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SpaceX Launches Largest Ever IPO | OpenAI Files to Go Public | Uber Cuts 23% of HR · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 38:21 unnamed speaker I mean, as someone pointed out, he was on the Juniper list for the first, he was on the Midas list the first time for Juniper and he's on the Midas list this year for OpenAI. 2 times in the scene
Index Ventures Partner, Martin Mignot: Figma, Scale, Wiz: Inside Index’s Decacorn Factory · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 8:23 Martin Mignot I was chatting with, uh, you know, with Iliad, Quantumlight, and, uh, he, about it the other day, and they said the, the number one factor that they, that they noticed was a good predictor of future returns was whether a partner was on…
- ▶ 8:46 Harry Stebbings Do you buy the Midas list? 4 times in the scene
Keith Rabois on Rejoining Khosla Ventures | E1102 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 55:43 Harry Stebbings I mean, dude, we know, we know Midas lists are formed by the, we definitely, okay.
Roundtable #4 with Jason Lemkin, Woody Marshall, Deven Parekh, Harry Stebbings | E1071 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 39:26 Deven Parekh Any investor, no matter who they are, no matter what their reputation was, no matter where they are on the Midas list or some other list,
Adam Besnivick: How to Invest in Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Companies; Looking Glass Capital | E1020 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 46:19 Adam Besvinick Up and down, you know, the Midas list.
Homebrew’s Hunter Walk & Satya Patel: Why $100M is Not Enough to Execute a Seed Strategy | 20VC #972 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 9:49 Hunter Walk Now in actuality, you know, um, even though we don't do deal attribution and we don't, you know, submit information to the Midas list or so on and so forth, like I was really proud when, you know,
20VC: The Two Largest Changes in the Investing Market Today, Why The Scarce Resource in Venture is Access & Why Investors Are Acting Mostly Rational and Upside Scenario Planning Needs To Change with Anton Levy, Co-President @ General Atlantic
- ▶ 0:23 Harry Stebbings As a result of this incredible track record, Anton has been named to the Forbes Midas list of
20VC: The Lyft Memo: Floodgate's Ann Miura Ko on Why Successful Seed Investing Is Not Investing In a Company But The Development of a Set of Secrets, Whether Capital Is a Defensible Moat Today &How Startups Should Approach Competition
- ▶ 0:29 Harry Stebbings But in the last 12 months alone, she's led rounds for two of the hottest companies in the valley, Paparazzi and Pop Shop Live, due to her immense investing success, and is a multiple Forbes Midas Lister, and is also a lecturer in…
20VC: Ribbit Capital's Nick Shalek on How To Think Through Ownership and Price Sensitivity, When More Money and Pre-Emptive Rounds are Good vs Bad & Investing Lessons from Yale's David Swensen
- ▶ 22:09 Nick Shalek Like when Forbes puts together the Midas list, they want to know what investments you've made.
20VC: Insight Managing Director, Deven Parekh on The Current Funding Mania, Compression of Round Timelines, Fund Deployment Speeds Increasing & How To Think Through Price and Time Allocation Across the Portfolio
- ▶ 0:52 Harry Stebbings As a result of his investing success, though, Devin's also been named on the Forbes Midas list,
20VC: Greylock's David Sze on His Biggest Lessons Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Reid Hoffman, The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, How To Think Through Price Discipline Today and How Truly Strong Venture Partnerships Function
- ▶ 0:48 Harry Stebbings As a result of his incredible investing track record, David has been frequently named to the Forbes Midas list, and I'd also want to say a huge thank you.
20VC: NEA's Scott Sandell on SPACS and Why Liquidity is One of the Challenges of our Time, Why We Are At An Inflection Point For Secondaries & Why There Is Nothing To Suggest The Boom Will Not Continue
- ▶ 0:40 Harry Stebbings And as a result of his incredible investing success, Scott is among the most frequently named VCs to the Forbes Midas list.
20VC: The Snapchat Memo: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on The 4 Key Elements To Consider When Evaluating A Consumer Social Product, What is Good/Great/World Class For Retention, Usage and Downloads in Consumer Social Today & The Core Insight Development of Eva
- ▶ 0:56 Harry Stebbings Due to his incredible investing success, Jeremy's been featured on the Forbes Midas list multiple times.
20VC: Why Few Firms Are Doing True Early Stage Investing Today, Why Founders Should Spend Time with Analysts When Raising & The Rise of Pre-Empting Rounds and How To Know When To Engage vs Wait with Anna Khan, General Partner @ CRV
- ▶ 13:12 Anna Khan If I look back at all the outbound emails that I sent when I started, and the founders that responded to me, and the way in which they responded to me, the ones that ended up being very successful, they responded honestly, they were…
- ▶ 26:26 Anna Khan I think the reality is it's only a pipeline problem if you believe the best VCs have to be technical, which if you look at the Midas list is not the case at all.
20VC: Floodgate's Mike Maples on 3 Key Breakthroughs Startups Experience in Success, The Rise of Angel and Operator Funds, Multi-Stage Funds Re-Entering Seed Investing and The Insight Development Framework
- ▶ 0:31 Harry Stebbings Mike's also been on the Forbes Midas list since 2010, and was also named one of eight rising stars by Fortune magazine.
20VC: True Ventures' Puneet Agarwal on Why EQ Is Going To Separate The Best Firms In Venture Over The Next Decade, The Negatives of Attribution in Venture & What Makes A Truly Efficient Venture Partnership
- ▶ 21:01 Puneet Agarwal It's very much about the Midas list.
20VC: Sequoia's Pat Grady on What Sequoia Is Focused On Today, How Sequoia Think About Investment Decision-Making Processes & Why It Is Important To Trade A Few Points of Efficiency for Culture When It Comes To Attribution
- ▶ 6:11 Harry Stebbings You see Neil Shen being number one on the Midas list, the allocated seed program even.
20VC: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on Why It Is More Important To Be Right Than Contrarian, The Most Common Mistakes Made By Hyper-Growth Companies & 3 Characteristics That Make An Individual Incredible At Sourcing
- ▶ 1:03 Harry Stebbings Due to his incredible investing success, Jeremy's been featured on the Forbes Midas list, well, what can I say, more times than I've done podcast episodes?
20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
- ▶ 0:39 Harry Stebbings As for Josh, he founded First Round in 2004 to reinvent seed stage investing, since he's invested in over 200 startups and been ranked fourth in Forbes Midas list, and named one of the top 10 angel investors in the US by Newsweek magazine.
20VC: What It Takes To Found and Scale A Global Venture Firm Like Lightspeed, 3 Ways Firms Do Not Succeed in Generational Transition & What Makes The Truly Special Board Members Like Jim Goetz with Barry Eggers, Founding Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partn
- ▶ 0:55 Harry Stebbings And as a result of his incredible success, Barry's been named to Forbes Midas List numerous times, and prior to VC, Barry held executive roles at Cisco Systems, where he established many of the company's largest distribution channels…
20VC: Why This Is Just The Start for Consumer Mobile, 3 Lessons China Taught About How To Invest Better In The US & How To Think About The Opportunity Cost of Capital Deployment with Hans Tung, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
- ▶ 0:50 Harry Stebbings And due to his incredible success, Hans has been ranked as a top VC on the Forbes Midas list,
20VC: Benchmark's Peter Fenton on How To Differentiate Between Good & Great VCs, Why Ownership Is A Bigger Determinant Of Returns Than Valuation & What Makes A Truly Exceptional Board Member
- ▶ 0:44 Harry Stebbings And it's clearly not just me that has a man crush on Peter, though, as he's been named to Forbes Midas list for many consecutive years, with the last list placing Peter as number three in the world.
20VC: The Radical Changes In Public Market Expectations, The Right Way To Assess Valuation & What It Means To Be A Disciplined & Diligent Investor with Randy Glein, Partner @ DFJ Growth
- ▶ 0:48 Harry Stebbings Randy was also named to the Forbes Midas list in
20VC: Why We Will See A Big Series B Crunch? Why Proprietary Data Pools & AI Talent Will Be The New Limited Natural Resources? Why Now Is The Closest Thing To A New Normal with Tim Chang, Managing Director @ Mayfield Fund
- ▶ 0:54 Harry Stebbings It's also not only us that appreciate Tim's skills, though, as he's also been named to top a hundred innovators on Forbes Midas list for two years running, and I also want to say a huge thank you to Rick Marini for the intro today, to Tim,…
20VC: Why The Whole Industry Is Backward Looking, The Best Funds Are Entrepreneur Led and Venture Is All About Access with Alex Bangash, Founder @ Trusted Insight
- ▶ 4:51 Alex Bangash Now, if you look at, you know, just pick, just pick the Forbes Midas list, for instance, and you will see that four out of the top 10 VCs, Steve Anderson, Chris Saka, Josh Copeland, Peter Thiel,
20VC: Why Bots Are The New Black, Conversational Interface Is The Next of For Consumerisation and The Determinants Of A Successful Marketplace with Annie Kadavy, General Partner @ CRV
- ▶ 5:31 Annie Kadavy And after I, I went and looked around, I found that many of the best investors out there, you know, if you look at the Midas list, which is one list that's put together that has a lot of extremely talented and successful investors on it,…
20VC: The Best Determinant Of Product Market Fit & Why Prior Experience Is Not Required For Founder Success with Neeraj Agrawal, General Partner @ Battery Ventures
- ▶ 1:09 Harry Stebbings For the last six years, he's been recognized on the Forbes Midas list.