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OpenAI Buys TBPN & Their Management Team Reboot | Mercor Hack & Why Now is the Time for Cyber · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 31:35 Harry Stebbings Sam Lesson.
Figma’s IPO: The Full Breakdown & Why Melio’s $2.5BN Acquisition is “Discouraging” · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 53:31 Jason Lemkin Not an, so if you haven't, if you haven't pulled yourself out of now, I, you know, man, I mean, I don't mean to agree with Sam Lesson, but you might be utterly irrelevant.
Elon’s Empire: SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink After the Storm & Anduril’s $2.6BN Power Move · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 25:42 Jason Lemkin I didn't, I mean, Sam Lesson said it was the only really important company you could think of more than OpenAI, so I found it par for, honestly, I mean, in all seriousness, when I, after Sam's insights, I thought, hey, dude's right. 2 times in the scene
Beezer Clarkson: Are LPs Open for Business & Why Do LP Incentive Mechanisms Need to Change? | E1073 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 5:18 Harry Stebbings But, like, you know, when you look at Warby Parker, when you look at Away, when you look at, um, Allbirds, when you look at HIMSS, which actually performed relatively well in public markets, but still, like, Sam Lesson said on the show… 3 times in the scene
Phin Barnes: The Services Model of Venture Capital is Broken, The Best Founders Do Need Help | E1067 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 28:23 Harry Stebbings So a couple of questions here, like number one, I had Jason Lemkin and Sam lesson on a round table show recently, and they both said the best founders, they don't need you. 4 times in the scene
Is the VC Model Broken? Jason Lemkin, Mike Maples, Eric Paley & Harry Stebbings Debate | E1062 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 3:10 Mike Maples Because even if the investor's right, they're probably not gonna make much money, and what Sam Lesson said on your show a few weeks ago is exactly right. 2 times in the scene
Miles Grimshaw: The 5 Pillars of Venture Capital & Why Co-Pilot is an Incumbent Strategy | E1061 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 27:57 Harry Stebbings So I had Sam Lesson on recently, and he was like, the best founders, they don't need me.
Jason Lemkin: Every VC has a FRAUD in their portfolio; The IPO market is about to EXPLODE | E1046 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 21:30 Harry Stebbings Sam Lesson said in a recent post that we'll go back to a stage where seed investing is high-risk capital going to high-risk ventures. 2 times in the scene
Adam Mosseri: Why Video Is Bad For Business; Does Feed Matter Anymore? | E1039 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:39 Harry Stebbings I thought I'd start with a nice one, but the nice one and the kind of ease intro, I normally do look at how did you get into tech, but I think it was Sam Lesson, he said about your first job as a bartender and what you learned from it.
Will Quist: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really “Venture Capital” | 20VC #924 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:38 Harry Stebbings So talk to me, how did you make your way into the world of Venture, and then how did you come to, you know, join Sam and the team at Slow?
- ▶ 50:25 Will Quist Yeah, this is, and I gotta give my partner Sam credit on this one.
20VC: Alexa Von Tobel on Raising NYC's Largest Ever Female Led Fund , Portfolio Construction, Compression of Fundraising Timelines, Reserves Management & Personal Branding in Venture
- ▶ 4:09 Alexa von Tobel So a good friend of mine, Sam Lassen was starting Dropio.
- ▶ 4:51 Harry Stebbings The second is Sam Lesson. 4 times in the scene
20VC: Why Startup Founders Have One Core Job, How To Reduce Risk & Increase Probability In Your Startup & Why You Should Not Send A Pitch Deck Pre-Investor Meeting with David Rogier, Founder & CEO @ Masterclass
- ▶ 0:37 Harry Stebbings To date, David has raised over a hundred and forty million dollars in funding for Masterclass, from the likes of IVP, NEA, Javelin, Michael Deering at Harrison Metal, Atomico, and then past guests of the show in the form of Sam Lesson and…
20VC: How To Build Meaningful Relationships With Your Investors, 4 Key Elements CEOs Must Focus On In Scale Mode & How Top Optimise Leadership Team Dynamics with Joel Flory, Founder & CEO @ VSCO
- ▶ 31:11 Harry Stebbings As always, I cannot thank you enough for your support, and I can't wait to bring you a really brilliant episode with Sam Lesson at Slow Ventures on Monday.
20VC: Why Not Every Element of A Scalable Business Has To Scale, Why You Should Be Bearish on Retail & Why Fewer Businesses Are Getting Started Today Since The Great Depression with Brad Hargreaves, Founder & CEO @ Common
- ▶ 2:35 Harry Stebbings A huge thanks to the wonderful Rebecca at Mavron and Sam at Slow for the intro, but thank you so much for joining me today, Brad.
20VC: Dave Morin on Why Building A Fund Is Like A Company, Why Venture Is A Craft & The Journey To Establish Slow Ventures
- ▶ 0:25 Harry Stebbings You might remember we had Sam and Jess Lesson on the show for our power couple in tech, 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:10 Dave Morin Built out Slow One and Slow Two, it became Sam Lesson and Justin Schafer and Kevin Colloran, and it sort of grew organically like that. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:22 Harry Stebbings Sam has this in the information too, doesn't it?
- ▶ 25:35 Harry Stebbings Of a slow into the fantastic fun that it is now with Sam and Kevin. 2 times in the scene
20VC: The Information's Jessica Lessin on The Future For Online Journalism & The Benefits Of A Subscription Based Business Model
- ▶ 0:05 Harry Stebbings Now, on Wednesday, we heard the journey of Sam Lesson, so now it's time to hear the journey of his other half, Jessica Lesson, founder and editor-in-chief of The Information.
- ▶ 0:55 Harry Stebbings But before we dive into all things, the information, if today's dual romance episodes with Sam and Jessica Lesson have got you feeling romantic, then you can head over to lisa.com forward slash VC and surprise your other half with a Lisa…
20VC: Lowercase's Matt Mazzeo on Being Chris Sacca's Partner and The 3 KPIs to Successful Investing
- ▶ 30:41 Matt Mazzeo And her, uh, her husband, Sam Lesson, 6 times in the scene