Slack, Northzone, Coatue, Salesforce and of course, 20VC Fund. With the funding, again in just 13 months, Johnny has grown the team from 10 people to over 210 people in 37 countries. In October of this year, Semil Shah awarded Hopin the label, "The Breakout Tech Startup Of 2020".
2020-12-1030 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Why Chasing GMV Will Lead To The Wrong Direction, The 2 Crucial Tipping Points For Marketplace Adoption, Why UGC Plays Are Like Marketplaces & How To Determine Between Existential and Non-Existential Risk Sarah Tavel is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the most successful funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Uber, Twitter, Dropbox, WeWork, Snapchat, StitchFix, eBay and many more. As for Sarah, prior to joining Benchmark, she was a General Partner at another globally renowned firm, Greylock, where she led deals in Sonder and Gixo. Pre-Greylock, Sarah was the first PM @ Pinterest where she led three acquisitions, launched Pinterest internationally, and was responsible for closing their $100m Series C financing. 20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Why Chasing GMV...
2020-11-2336 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: a16z's Angela Strange on Why Every Company Will Be A Fintech Company, How Founders Should Think About Niches and Optimal Insertion Points, How To Transition To Become The System of Record & Are We Entering A Period of Bundling Or Unbundling for Fint Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: a16z's Angela Strange on Why Every Company Will Be A Fintech Company, How Founders Should Think About Niches and Optimal Insertion Points, How To Transition To Become The System of Record & Are We Entering A Period of Bundling Or Unbundling for FintPub date: 2020-09-08Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Angela Strange is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. (https://a16z.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen...
2020-11-1234 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Zach Weinberg on Whether A Company is a Democracy, The Importance of Ownership, The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, Multi-Stage Funds Entering Seed and How he Approaches Both Risk and Personal Capital Allocation Zach Weinberg is a Co-Founder of Operator Partners, operators funding operators, with no outside LPs, just their own capital. Fun fact, 20VC Fund has actually invested with them in 3 companies from Alt, Dooly.ai and Boom Pay. Prior to founding Operator Partners, Zach was the Co-founder/COO of Flatiron Health (acq @Roche for $2b) and before Flatiron Zach co-founded Invite Media (acq @Google for $81m). If that was not enough, Zach has also been an incredibly successful angel in the past with a portfolio including RigUp, Ro, Color, BlueApron and Plaid to name a few.
2020-11-0636 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: How To Determine The Risks To Take vs To Pass On, Should Founders Meet Investors When Not Raising & The Most Important Non-Obvious Role of the CEO with Spike Lipkin, Founder & CEO @ Newfront Insurance Spike Lipkin is the Founder & CEO @ Newfront Insurance, the modern insurance brokerage empowering risk management experts with advanced technology to deliver innovative solutions to their clients'. To date, Spike has raised from some of the best in the business including Founders Fund, Meritech and 20VC Fund. Prior to founding Newfront, Spike was one of the first employees at Opendoor, where he helped grow the team from 5 people to an enterprise value of over $5Bn today. Prior to Opendoor, Spike was an investor at Blackstone, where he served on the startup team that built Invitation Homes into the...
2020-10-1623 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Why Few Firms Are Doing True Early Stage Investing Today, Why Founders Should Spend Time with Analysts When Raising & The Rise of Pre-Empting Rounds and How To Know When To Engage vs Wait with Anna Khan, General Partner @ CRV Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Why Few Firms Are Doing True Early Stage Investing Today, Why Founders Should Spend Time with Analysts When Raising & The Rise of Pre-Empting Rounds and How To Know When To Engage vs Wait with Anna Khan, General Partner @ CRVPub date: 2020-08-14Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Anna Khan, General Partner at CRV. (https://crv.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
2020-10-1242 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Biggest Lessons From Opendoor's Scaling Journey, How To Implement Systems for Growth & The Right Way To Structure Customer Discovery Processes with Julia DeWahl, Angel Investor Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Biggest Lessons From Opendoor's Scaling Journey, How To Implement Systems for Growth & The Right Way To Structure Customer Discovery Processes with Julia DeWahl, Angel InvestorPub date: 2020-07-03Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Julia DeWahl, an Angel Investor on the Twenty Minute VC Podcast. (https://juliadewahl.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization Julia DeWahl is one of the...
2020-09-2134 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Lightspeed Partner, Merci Victoria Grace on The Future of Collaboration Tools, Bundling vs Unbundling, Synchronous vs Asynchronous & What It Means To Productise The S*** Out of Venture Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Lightspeed Partner, Merci Victoria Grace on The Future of Collaboration Tools, Bundling vs Unbundling, Synchronous vs Asynchronous & What It Means To Productise The S*** Out of VenturePub date: 2020-06-08Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Merci Victoria Grace, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. (https://lsvp.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMerci Victoria Grace is a Partner @ Lightspeed Ventur...
2020-08-3136 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and InclusionPub date: 2020-05-15Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Sarah Kunst is the Founder and Managing Director at Cleo Capital. (https://www.cleocap.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization ...
2020-08-2437 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: What It Takes To Be The Most Effective Coach To Startup Founders, The Biggest Surprises and Challenges About Transitioning To Venture From Operations & 3 Trends Shaking The World of Consumer Today with Victoria Treyger, General Partner @ Felicis Ven Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: What It Takes To Be The Most Effective Coach To Startup Founders, The Biggest Surprises and Challenges About Transitioning To Venture From Operations & 3 Trends Shaking The World of Consumer Today with Victoria Treyger, General Partner @ Felicis VenPub date: 2019-03-11Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Victoria Treyger, General Partner and Managing Director at Felicis Ventures. (https://www.felicis.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summar...
2020-08-1738 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Why Raising A First Time Fund Is Like Raising A Seed Round, Why We Need New and Different Fund Models & Why Longevity Is The Most Rewarding Place To Invest with Laura Deming, Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Why Raising A First Time Fund Is Like Raising A Seed Round, Why We Need New and Different Fund Models & Why Longevity Is The Most Rewarding Place To Invest with Laura Deming, Founding Partner @ The Longevity FundPub date: 2018-11-26Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Laura Deming is Founding Parter at The Longevity Fund, this first VC firm dedicated to funding high-potential longevity companies. (https://www.longevity.vc)Get Podcast Tran...
2020-07-0630 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Basecamp Founder David Heinemeier Hansson on Why It Is The Biggest BS To Chase Being A Unicorn, His Relationship to Wealth and Status and Why Now More Than Ever It Is A Myth Entrepreneurs Have To Raise VCDavid “DHH” Heinemeier Hansson (@dhh) is the creator of Ruby on Rails, founder and CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37Signals), and the best-selling co-author of Rework and Remote: Office Not Required. If that was not enough, fun fact, he went from not having a driver’s license at 25 to winning, at 34, the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world. It is often called the “Grand Prix of endurance and efficiency.” In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How David made his way into the world of tech and startups from his c...
2020-04-1449 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: How To Solve The Chicken and Egg Problem in Marketplaces? How Important Is Differentiated Supply? How To Prevent Leakage? How to Create Marketplace Defensibility and more with Alyssa Ravasio, Founder & CEO @ Hipcamp Alyssa Ravasio is the Founder & CEO @ Hipcamp, the startup that allows you to book unique camping experiences on over 300,000 campsites, cabins, RV parks, public parks and more. To date, Alyssa has raised over $41M in funding from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, a16z, Brad Feld, Dave Morin, Sam Shank @ Hotel Tonight and more. Prior to founding Hipcamp, Alyssa enjoyed numerous diverse roles including being Director of Sales & Marketing @ Revel Systems to working on International Information and Communication Policy in the US State Department. In Today’s Episode You Will...
2020-03-2730 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: 3 Addictions Of Early-Stage Startup Founders, How Founders Should Strategically Think Through Unit Economics From Day 1 & Why Micromanagement Can Be Beneficial In The Early Days with Adena Hefets, Co-Founder @ Divvy Homes Adena Hefets is Co-Founder @ Divvy Homes, the startup that turns your monthly rent into a down payment allowing you to get on the property ladder, sooner. To date, Adena has raised over $189M with Divvy from some of the best in the business including a16z, Ray Tonsing @ Caffeinated, Max Levchin, DFJ and Threshold Ventures to name a few. Prior to founding Divvy, Adena was an early-stage fintech investor at DF. Before the world of venture, Adena was part of the original team that started Square Capital and grew the product to over 10,000 advances ($50M) within 1 year...
2020-03-1334 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Managers on Everything from First Meeting to Portfolio Construction To Fees and Carry with Lisa Edgar, Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital Partners Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Managers on Everything from First Meeting to Portfolio Construction To Fees and Carry with Lisa Edgar, Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital PartnersPub date: 2019-11-04Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Lisa Edgar is a Managing Director at Top Tier Capital Partners on The Twenty Minute VC podcast (https://ttcp.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast a...
2020-03-0632 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset ClassPub date: 2019-10-14Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Featuring Brianne Kimmel, Founder and Managing Partner at Work Life Ventures (https://www.worklife.vc)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio...
2020-01-2342 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: How Founders Can Gain Leverage in Fundraising Negotiations, The Metrics You Need To Raise Your Series A in Consumer & What We Have To Change About Cap Table Construction with Jana Messerschmidt, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: How Founders Can Gain Leverage in Fundraising Negotiations, The Metrics You Need To Raise Your Series A in Consumer & What We Have To Change About Cap Table Construction with Jana Messerschmidt, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture PartnersPub date: 2019-09-02Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Featuring Jana Messerschmidt Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners (lsvp.com) Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationJana Me...
2019-09-1143 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: What John Doerr Taught Me About Great Investing, Why Not All A Rounds Are Post-Traction and Why Despite Overfunding, There Is Still Gaps In Venture Financing with Trae Vassallo, Founding Partner @ Defy.vc Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: What John Doerr Taught Me About Great Investing, Why Not All A Rounds Are Post-Traction and Why Despite Overfunding, There Is Still Gaps In Venture Financing with Trae Vassallo, Founding Partner @ Defy.vcPub date: 2018-06-04Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Featuring Trae Vassallo, Co-Founder and Managing Director Defy.VC (https://defy.vc/)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTrae V...
2019-07-2231 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: Scalar Capital's Linda Xjie on Who Will Win The Smart Contract War, The Future of Exchanges: Centralised or Decentralised & The Pros and Cons of Differing Privacy Coins Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: Scalar Capital's Linda Xjie on Who Will Win The Smart Contract War, The Future of Exchanges: Centralised or Decentralised & The Pros and Cons of Differing Privacy CoinsPub date: 2018-10-22Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Featuring Linda Xie, Co-founder and Managing Director, Scalar Capital (https://scalar.capital/)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationLinda Xie is a Co-Founder & Managing Directo...
2019-07-0845 minVoices of Women in Venture 🌊20VC: NEA Partner, Dayna Grayson on Sourcing, Picking, Winning, Gut vs Data in Investment Decision-Making & The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Expectations of Venture Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: NEA Partner, Dayna Grayson on Sourcing, Picking, Winning, Gut vs Data in Investment Decision-Making & The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Expectations of VenturePub date: 2019-04-08Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Featuring Dayna Grayson, Partner, NEA (www.nea.com) Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDayna Grayson is a Partner @ NEA, one of the leading venture firms over the last 4 decades with a p...
2019-06-2742 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus LivingKulveer Taggar is the Founder & CEO @ Zeus Living, the startup providing a home of your own for business travel with smartly furnished homes for extended stays. To date, Kul has raised over $14m in VC funding from some dear friends of the show in the form of Garry and Alexis @ Initialized, James and Pete @ NFX, Mike @ Floodgate, Y Combinator, GV and Naval Ravikant just to name a few. Prior to Zeus, Kul co-founded Auctomatic alongside Stripe's Patrick Collison, they ultimately sold the company for $5m. Before that, Kul co-founded Bosco, alongside former 20VC guest, Monzo's Tom Blomfield, they raised see...
2019-05-3131 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Softbank Managing Partner, Jeff Housenbold on How Softbank Approach Portfolio Construction, Their Optimal Investment Decision-Making Process and What Excites Softbank Most In Opportunities TodayJeff Housenbold is a Managing Partner @ Softbank Vision Fund, the leading and most influential firm in the venture space investing more than $93 billion in the businesses and technologies they believe will enable the next stage of the information revolution. To date, Jeff has backed the likes of OpenDoor, DoorDash, Wag, Clutter, Brandless and Katerra just to name a few. Prior to Softbank, Jeff spent 11 years as President and CEO @ Shutterfly, during his tenure the company enjoyed incredible growth with the growth of the team from 103 to 2,600 employees. In the past, Jeff has sat on the board of Caesers Entertainment (the w...
2019-05-2033 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Clearbanc's Michele Romanow on Why 40% of VC $ Raised Today Goes To Google and Facebook, How To Create A Financing Mechanism For The Repeatable Parts Of Your Business & Why We Need To Stop Celebrating FundraisesMichele Romanow is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbanc, the startup that provides entrepreneurs capital to grow without giving up a piece of their company. In 2019 alone, Clearbanc plans to invest $1B in 2,000 companies. To fund these ambitious plans, they have backing from some of the best in the business including Founders Fund, Santi @ Emergence, Social Capital, Precursor Ventures and Y Combinator just to name a few. As for Michele, prior to Clearbanc, she founded SnapSaves, a leading mobile savings platform that was acquired by Groupon. Before Snapsaves, Michele founded Buytopia, one of Canada’s leading e-commerce companies with over 2.5m custom...
2019-05-1031 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: What It Takes To Be The Most Effective Coach To Startup Founders, The Biggest Surprises and Challenges About Transitioning To Venture From Operations & 3 Trends Shaking The World of Consumer Today with Victoria Treyger, General Partner @ Felicis VenVictoria Treyger is a General Partner & Managing Director @ Felicis Ventures, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade backing 2 unicorns per year since founding including Shopify, OpenDoor, Flexport, Adyen, Twitch, Fitbit and many more. At Felicis, Victoria led the firm’s investments in prior 20VC guest Assaf Wand @ Hippo, Sentio, Sentilink, Blume, Floravere, and other stealth brands. Prior to joining Felicis, Victoria was Chief Revenue Officer of Kabbage. During her six-year tenure, Victoria and her team were instrumental in scaling revenue into the hundreds of millions of dollars and delivered a compound annual growth rate of over 100%. Victor...
2019-03-1138 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: A Framework For Approaching Risk and How It Affects Portfolio Construction | Lessons and Advice From Working with Dropbox's Drew Houston | Why Being A Learning Animal Is The Most Important Factor For Success with Ted Wang, Partner @ Cowboy VenturesTed Wang is a Partner @ Cowboy Ventures, one of Silicon Valley's leading early-stage funds with the likes of Philz Coffee, Dollar Shave Club, Brandless, DocSend, Accompany and Brit + Co all in their portfolio. As for Ted, prior to VC, Ted spent X years as a leading Silicon Valley lawyer with Fenwick & West where he worked with some of the most notable companies of our times including Facebook, Dropbox, Twitter, Square and Spotify just to name a few. Ted also created the Series Seed Documents - a set of open-sourced financing documents posted on Github used by thousands around the worl...
2018-12-1733 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Lessons Learned Scaling PillPack from Seed to Amazon Acquisition, Why Investors Should Spend More Time Assessing Human Capital Risk Taken by Founders & The Right Way To Think About Capital Efficiency in Scaling with David Frankel, Managing Partner @David Frankel is Managing Partner @ Founder Collective, one of the leading seed funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Uber, PillPack, Coupang, Hotel Tonight, Venmo, Buzzfeed and many more incredible companies. David himself sits on the board of PillPack, Olo, Adhawk and SeatGeek. Prior to founding Founder Collective, David was the Co-Founder and CEO of Internet Solutions, one of the largest ISP providers in Africa. This led to his entrance into angel investing where he enjoyed immense success investing in the likes of Chris Dixon's Hunch and Alex Rampell's TrialPay, just to name a few.
2018-09-1733 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside John Doerr, How To Optimize The Speed of Investment Decision-Making & Why Saying No Graciously Is The Most Important Thing with Shabih Rizvi, Founding Partner @ Gradient VenturesShabih Rizvi is the Founding Partner @ Gradient Ventures, Google’s new AI-focused venture fund, which will invest in and connect early-stage startups with Google’s resources, innovation, and technical leadership in artificial intelligence. Prior to Gradient, Shabih was a Partner at KPCB, where he was actively involved with investments in TrueCaller, Mobcrush, Veem and Ujet. In addition, he helped the firm build their seed program and served as advisor to Flipagram and Victorious. Before KPCB, Shabih founded and led the startup outreach program for Google Play. Prior to Google Play, Shabih worked on the Mobile Apps Lab team which built SMB p...
2018-09-1032 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: The Mindset The Best Investors Assume When Assessing Opportunities, Why So Many Hardware Startups Fail Today & The Right Way To Think About Employee Retention with Andrew Farah, Founder & CEO @ DensityAndrew Farah is the Founder & CEO @ Density, the startup that measures real-time occupancy of every room in your office. To date, they have raised over $16m in funding from some great friends of the show in the form of Founders Fund, Mark Suster @ Upfront, Ludlow Ventures, Jason Calacanis, Hiten Shah and Arjun Sethi, just to name a few. As for Andrew, prior to founding Density, he was a Managing Partner @ Rounded, a software development agency & product studio. There, Andrew and the team built the first Density prototype. In The Show Today: 1.) How Andrew made...
2018-09-0729 min
Musings on Universal Basic Income20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment Phase Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment PhasePub date: 2016-07-11Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures, one of the world's leading VC firms with investments in Twitter, Twilio, Zynga, Soundcloud, Tumblr, Lending Club and many more. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He p...
2018-08-0426 minMusings on Universal Basic Income20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment Phase Podcast: The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment PhasePub date: 2016-07-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAlbert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures, one of the world's leading VC firms with investments in Twitter, Twilio, Zynga, Soundcloud, Tumblr, Lending Club and many more. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us t...
2018-08-0426 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: ClassPass CEO Fritz Lanman on Betting His Career Facebook Would Be A $10Bn Company, Lessons From Travis and Uber on Scaling A Global Marketplace & Whether Growth and Capital Efficiency Are Mutually ExclusiveFritz Lanman is the CEO @ ClassPass, the startup that provides the most flexible fitness membership ever. To date, they have raised over $154m in VC funding from the likes of Thrive, GV, CRV, Fifth Wall and Temasek just to name a few. As for Fritz, prior to ClassPass he was the Founder & CEO @ Livestar, a mobile recommendations startup that was acquired by Pinterest. Before that, he was a Senior Director in the Corporate Strategy Group @ Microsoft where he led several multi-billion dollar M&A evaluations and strategy projects including the Facebook investment and Yahoo deal. If that was not eno...
2018-07-2035 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook on The Commonalities of The Truly Great CEOs, How To Hire The Very Best Execs, Why Cash is A Defensible Moat Today & The Pros and Cons of M&A and IPOsElad Gil is the Founder @ Color, the startup that shows you your genes can help you make better health decisions. They have raised over $112m in funding from the likes of General Catalyst, CRV, 8VC, Aaron Levie and more incredible names. Elad is also an incredible angel, counting the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Optimizely, Opendoor and Wish all in his portfolio. Now Elad is adding a new string to his very talented bow with the release of his book, High Growth Handbook, published by Stripe in which Elad interviews 14 leaders from the valley from Marc Andreesen to Reid Hoffman t...
2018-07-1747 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Tearing Up Term Sheets and Writing Your Own, Why Founders Must Do "VC Dating" Pre-Fundraise & The Benefits of Capital Constraints in The Early Days with Rachel Drori, Founder & CEO @ Daily HarvestRachel Drori is the Founder & CEO @ Daily Harvest, the direct-to-consumer brand that delivers real, unprocessed, unrefined foods in the most convenient format possible: frozen. To date, they have raised over $43m in funding from the likes of former guest Alex Taussig @ Lightspeed, Collaborative Fund and future 20VC guest Beth Ferreira who sits on the board. As for Rachel, prior to starting Daily Harvest, Rachel harnessed her skills as a customer-centric marketing executive, leading teams at Gilt Groupe, American Express, and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Rachel made her way...
2018-03-3024 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Finding VC Partners That Look Beyond The Numbers, The Black Box of VC Secrets That Needs To Be Shared & The 1,000 Reasons A VC Won't Invest In You When It Has Nothing To Do With You with Leah Busque, General Partner @ Fuel CapitalLeah Busque is a General Partner @ Fuel Capital, one of Silicon Valley's leading seed funds with the most incredible portfolio including many previous 20VC guests Ryan @ Flexport, Florian @ Mesosphere, Alex @ Clearbit and Dan @ Convoy (episode Friday). As for Leah, prior to VC, she was a pioneer of the sharing economy with her founding of TaskRabbit, one of the leading online labor marketplaces in the US, raising over $37m in the process before their sale to IKEA last year. Due to this incredible success, Leah has been named to Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business". In Today’s Episode...
2018-03-1935 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Overcoming The Engineer Boys Club, Disrupting The "Pink Aisle" & Why VCs Are Missing A Trick Not Investing In The CPG Space with Debbie Sterling, Founder & CEO @ GoldiebloxDebbie Sterling is the Founder & CEO @ Goldieblox, an award‐winning toy company on a mission to “disrupt the pink aisle.” An engineer and entrepreneur, Sterling has made it her mission in life to tackle the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Sterling was named TIME's “Person of the Moment” and Business Insider's “30 Women Who Are Changing the World” and is regarded as one of the leaders of the movement toward getting more girls interested in engineering and technology. In January 2014, GoldieBlox beat out more than 20,000 businesses in a contest run by Intuit to become the first‐ever small business to air...
2017-12-0129 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why Convertible Notes Are Ridiculous, Why Party Rounds Are Bad For Both Founder and Investor & Why Pro-Rata Rights Are A Mess with David Waxman, Founding Partner @ TenOneTen VenturesDavid Waxman is the Founding Partner @ TenOneTen Ventures, one of the leading new venture firms in the rising tide of LA tech. Their portfolio companies have enjoyed exits from the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon Cisco, AirBnB and including companies like eCommerce pioneer and unicorn, Wish and the world’s leading airspace services platform, AirMap. As for David, prior to TenOneTen, David enjoyed an incredible career in operations starting with the founding of his first company, Firefly in 1995, an early pioneer in personalization and privacy technology which he sold to Microsoft in 1998. David then co-founded PeoplePC, a company dedicated to simpli...
2017-11-2926 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Bing Gordon on Lessons From Serving On Amazon & Zynga's Board, Why The Best Investors Are Good Listeners and Sceptical Optimists & The Most Important Value Add A VC Can ProvideBing Gordon is a Partner and Chief Product Officer @ Kleiner Perkins, one of the world’s most prestigious venture funds with prior investments in the likes of Google, Amazon, Twitter, Square and Airbnb just to name a few. At Kleiner Bing has either worked with or invested in the likes of Spotify, Zynga, Amazon, Twitter and Magic Leap, just to name a few. Bing also serves on the boards of Zynga, Zazzle, N3twork and until March this year, Amazon. Prior to Kleiner, Bing had been a long-time executive at Electronic Arts, beginning with EA’s founding in 1982 with initial...
2017-11-2725 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why Strategic Investing Is Slow Motion M&A, Why Valuation Is The Hardest Element of M&A & What Determines Between Cash vs Stock Deals with Chad Richard, SVP of Business & Corporate Development @ YelpChad Richard is the Senior Vice President of Business & Corporate Development @ Yelp, where he leads acquisition and investment activity. Yelp is one of the most active in the space having acquired both NoWait and Turnstyle Analytics, plus selling Eat24 to GrubHub for $287.5m, all in the past year. Prior to Yelp, Chad spent six years at Apple as Senior Director of Worldwide Product Marketing focused on Apple’s operating systems and internet services. Prior to Apple, he cofounded and was CEO of Simple Star, a photo and video software and services company that was acquired by Roxio. If that was...
2017-11-2226 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Zynga's Mark Pincus on When To Ride Your Winners and Cut Your Losers, Why People With "Broken Resumes" Make The Best Hires & The 2 Biggest Lies Told In Silicon Valley By Founders and VCsMark Pincus is a serial entrepreneur and investor, best known for founding Zynga, the first company to introduce the mass market to social gaming. To date, more than one billion people around the world have played Zynga’s games, which include hits like FarmVille and Words with Friends. Mark is also known for his investments in some of the internet’s largest and most successful companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Snapchat and Xiaomi. One of the earliest pioneers in social networking, Mark founded multiple startups including support.com and tribe.net, before going on to create Zynga. A fun fact - recogn...
2017-11-2024 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why Valley Investors Are Really Gamblers, Why The Business Model of Selling To The Biggest Sucker Is Wrong & Why The Best Potential Hires Don't Care Who Your VC is with David Barrett, Founder & CEO @ ExpensifyDavid Barrett is the Founder & CEO @ Expensify, the startup relieving the world’s frustrations, one expense report at a time. With 35,000 companies and more than 5 million users, David has raised close to $30m from the likes of Redpoint, OpenView, Travis Kalanick, Baseline and SV Angel. However, David certainly does not have traditional views on funding, something we very much touch on in the interview today! Prior to Expensify, David built a peer-to-peer file transfer technology called Red Swoosh with Uber's Travis Kalanick, which was acquired by Akamai in 2007. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How David we...
2017-11-1727 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why VCs Fundamentally Assess Founders The Wrong Way, Why VC Needs To Innovate On The Scouting Model & Why SAFE's and Convertible Notes Are The Future Of Investing with Elizabeth Yin, Founder & General Partner @ Hustle FundElizabeth Yin is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Hustle Fund, as they describe, the ventue fund for hilariously early hustlers. Elizabeth is also the co-founder of HustleCon, a conference series for non-technical entrepreneurs to launch and scale their startups. Prior to Hustle Fund, Elizabeth was a Partner @ 500 Startups where she ran the 500 Startups seed program in Mountain View and where she and her partner saw over 20,000 startup decks. Before that Elizabeth was a successful operator, as the Co-Founder and CEO of Launchbit, an adtech platform that was acquired by BuySellAds. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How...
2017-11-1526 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: a16z's Alex Rampell on The Struggle Between Innovation vs Distribution, When How To Determine Whether An Application is Optimised Through Centralised or Decentralised Networks & Why Most ICOs Today Are RidiculousAlex Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he leads the firms fintech investments and serves on the boards of Branch, PeerStreet, Point, and Quantopian. Prior to joining a16z, he was the CEO and co-founder of TrialPay, a leading transactional advertising and payments company with 100 employees and over $300M in revenue. TrialPay was acquired by Visa in 2015. Previously, Alex cofounded FraudEliminator, the first consumer anti-phishing company, which merged into SiteAdvisor and was acquired by McAfee for $75M in 2006. Prior to joining the firm, Alex had been an active angel investor with the likes of Pinterest, Bloomreach, S...
2017-11-1341 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Characteristic For Founders, When Is The Right Time For A CEO To Hand Over The Reigns & What CEO's Can Learn About Company Culture From Teaching Middle School with Lloyd Tabb, Founder & Chairman @ LookerLloyd Tabb is the Founder & Chairman @ Looker, the startup leader pioneering the next generation of business intelligence (BI). They have raised over $175m from some of the best in the business including CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins, First Round, Redpoint & PivotNorth. As for Llyod himself, he has spent the last 25 years revolutionizing how the world uses the internet, starting with his founding of Commerce Tools, which was acquired by Netscape. At Netscape, Lloyd led several releases of Communicator and helped define Mozilla.org. Following Netscape, Lloyd later was CTO of LiveOps, co-founder of Readyforce and founder then advisor to Luminate. In...
2017-11-1024 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: The Lean Startup's Eric Ries on The Missing Function of Entrepreneurship in Most Companies, Creating A New Accountability Paradigm & How To Structure Promotions and Compensation In The New StructureEric Ries is the author of International Bestseller, The Lean Startup, which changed the language of business introducing terms such as A/B testing, MVP and "pivoting". The book has sold over 1m copies and been translated into over 130 languages launching a global "lean startup" movement. Eric is also the author of the recently released, The Startup Way, detailing transformations at tech titans such as Facebook and Amazon, providing a framework for entrepreneurial management. In addition, Eric is also the Founder & CEO of The Long-Term Stock Exchange and has served as an EiR at the likes of Harvard Business Sch...
2017-11-0824 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Does Not Work, Thesis Based Investing Is Sceptical & Partners Mostly Stay Together For LPsOren Zeev is the Founding Partner @ Zeev Ventures, one of Silicon Valley's most under the radar but high performing funds with a portfolio including the likes of Houzz, Chegg, Audible, Bonobos and recent guest with Adi Sideman @ YouNow. Prior to founding Zeev Ventures, Oren was a General Partner @ Apax Partners, as part of the founding Apax Israel team. Before VC, Oren was a founding team member of IBM's chip design group in Haifa. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Oren made his way into the world of VC as part of the Apax Isra...
2017-11-0632 min
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch20VC: Why CEOs Must Read Less & Listen Less, What VC Funding, Shelf Space & Time Have In Common & Why CEOs Must Look After Themselves Like Athletes with Sami Inkinen, Founder @ Virta Health & TruliaSami Inkinen is the Founder & CEO @ Virta Health, the startup on a mission to reverse type 2 diabetes for 100m people by 2025. They have raised over $35m in funding from the likes of Max Levchin, Ev William's Obvious Ventures, Paypal, Ray Tonsing @ Caffeinated Capital and previous 20VC guest, Bob Kocher @ Venrock. Previously, Sami was a co-founder, COO and President of Trulia until it’s IPO and eventual sale for $3.6B. Sami, an avid athlete, is a triathlon world champion in his age group, and recently rowed across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii unsupported with his wife at a recor...
2017-10-0625 min