The 20 Minute VC

also referred to as: 20 minute vc

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 13, 2015 by Harry Stebbings · said 15 times in 10 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (14), Ravi Gupta (1)

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2025 1 mention in 1 episode

20Product: How Duolingo Build Product 10x Faster with AI | Duolingo's Biggest Lessons on Paywalls, Push Notifications and In-App Purchases | Why Small Teams are the Future of Product | Why PMs Will Become Extinct with Cem Kansu, CPO @ Duolingo Jun 20, 2025 · 1 mention · from 47:27
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2020 1 mention in 1 episode

20VC: Sequoia's Ravi Gupta on His Lessons From The Hyper-Growth of Instacart, The Key Question To Ask When Building or Evaluating Teams & The Importance of Investing In and Detecting Slopes Rather Than Intercepts Sep 14, 2020 · 1 mention · from 20:19
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2017 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

20VC: 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 Provide Nov 27, 2017 · 3 mentions · from 0:02
20VC: The Value Chain of Machine Learning, Is There Really An Incumbency Advantage in ML & Will The Rise In Cyber Remain For the Long Term with Jake Flomenberg, Partner @ Accel Dec 6, 2017 · 2 mentions · from 23:46
20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startup, Optimising Initial vs Follow-On Investment Decision-Making & The Globalisation of VC In Recent Years Dec 4, 2017 · 1 mention · from 0:06
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2016 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

20VC: Reddit's Alexis Ohanian on How It All Started With Paul Graham @ YC, The Biggest Surprises About Making The Move Into VC & Why Alexis Believes All The Best Investors Have Operating Experience Dec 12, 2016 · 2 mentions · from 23:11
20VC: Investing In The Next Frontiers Of Tech & Harry Potter with Adam Draper, Founder & CEO @ Boost VC Feb 24, 2016 · 1 mention · from 26:54
20 VC: David Tisch @ Box Group on The Future of Consumer Mobile, Developing Pattern Recognition and FOMO Jan 11, 2016 · 1 mention · from 23:12
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2015 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate Jun 15, 2015 · 2 mentions · from 24:30
20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures Jul 13, 2015 · 1 mention · from 28:27
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Nov 13, 2015 neutral

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Stebbings: Eileen Burbage Is the Only Person Who Rejected 20VC

“Eileen remains the only person who's ever said no to me.”

Harry Stebbings Nov 13, 2015 ▶ 23:25 20 VC FF 021: From TechCrunch to Founder to TechCrunch with the legend, Steve O'Hear

Sep 21, 2016

Disclosure

Harry Stebbings originally launched 20VC to secure a post-law school job

“I actually started always with the intention of getting a job at the end of law school. And then the show kind of slightly accelerated my leaving of law school.”

Harry Stebbings Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 30:42 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC

Apr 3, 2017

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Harry Stebbings Spends Eight to Ten Hours Producing Each 20VC Episode

“So it's about between eight and 10 hours an episode. It's two hours of research for every single show.”

Harry Stebbings Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 27:10 20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk on Why There Is No Series A Crunch, How To Package Portfolio Companies For The Next Round & Why The Bridge Round Is Not Always A Negative Sign?

May 8, 2017 positive

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Harry Stebbings claims 20VC is the world's largest independent VC podcast

“I'm the founder of the 20 Minute VC, the world's largest independent VC podcast with guests including Brad Feld, Andy Ratcliffe, Peter Fenton, just to name a few.”

Harry Stebbings May 8, 2017 ▶ 0:38 20VC: Harry Stebbings on The Biggest Takeaways From Interviewing The World's Best Investors, What Makes A Truly Great Interview & Some Big News... with Mattias Ljungman, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Atomico

May 8, 2017

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Harry Stebbings: 20VC scraps 40% of its recorded podcast interviews

“So for 40% of interviews, we actually don't release them.”

Harry Stebbings May 8, 2017 ▶ 10:42 20VC: Harry Stebbings on The Biggest Takeaways From Interviewing The World's Best Investors, What Makes A Truly Great Interview & Some Big News... with Mattias Ljungman, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Atomico

Dec 9, 2019

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Stebbings: Monetized 20VC Following Mother's MS Diagnosis

“My mother was diagnosed with MS when I was 11, and it's the reason I started monetizing the show.”

Harry Stebbings Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 5:08 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best

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