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20VC: Y Combinator's New President, Geoff Ralston on The Single Most Important Perspective An Investor Can Provide A Founder, The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside Paul Graham & Why You Will Lose As An Investor If You "Profile Invest"
- ▶ 0:55 Harry Stebbings Post LaLa, Jeff then co-founded one of the world's first educational technology accelerators, Imagine K-II, which funded dozens of edtech companies, including Class Dojo, Remind, and Panorama Education.
- ▶ 20:34 Geoff Ralston You know, one of my favorite examples of this is Class Dojo, which was not actually a YC company. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:26 Harry Stebbings Speaking about the intersection of retention and growth, and kind of growing naturally without you doing anything, that is the moment when you get all investor appetite, as Class Dojo did, and has continued to do so.
20VC: General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja on Why We Are In A Golden Age For VC, Why Pro-Rata Is A Lazy Posture and Why He Does Not Focus On Price
- ▶ 0:39 Harry Stebbings As for Hemond, he's led investments at GC in the likes of Stripe, Snap, Grammarly, Gusto, Livongo, Color Genomics, Class Dojo, and many more.
- ▶ 4:48 Harry Stebbings So question from a portfolio founder of yours in Sam Class Dojo.
- ▶ 10:02 Harry Stebbings You mentioned the element of scaling there, and we spoke to Sam, one of your founders at Class Dojo, before the interview today, and he referenced your thesis on unscaling.
- ▶ 15:56 Harry Stebbings I spoke to four of yours from color to digit to air map to class dojo.
- ▶ 21:54 Harry Stebbings From Sam at Class Dojo, you have a ton of projects on the go.
20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
- ▶ 0:38 Harry Stebbings Roger's also a prolific angel investor in LP and venture funds, with a portfolio including the likes of Docker, ClassDojo, and Adapod, just to name a few.
20VC: Why It Is BS That You Never Regret Paying A High Price To Get Into A Good Company, Why There Are Only 2 Price Points That Work in SaaS and Why eSports Will Be Bigger Than Traditional Sports in 5 Years Time with Jason Pressman @ Shasta Ventures
- ▶ 0:18 Harry Stebbings Jason is a managing director at Shasta Ventures, who've made investments in the likes of Nest, Dollar Shave Club, Smule, Class Dojo, and more, with 10 portfolio company investments being acquired under his belt.
20VC: Why There Is A Revolution In VC, Why Boards Are Inherently Inefficient & Why Data Will Be Central To VC In The Future with Chris Farmer, General Partner @ SignalFire
- ▶ 0:42 Harry Stebbings SignalFire's portfolio includes the likes of Uber, ClassDojo, and Roxbox, just to name a few.