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EOInvestors' Principles of Silicon Valley Taught in Stanford MBA | Ilya Strebulaev | EOInvestors' Principles of Silicon Valley Taught in Stanford MBA | Ilya Strebulaev
Today, we've invited Professor Ilya Strebulaev, who has taught and researched venture capital at Stanford MBA for 20 years. While studying Silicon Valley investors, he focused on those consistently making successful investments. He defined this concept as the 'venture mindset.' What decision models do Silicon Valley investors use, and how can we apply them to our lives? Let's find out in the video!To purchase 『The Venture Mindset』: https://a.co/d/05vv5Jaq00:00 Intro00:49 Chapter 1. Who Are the Venture Capitalists03:34 Chapter 2. The Venture Mindset11:34 Chapter 3. Tips to Writ...
2026-02-0320 min
Momentum, your daily edge in Leadership 🚀The Venture Mindset: Why avoiding failure is the riskiest strategy of all (Strebulaev & Dang)Traditional corporations are built to protect what they have. They punish failure, seek consensus, and optimize for steady 10% growth. But in a world of disruption, this "safe" approach is actually a death sentence.In today's 5-minute briefing on "The Venture Mindset," based on the Stanford professor's renowned course, we explore the counterintuitive logic of Venture Capitalists.Discover why VCs expect to fail, why they reject "good" ideas in search of "crazy" ones, and how you can apply this high-stakes thinking to your own career or company.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m...
2025-12-2404 min
EOInvestors' Principles of Silicon Valley Taught in Stanford MBA | Ilya Strebulaev | EOInvestors' Principles of Silicon Valley Taught in Stanford MBA | Ilya Strebulaev
Today, we've invited Professor Ilya Strebulaev, who has taught and researched venture capital at Stanford MBA for 20 years. While studying Silicon Valley investors, he focused on those consistently making successful investments. He defined this concept as the 'venture mindset.' What decision models do Silicon Valley investors use, and how can we apply them to our lives? Let's find out in the video!To purchase 『The Venture Mindset』: https://a.co/d/05vv5Jaq00:00 Intro
00:49 Chapter 1. Who Are the Venture Capitalists
03:34 Chapter 2. The Venture Mind...
2025-09-3020 min
The ShiftO ERP do Futuro Chegou. Você Vem?A convergência de IA, analytics em tempo real e modelos de negócio digitais está dando origem a uma nova geração de ERPs: mais adaptáveis, mais inteligentes e muito mais estratégicos. Como isso impacta o seu negócio? E o legado, como fica? Convidamos David Dias, sócio e líder de IA da EY América Latina e, Luciano Albertini, líder de plataformas e estratégias e TI da EY Brasil. Links do episódio:A página do LinkedIn de David DiasA página do LinkedIn d...
2025-08-2438 min
The Diligent Observer PodcastEpisode 38: "Practice Your Thesis Until It’s Muscle Memory" | Stella Foundation Chairwoman Dr. Silvia Mah on Activating University Ecosystems, The Three C's of Capital, and Creating Proud Investment PortfoliosInsights from the Chairwoman of Stella Foundation and founding member of Stella Angels who has invested in 160+ women-led startups and co-managed six consecutive San Diego Angel Conference funds totaling millions in early-stage capitalToday's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Creativity is the gateway to better investing - Silvia's classroom exercises aren't just for students. Her approach to opening minds through creative prompts parallels exactly how angels need to spot outliers that don't fit conventional patterns.Relationships endure beyond failure - Her experience supporting founders through bankruptcy reminded me how th...
2025-06-0336 min
🧠 _To Make Better Decisions, Think Like a Venture Capitalist Podcast: HBR On Strategy (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: To Make Better Decisions, Think Like a Venture CapitalistPub date: 2025-04-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationVenture capital firms notoriously embrace risk and take big swings, hoping that one startup will become a monster hit that pays for many other failed investments. This VC approach scares established companies, but it shouldn’t. Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev says that VC firms have proven best practices that all leaders should apply...
2025-05-2524 min
HBR On StrategyTo Make Better Decisions, Think Like a Venture CapitalistVenture capital firms notoriously embrace risk and take big swings, hoping that one startup will become a monster hit that pays for many other failed investments. This VC approach scares established companies, but it shouldn’t. Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev says that VC firms have proven best practices that all leaders should apply in their own companies. He explains exactly how VC’s operationalize risk, embrace disagreement over consensus, and stay agile in their decision-making—all valuable lessons that apply outside of Silicon Valley. With author Alex Dang, Strebulaev cowrote the new book The Venture Mindse...
2025-04-0224 min
Talks at GoogleThe Venture Mindset | Ilya StrebulaevIlya Strebulaev has devoted two decades to studying how venture capitalists approach decision-making, and the reasons behind the successes and failures of corporate innovations. He joins Google to discuss his book, "The Venture Mindset," a playbook on how to adapt to a rapidly changing world, make smarter bets, launch new ventures, and transform traditional organizations into hubs for innovation. Ilya is an international expert in venture capital, private equity, and financing innovation. Among his many achievements, he's been a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business since 2004. He is also a research associate at the National B...
2025-03-0445 min
Overboost Talks"The Venture Mindset" by Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang,In this episode of Overboost Talks, host Mike Sullivan explores The Venture Mindset by Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang, revealing how visionary leaders harness uncertainty to drive transformative innovation. By mastering risk-taking, embracing failure as a catalyst for growth, and fostering dissent to challenge conventional wisdom, entrepreneurs and business leaders can reshape industries and create lasting social impact. Whether you're building the next disruptive startup or leading change within an organization, this episode offers an essential roadmap for making smarter decisions, scaling with purpose, and thriving in an ever-evolving world.
2025-02-0430 min
Beginner's Mind#151: Mastering Uncertainty – 7 Venture Secrets to Thriving in ChaosWhat if your greatest asset in business was how you think under pressure?In this episode, I dive into The Venture Mindset by Alex Dang and Ilya Strebulaev, unpacking seven transformative lessons drawn from the world of venture capital and deep-tech entrepreneurship. These principles aren’t just for investors—they’re a roadmap for anyone navigating uncertainty, from startup founders to corporate innovators.Alex Dang, a veteran innovator, and Ilya Strebulaev, a leading academic in venture capital, combine decades of hands-on experience and rigorous research. Together, they reveal how to embrace risk, think strateg...
2025-01-2148 min
Ventures from The ValleyWhy Venture Capital Outperforms Other Investments with Ilya Strebulaev of StanfordIn this episode of Ventures from the Valley, host Victor Orlovski sits down with Ilya Strebulaev, The David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Together, they discuss:Why venture capital shows a clear indication of alphaWhat factors have made Silicon Valley the epicenter of venture capitalThe emergence of new innovation hubs across the U.S. and globallyWhat impact will AI have on investment trendsThe future of venture capitalIlya is a renowned expert in venture capital, private equity, and entrepreneurial finance. As...
2025-01-151h 13
Corporate Venturing InsiderUnlocking 'the Venture Mindset' Beyond CVC: Insights from Ilya StrebulaevTune into our conversation with Ilya Strebulaev, the The David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and author of "The Venture Mindset", a bestselling book on corporate innovation.Interviewed on October 29th, 2024
2024-12-1126 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 371: Best LP Question (Strebulaev, Yormak, Holloway) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ilya Strebulaev Jake Yormak Katelin Holloway We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an allocator. The hosts of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more...
2024-10-2407 min
Startup Istanbul PodcastThe Venture MindsetI had a great chat with Ilya Strebulaev recently. Ilya is a professor at Stanford GSB, author of 'The Venture Mindset' book, and knows a ton about venture capital and innovation. We talked about what makes a good VC versus a great one, and I think you'll find some of these takeaways super interesting.Key TakeawaysConsistency Over Luck* Great venture capitalists aren’t just lucky—they’re consistent.* They have solid processes that help them navigate the unpredictable world of startups.* It’s not about getting one decision right; i...
2024-10-2252 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 367: Key Advice (Rueckert, Patricof, Strebulaev) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Rob Rueckert Alan Patricof Ilya Strebulaev We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.
2024-09-2607 min
The Brattle ExchangeVenture Capital and Private Equity with Ilya StrebulaevDr. Ilya Strebulaev, the David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and a Professor of Finance at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, joins Brattle Principal Sujay Dave to discuss his research and extensive experience in corporate finance, private equity, and venture capital.In this episode, Ilya discusses how he developed a framework for capital structure decisions that incorporates dynamic decision-making and thus more accurately reflects real-world results. He explains how his early corporate finance work – together with his position at Stanford GSB, located at the heart of Silicon Valley – led to his founding of the Stanfo...
2024-09-2420 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 366: Visionary Founders (Strebulaev, Nozad, Joaquin) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ilya Strebulaev Pejman Nozad James Joaquin We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.
2024-09-1908 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 362: Lessons Learned (Patricof, Strebulaev, Yormak) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Alan Patricof Ilya Strebulaev Jake Yormak We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can...
2024-08-2206 min
FYI - For Your InnovationMastering Venture Capital: Ilya Strebulaev’s Key Principles for SuccessOn this episode of FYI, ARK’s Chief Futurist Brett Winton and Venture Capital Research Associate Chase Prather welcome Ilya Strebulaev, author of "The Venture Mindset" and a professor at Stanford University. With over 20 years of experience teaching private equity principles and venture capital, Ilya shares invaluable insights from his book. The conversation covers the unique decision-making approaches of venture capitalists, the importance of embracing uncertainty, and practical applications of the venture mindset for corporate leaders and investors. "Conviction beats consensus every single time in the venture capital environment." - Ilya Strebulaev
2024-08-1556 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 358: Disruptive Forces (Levy, Strebulaev, Nozad) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Abby Miller Levy Ilya Strebulaev Pejman Nozad We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to...
2024-07-2506 min
Family Business AudiocastEpisode 25: Applying Venture Capital Principles to Family Business Enterprise with Ilya StrebulaevR. Adam Smith welcomes Ilya Strebulaev, tenured professor of finance and private equity at Stanford Graduate School of Business and founder/director of the Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative. Celebrating 20 years at Stanford, Strebulaev shares insights from his extensive research and teaching experience in venture capital and entrepreneurial finance. The conversation explores his recently published book "The Venture Mindset" and how its principles can be applied within the family business enterprise context. Strebulaev emphasizes the importance of flexibility over rigid commitment, the power of interdisciplinary collaboration, and the necessity of embracing failure while pursuing innovation. He provides valuable perspectives on...
2024-07-1129 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedInvestor Stories 355: Why I Passed (Klein, Patricof, Strebulaev) On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Todd Klein Alan Patricof Ilya Strebulaev Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.
2024-07-0409 min
VC UnfilteredIlya Strebulaev | Author of Venture MindsetIntroducing "VC Unfiltered" - A New Series Hosted by Lucas J. PolsWe're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new series, "VC Unfiltered," hosted by our founding partner, Lucas J. Pols. This exciting series promises to deliver candid conversations and invaluable insights from industry leaders and experts in venture capital and startup ecosystem.For our first episode, we are honored to feature Ilya Strebulaev, the esteemed David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Professor Strebulaev, along with co-author Alex Dang, has recently released the highly acclaimed book, "...
2024-07-0241 min
Boardroom Governance with Evan EpsteinIlya Strebulaev: Venture Mindset Takeaways for Board Members.(0:00) Intro.(1:39) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:25) Start of interview. Reference to E21 with Ilya Strebulaev from October 2020.(4:01) On why he wrote his book The Venture Mindset: for decision makers in large organizations.(5:37) About the first principle: Home Runs Matter, Strikeouts Don’t. Make small bets vs fear of failure.(7:23) Two types of innovation: incremental (step by step) vs. disruptive innovation.(13:32) The unique role that independent directors can play in innovation.(18:20) On corporate unicorns and intrapreneurs.(20:11) On errors of om...
2024-06-2558 min
Case Interview Preparation & Management Consulting | Strategy | Critical Thinking684: The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth (with Stanford Professor and Venture Capital Expert, Ilya Strebulaev)Welcome to an interview with the coauthor of The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth, Ilya Strebulaev. This book offers a transformative playbook for delivering results in a rapidly changing world from a top Stanford professor and a technology executive. Packed with entertaining stories and scientific precision, The Venture Mindset is a must-read for anyone who wants to be better equipped for the era of uncertainty when industry, company, and career can be disrupted overnight. It will teach you more than how to simply survive. It'll teach you how to win big.
2024-06-1053 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2087: Alex Dang and Ilya Strebulaev on How to Think Like a Venture CapitalistVenture capitalists aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. For leftists, they are Trump supporting vultures, feasting on the rotting carcass of neo-liberalism. But for Alex Dang and Ilya Strebulaev, co-authors of THE VENTURE MINDSET, the top venture capitalists offer a lesson to all of us in how to make smarter bets and achieve extraordinary growth in both our businesses and our lives. Dang and Strebulaev who - surprise, surprise, both teach at Stanford - may have a point. There’s nothing cuddly about VCs, but if you want to survive in our entrepreneurial age, it might be sma...
2024-06-0846 min
CFO BookshelfThinking Like a Venture CapitalistI list the top business books I've read over the previous year each January. At the end of 2024, The Venture Mindset by Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang will easily be in my top three and possibly my overall favorite.The Venture Mindset reads fast and reminds me a little of Kahneman, Munger, and books about Buffett.Some of the big ideas we cover in this episode with both authors include roof shots vs. moonshots, betting on jockeys vs. the horses, winning at the piggy bank game, and what we can learn from student VC partnerships.
2024-06-071h 17
The Modern CFOLeveraging "The Venture Mindset" with Ilya StrebulaevIn the complex world of academia, corporate finance, and venture capital, few names resonate as powerfully as Ilya Strebulaev’s. As a Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Ilya has cemented his reputation as a leading authority in corporate finance, financial decision-making, and private company valuation.Ilya’s academic journey is marked by countless accolades and published works in top-tier academic journals. In his latest book, The Venture Mindset, Ilya’s research provides profound insights into venture capital markets, offering a deeper understanding of financial strategies employed by firms today. Known for his rigoro...
2024-06-0744 min
Boardroom Governance with Evan EpsteinSonita Lontoh: On Board Culture, Innovation, and Creative Tension(0:00) Intro.(1:24) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:12) Start of interview.(4:04) Sonita's "origin story." (5:45) Her professional career, starting with a startup in the gaming industry.(8:15) Her guiding principles for her career at the intersection of innovation, sustainability and digital transformation.(9:30) Her roles at HP, Siemens and PG&E.(11:00) Her board "portfolio" life starting in 2022: SunRun and TrueBlue. Advisor to Sway Ventures.(14:02) About the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Culture (where she served as a Commissioner).(17:00) Surprises and t...
2024-06-0353 min
Louis Lehot Legal PodcastsThe Venture Mindset | NACDNACD Northern California Chapter welcomed renowned innovation and corporate venture expert Ilya Strebulaev, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and founder and faculty director of the Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative, and Claudia Fan Munce, venture advisor and board director, to a virtual fireside chat with host and moderator Louis Lehot, partner at Foley & Lardner, to delve into the captivating world of venture capital and corporate innovation.The panelists explored the strategies of venture capitalists and uncovered the secrets behind the extraordinary success of companies like Amazon and Google, which owe much of their...
2024-05-311h 01
Built to Sell RadioEp 444 Inside the Mind of a Venture Capitalist with Stanford's Ilya StrebulaevIn this week's episode of Built to Sell Radio, we are joined by Ilya Strebulaev, a leading expert on venture capital and private equity and author of The Venture Mindset. Drawing from his extensive research and teaching at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Strebulaev shares strategies to help you think like a venture capitalist and make smarter business decisions.
2024-05-3159 min
HBR IdeaCastWhat Venture Capitalists Can Teach Companies About Decision-MakingVenture capital firms notoriously embrace risk and take big swings, hoping that one startup will become a monster hit that pays for many other failed investments. This VC approach scares established companies, but it shouldn’t. Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev says that VC firms have proven best practices that all leaders should apply in their own companies. He explains exactly how VC’s operationalize risk, embrace disagreement over consensus, and stay agile in their decision-making—all valuable lessons that apply outside of Silicon Valley. With author Alex Dang, Strebulaev cowrote the new book The Venture Mindset: How to...
2024-05-2827 min
Michael Covel's Trend FollowingEp. 1288: Ilya Strebulaev Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following RadioMy guest today is Ilya Strebulaev, a Russian-American financial economist, researcher, author, and speaker with expertise in venture capital, startups, and corporate innovation. He has been a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business since 2004. From 2018 to 2022 he was on the board of directors of Yandex, the Russian equivalent of Google. Ilya co-developed a framework that asses the value of private venture capital (VC) backed companies. His research also includes studies on the decision-making of startup investors, the organization and design of VC and corporate VC units, and the importance of venture capital in innovation and the economy.
2024-05-2750 min
Motley Fool MoneyFinding “Home Run” InvestmentsVenture capitalists don’t mind strike-outs, so long as they get their home runs. What can stock investors learn from that approach? Ricky Mulvey talks with Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang, co-authors of “The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth,” about:
The benefits of building an “anti-portfolio”
Why it pays to get outside of your own four walls
Lessons from a piggy bank auction
Strebulaev is also the founder of the Venture Capital Initiative and a Professor of Private Equity and Finance at Stanford’s Graduate Sc...
2024-05-2637 min
Sunday Book ReviewMay 26, 2024 Business Books for May EditionIn the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious.It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me.In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we look at some of the top business books for May 2024.
The Problem with Change by Ashley Goodall
The Venture Mindset by Alex Dang and Ilya Strebulaev
Get Better at Anything by Scott H. Young
The Profiteers by Christopher Marquis
2024-05-2605 min
Press Play On Your Ears To A Spellbinding Full Audiobook.The Venture Mindset by Ilya Strebulaev, Alex DangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/42573to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Venture Mindset
Author: Ilya Strebulaev, Alex Dang
Narrator: Will Damron
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 05-23-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Investing & Trading
Publisher's Summary:
Ilya Strebulaev, Director of the Venture Capital Initiative at Stanford Business School, has spent the last two decades studying VCs' counterintuitive approaches to decision-making, and the reasons behind the success and failure of corporate innovation efforts. Alex Dang, a senior leader at McKinsey and Amazon, has seen up close the impact VCs' thinking and mechanisms can have on...
2024-05-2310h 08
The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving450: Stanford Professor and Venture Capital Expert, Ilya Strebulaev. The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary GrowthWelcome to Strategy Skills episode 450, featuring an interview with the coauthor of The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth, Ilya Strebulaev. This book offers a transformative playbook for delivering results in a rapidly changing world from a top Stanford professor and a technology executive. Packed with entertaining stories and scientific precision, The Venture Mindset is a must-read for anyone who wants to be better equipped for the era of uncertainty when industry, company, and career can be disrupted overnight. It will teach you more than how to simply survive. It'll teach you how to...
2024-05-2256 min
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques143. Adopt a VC Mindset: Achieve More by Thinking and Communicating Like a Venture CapitalistIn choosing who to date, what job to pursue, or how to invest our money, most people are just looking for a reason to move forward. But according to Professor Ilya Strebulaev, we should be looking for something else: a reason to bail."The smartest venture capitalists ask a very different question from what most of us ask," says Strebulaev. Instead of asking “‘Why should we invest?’, venture capitalists approach every new opportunity with [the] question: Why should we not proceed?” This contrarian mindset is at the heart of Strebulaev's new book The Venture Mindset, which reveals how the...
2024-05-2124 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified434. Deconstructing the Venture Mindset -- The Data and Decision-Making Driving Top Tier Investing (Ilya Strebulaev) Ilya Strebulaev co-author of the Venture Mindset joins Nick to discuss Deconstructing the Venture Mindset -- The Data and Decision-Making Driving Top Tier Investing. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital Mindset and Decision-Making Principles Venture Capital's Role in Creating Successful Companies Sourcing and Selection in Venture Capital, Diversifying Networks and Meaningful Connections Venture Capital Investing Strategies and Portfolio Management Venture Capital Best Practices, Including Risk Management and Portfolio Analysis Venture Mindset, Incentives, and Innovation in Startups and Large Companies Investing in Venture Capital During Economic Downturns, with Insights on AI and Unicorn Valuations
2024-05-2054 min
DataFramed#206 The Venture Mindset with Ilya Strebulaev, Economist & Professor at Stanford Graduate School of BusinessIn almost every industry, the rate of innovation is increasing, and this is great for consumers around the globe. However, with constant innovation and continual disruption of the status quo, where to innovate next becomes much harder to identify. If your industry hasn’t been disrupted yet, it’s next on the list. So, in order to deal with uncertainty, a new culture is needed, and there’s a clear group of companies that constantly deal with uncertainty and innovation—VC’s. Ilya A. Strebulaev is the David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Professor of Finance at...
2024-05-131h 00
Business & Personal Development with Chris HarounSpecial Guest: Ilya Strebulaev. Why you should fail more often, Besides AI, what are the top trends that VC are monitoring, How to retain employees and more.This episode is a compilation of answers to YOUR questions that were asked directly from my listeners who attend my weekly business education YouTube live webcast. Topics covered include: Special Guest: Ilya Strebulaev. Why you should fail more often, Besides AI, what are the top trends that VC are monitoring, How to retain employees and more. Refer to chapter marks for a complete list of topics covered and to jump to a specific section. Download my free "Networking eBook": www.harouneducation.comAttend my weekly YouTube Live every Thursday's 8a...
2024-05-111h 59
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc419. Embracing the Venture Mindset feat. Ilya StrebulaevWhat is the mindset that's reshaping how companies and investors forge paths to success from beyond the balance sheets? How are the staunch principles of Net Present Value giving way to strategies that are as nimble and adventurous as the startups they finance?Ilya Strebulaev is a Professor of Private Equity at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Director of their Venture Capital Initiative, and the co-author of the new book The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth with Alex Deng.Ilya and Greg discuss the layers of a dynamic...
2024-05-1053 min
Venture with GraceThe Venture Mindset with Ilya StrebulaevIlya Strebulaev is the foremost academic expert on venture capital. He is the founder of the Venture Capital Initiative and David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Professor of Finance at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he teaches a popular class on venture capital. Ilya’s research has been widely published in leading academic journals and featured by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Bloomberg and the Harvard Business Review. He frequently leads executive sessions for senior business and government leaders around the world and has consulted for companies and investors on venture indu...
2024-05-071h 13
Boardroom BanterEP #68: The Unicorn Whisperer: The Man Who Turned Startup Investing Into A Science w/ Prof. Ilya Strebulaev- Professor of Private Equity and Finance, Stanford University's Graduate School of BusinessThis week in the Boardroom, we had a fascinating conversation with Ilya Strebulaev, the Unicorn Whisperer. Over his 20-year career at the center of Silicon Valley’s startup gold rush, he has turned the art of investing in startups through Venture Capital and Private Equity, into a science.
He is a tenured Professor of Finance and Private Equity at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a leading authority on venture capital, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In this episode, we dug deep into his insights on how the VC industry has evolved over time, what challenges and opportunities entrepreneurs and...
2023-08-0145 min
The Most Awesome Founder PodcastEP 52 - The Awesome Founder Inspiration Session #5 with Gerrit McGowan & Dries FaemsEpisode 52 features the fifth edition of the Awesome Founder Inspiration Session with Gerrit McGowan & Dries Faems in which they share what makes them think, learn, and laugh. This week they touch on some of these thought-provoking topics: - Post-money valuations of unicorns - Elon Musk’s opinions about geopolitical problems – is there an economic calculation behind it? - What are two of the most exciting high-tech companies? - Why does Adam Neumann, founder of wework, still get money? - The possible explanations ad implications of “quiet quitting” - B...
2022-10-191h 10
Money For the Rest of UsHow to Invest in Startups on Equity Crowdfunding PlatformsThe risks and opportunities of investing in startups on equity crowdfunding platforms.Topics covered include:Why do individual investors now have more access to startup investmentsWhat has been the historical performance of venture capital fundsHow most startups fail, leaving only a few startups to offset portfolio lossesWhat factors to consider when deciding on which startups to investWhy do startups have so many different share classesWhat platforms are available for individuals to invest in startupsWhy indexing by investing in every credible startup deal can lead to better performance than hand-selecting a few startups...
2021-07-2123 min
Global Venturing Review01 March 2021 – Could the Sleeping Giant of Corporate Venturing – India – Finally Be Waking Up?The Big Ones
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Bonny Simi, pilot and founder of US airline JetBlue’s corporate venturing unit, read the runes correctly in December when she left to join portfolio company Joby Aviation as head of air operations and people.
This week, Joby, which is in prototype phase of developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft, has agreed a $6.6bn reverse acquisition with New York-listed special purpose acquisition vehicle Reinvent Technology Partners.
Simi, who remains an adviser to JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV), said: “The regional transportation ecosystem is ripe for disr...
2021-03-0124 min
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