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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Boston comes up
20VC: Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige
- ▶ 5:02 Paul Buchheit I missed the first batch because it was in Boston, but the second batch was out here in Mountain View, and actually my first angel investment was in a company called Wufu, which was in the winter of six
20VC: How To Run The Perfect Fundraising Process, Why Time Kills All Deals & Why You Have To Get VCs Out Of The Board Room with Wayne Chang, Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
- ▶ 16:05 Wayne Chang Whereas if you're able to get them out of the boardroom, and for instance, with us, we asked for two of the partners to go to Trident Cafe on Newberry Street in Boston.
- ▶ 29:57 Wayne Chang He was, he was, he was originally from Boston, and his name is Will Selinski.
20VC: Nuzzel's Jonathan Abrams on Why The Top VCs Do Not Have A PlayBook For Startup Success, Why Most Boards Are Not Successful & Why He Is Bored Of Hearing "I Fell Into VC"
- ▶ 21:42 Jonathan Abrams Another interesting blog is from NextView, which I think is in Boston, and I actually don't even know those guys.
20VC: Why Spray & Pray Investing Is Wrong, Why Data-Informed VC Beats Data Driven VC & What To Look For When Investing In A Marketplace with Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures
- ▶ 2:37 Josh Breinlinger So I started my career actually as a mechanical engineer in Boston.
20VC: Sequoia Partner, Pat Grady on Why Data Is The New Oil, Why We Will See The Return of The Apprenticeship Model in VC & The Defining Characteristics of The Next Generation of Great Software
20VC: Why Valuation Is Of Critical Importance At Seed, How To Understand Innovation Cycles & Having 3 CEOs and Burning $10m a Month with Lee Hower, Co-Founder @ NextView Ventures
- ▶ 7:45 Lee Hower You know, after those two startups, I ended up moving from California to the Boston area and got into the VC side.
- ▶ 9:47 Lee Hower And, you know, we here at Next View Wave Offices in Boston and New York, we're pretty active in both ecosystems, and we invest throughout the United States. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:48 Lee Hower It's a company in Boston called Optimus Ride, which came out of a number of folks with ties to, to MIT.
- ▶ 24:55 Lee Hower Uh, when you're, when you're here in New York or Boston, uh, give me a shout, and we'll, uh, we'll grab a beer or coffee.
20VC: Why Founders Should Not Focus On Top Line Valuation, Why Capital Efficiency Is Key To Returns And Investment Success & Why Despite Popular Thought, $100m Is An Exciting Exit For VC with Micah Rosenbloom, Managing Partner @ Founder Collective
- ▶ 11:03 Micah Rosenbloom You know, when you build a fund in New York and Boston, there are a lot of VCs, but not, but it's not the industry.
20VC: How To Test The Strength Of Co-Founder Relations, The Dangers Of Raising A Large Series A & Why The Biggest Challenge For Consumer Companies Is Finding The Second Big Hit with Rishi Garg, Partner @ Mayfield Fund
- ▶ 4:12 Rishi Garg I did that out in Boston.
20VC: Why Companies Going Bust Is Part Of The Plan, Why Most VCs Are Later Stage Than They Think & Why Venture Capital Is Humbling with Charlie O'Donnell, Founder @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
- ▶ 3:26 Charlie O'Donnell So, I got to meet a lot of the top tier Silicon Valley and Boston area investors, you know, as my first job out of school.