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Canva Slashes Growth | Talent Exodus at Google | Revolut's $50B CEO Package | Musk's $55B Terrafab
- ▶ 31:05 Harry Stebbings For me, I thought actually one of the tweets of the week was Dave Samuels, I think is his name, from Freestyle, who mentioned that that blended exit price from our table was actually six billion, and the importance of selling along the… 2 times in the scene
20VC: Optimising Investment Decision-Making in Compressed Fundraising Timelines & A Deep Dive on Portfolio Construction, Price Sensitivity and The Importance of Ownership with Mark Mullen, Co-Founder @ Bonfire Ventures
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings Scopely, Goat, Chow Now, Niantic, and Pendo, to name a few, and prior to co-founding Bonfire, Mark was a solo GP with Double M, and then through Mull Capital, Mark's also an LP in other funds, investing in 15, including in the likes of…
20VC: Airtable's Howie Liu on Potential Consolidation In The Collaboration Tools Market, The Transition From Peacetime To Wartime CEO & How To Make The Move To Remote Work Successful; The Process Beyond The Tools
- ▶ 0:26 Harry Stebbings To date, Howie's raised over a hundred and seventy million dollars from some of the best in the business, including, check this out, Benchmark, Thrive, Code Two, Caffeinated, Founder Collective, CRV, and Freestyle, to name a few. 2 times in the scene
20VC: How To Analyse Platform Shifts Effectively, The Effects Of Not Having Free and Open Distribution & The Right Way To Think About Board Composition with Neil Young, Founder & CEO @ N3twork
- ▶ 16:11 Harry Stebbings So I do want to discuss the exit process with you slightly, because I had Josh Veltzer at Freestyle on, and he said that companies are sold and not bought.
20VC: Jason Calacanis on The 4 Questions Investors Must Ask Founders, Whether YC Have Scaled Their Process Successfully & Why Early Founder Liquidity Is Good Not Bad
- ▶ 14:40 Harry Stebbings On the show previously, we've had Josh Felser at Freestyle who said that they're sold and not
20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade
- ▶ 2:57 Harry Stebbings I'm incredibly sorry for my persistent emails and stalking of you, but a huge thanks to Cara at Upfront, Jenny at Freestyle for the intro, and thank you so much for, for joining me today.
20VC: The Blurring of Early & Late Stage, Why Your Go To Market Strategy Is More Important Now Than Ever & Why Venture Is The Academia Of Tech with Roseanne Wincek @ IVP
- ▶ 0:57 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say a big thank you to two prior guests on the show, Leila Sturdy at Capital G and Jenny Lefcourt at Freestyle, for the intro to Roseanne today, without which this episode would not have been possible.
- ▶ 28:14 Harry Stebbings And again, I'd love to say a big thank you to Roseanne for giving up the time today to come on the show, and an even bigger hand to Jenny Lefcourt at Freestyle and to Layla Sturdy at Capital G for the introduction today, without which this…
20VC: Inside Google's Growth Fund & The 3 Criteria They Look For With Potential Investments with Laela Sturdy, General Partner @ CapitalG
- ▶ 0:59 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say a massive thanks to a favorite of the show, Jenny Lefcourt, new GP at Freestyle, for the intro to Layla today, without which this episode would not have been possible.
- ▶ 2:58 Harry Stebbings A huge thanks to Jenny at Freestyle for the intro, but thank you so much for joining me today, Leila.
- ▶ 25:24 Harry Stebbings And I have to say, that episode really was just such a pleasure to record, and I so appreciate, uh, Leila taking the time out today to come on the show, and a big thank you to Jenny Lefcourt at Freestyle for making the introduction to…
20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
- ▶ 0:29 Harry Stebbings Freestyle, one of San Francisco's leading early stage seed funds, with investments in the likes of About Me, Airtable, Intercom, and Patreon, just to name a few. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:47 Harry Stebbings But I want to start today, before you fuck it up, with how did you make your way into the world of Venture, and then perhaps even more interestingly, why the name Freestyle? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:53 Harry Stebbings I'd love to hear how you've seen yourself develop as a board member over your time and over the funds with Freestyle.
- ▶ 23:36 Josh Felser We, we, we actually, we may not have time for this, you may, but I'll briefly, we were trying to hire a woman at Freestyle. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Why Every Founder Should Bootstrap Their Startup, How To Solve Information Asymmetry Between Founders and VCs & Living In A Cupboard For Two Years To Fund StyleSeat with Melody McCloskey, Founder & CEO @ StyleSeat
- ▶ 0:40 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say a big thank you to Jenny Lefkoe at Freestyle for the intro to Melody's day, without which the episode would not have been possible.
- ▶ 2:31 Harry Stebbings A huge thanks to Jenny at Freestyle for the intro, but thank you so much for joining me today, Melody.
20VC: Why You Should Not Invest From Patterns, Why No Good Business Was Built As An Analogy Of Another & Why The Rise Of The 'Celebrity Investor' Is Concerning with Emily Melton, Partner @ DFJ
- ▶ 2:28 Harry Stebbings Huge thanks to Jenny at Freestyle for the intro, but thank you so much for joining me today, Emily.
- ▶ 30:54 Emily Melton I had a number of friends, including Jenny, um, who Jenny left court at Freestyle, who
20VC: How To Assess Founder Psychology, Why Talking About Financial Returns In The First Meeting Is Always Wrong & How To Allocate Time Amongst A VC Portfolio with Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront Ventures
- ▶ 2:56 Harry Stebbings Huge thanks to Jenny Lefcourt at Freestyle for the intro, and I really appreciate you taking out the time to join me, Cara.
20VC: Rick Marini on Lessons Leant From Naval Ravikant, Why You Need To Make 30 Investments Before You Know What You Are Doing & Why You Have To Earn The Right To Good Dealflow
- ▶ 31:16 Rick Marini And the other is that the investors who brought me into it are Maveron and Freestyle, so I'm friends with, with both those firms.
20VC: What It Takes To Raise A VC Fund & Investing in First Time Fund Managers with Michael Kim @ Cendana Capital
- ▶ 0:32 Harry Stebbings Michael is the founder and managing partner of Sendana Capital, a fund of funds which invests in seed funds, and it seems we've stalked his portfolio with our previous VC guests, who include SoftTech, Freestyle, Founder Collective,…
20VC: How Startups Should React To Today's Funding Environment & Why Big Markets Are More Forgiving with Jenny Lefcourt, Partner @ Freestyle.vc
- ▶ 0:15 Harry Stebbings I'm thrilled to welcome Jenny Lefko, partner at Freestyle, where she invests in early stage tech companies, and prior to Freestyle, Jenny founded WeddingChannel.com and Bella Pictures, 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:01 Harry Stebbings But now it is time to welcome the lady of the hour, Jenny Lefkaw, partner at Freestyle.
- ▶ 8:55 Jenny Lefcourt Now, at Freestyle, I'm leading, right?
- ▶ 11:14 Jenny Lefcourt So now switching back to your question, I feel that right now it feels like a calmer, more realistic time, at least for me, and I would argue my, the, you know, the other seed investors than it did two years ago when I joined Freestyle. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:08 Harry Stebbings And we, we spoke earlier about the ADD and not being scattered across industries, but at Freestyle, you don't impose a specific vertical focus.
- ▶ 20:20 Jenny Lefcourt So, like I said, the first investment that I made at, at freestyle, which is a company called Narvar, there was no market.
20VC: Raising A Solo GP Fund & Why They Are So Prominent Today with Charles Hudson, Managing Partner @ Precursor Ventures
- ▶ 9:29 Charles Hudson And when I look at the way that Satya and Hunter interact, and Josh and Dave at Freestyle, like those to me are examples of