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Will Open-Source Threaten Anthropic's Business & Do Margins Matter in a World of AI | Matt Murphy
- ▶ 59:50 Matt Murphy Um, but I, I, I've had a great relationship with Chad at SUSE for a long time.
Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:00:19 unnamed speaker I wouldn't have invested in the company three weeks ago, like, or whenever Susa did, but I would invest in it right now that I get it, right?
20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How To Hire Seasoned Tier 1 Talent To An Early Stage Startup & How To Start, Scale and Manage Remote Teams with Domm Holland, Founder & CEO @ Fast
- ▶ 0:23 Harry Stebbings So for the funding announcement, Fast have just raised their seed round led by Jan Hammer at Index, joined by Sousa Ventures,
20VC: Why Warm Intros Are Mostly Dumb, Why Ownership is Built On First Check and 4 Crucial Elements To Make Cold Inbound Attractive with Leo Polovets, General Partner @ Susa Ventures
- ▶ 0:28 Harry Stebbings I was thrilled to welcome Leo Polovets, general partner at Sousa Ventures to the hot seat. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:22 Harry Stebbings But you've heard quite enough from me, so now I'm very, very proud to hand over to Leo Polovet's general partner at Sousa Ventures.
- ▶ 5:01 Leo Polovets And after I started it, I immediately fell in love with the job, fell in love with starting this fund, Sousa Ventures, which in a way is a fund, but in a way is a little bit like a startup where I'm kind of a co-founder and get to really… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:14 Harry Stebbings You know, with Sousa, you're an investor in the likes of Flexport, Robinhood, LendUp.
- ▶ 21:18 Leo Polovets And, you know, one example of me not doing something well is a couple of people early on mentioned that I wasn't making Seuss's investment thesis clear. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:06 Leo Polovets The first reason is, and this is actually kind of a personal reason, but, you know, my fund, Sousa Ventures, we talk about the investors and founders in our fund being a little bit like a family, and I know it's kind of corny, but we… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:11 Harry Stebbings So thank you so much, and I can't wait to see the exciting times I have with Sousa.
- ▶ 31:19 Harry Stebbings Well, I think you can tell my fondness for Sousa and for Leo there, but you can follow Leo on Twitter at lpolovets.
20VC: Investing; A Game Of Access Or Picking, Why Technical DD At Seed Is Irrelevant & Why A Contrarian Mindset Does Not Always Lead To Optimal Returns with Leo Polovets, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Susa Ventures
- ▶ 0:13 Harry Stebbings Having had his partner, Chad Byers, on the show many months ago, I've become immensely excited by the Sousa Ventures portfolio, so I'm thrilled to welcome Leo Polovets to the hot seat today. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:26 Harry Stebbings However, enough from me, so I'm now delighted to hand over to Leo Polovets, founder and general partner at Sousa Ventures.
- ▶ 4:54 Leo Polovets To build my own company, and what happened instead is I fell in love with the VC job, and you know, that was about four years ago, and so I've been at Seuss Ventures ever since.
- ▶ 21:42 Leo Polovets And to this day, you know, at SUSE, we've made about 50 investments over the last four years.
20VC: Why I Do Not Regret Taking 'Peter Thiel Money', What Is The Difference Between Leadership & Management & What Conversations Are For The Founding Team Only with Tim Junio, Founder & CEO @ Qadium
- ▶ 2:33 Harry Stebbings A huge thanks to Chad Byers and Sousa for the intro, but Tim, thank you so much for joining me today.
- ▶ 25:52 Harry Stebbings Really was so special to hear his journey with Cadium, and again, a huge hand to the team at SUSE for the intro to Tim today.
20VC: Why You Should Build Your Investor Team Like A Sports Team & How To Leverage The Abilities Of Your Investors Effectively with Ted Blosser, Founder & CEO @ WorkRamp
- ▶ 0:38 Harry Stebbings They're backed by top investors like Initialize Capital, our friends at Sousa Ventures, Liquid Two, and Slack, in addition to prominent angels like Elad Gill, Adrian Aoun, Samuel Shah, and Charlie Songhurst.
- ▶ 19:40 Ted Blosser And then when you find a really good investor, I'll give you a good example, like, like Asusa ventures, they're extremely good, both from a long-term perspective and short-term perspective, long-term perspective. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:41 Harry Stebbings No, I, I really shouldn't say this hosting a VC show, but SUSE are without a doubt some of my favorite investors. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Flexport's Ryan Petersen on Why Investor Relations Are Overrated, Why Boards Have To Be Rethought & Why MBAs Do Not Make Bad Entrepreneurs
- ▶ 0:29 Harry Stebbings Now, Ryan is the founder and CEO of Flexport, the freight forwarder for the internet age, and Flexport recently raised a phenomenal sixty-five million dollar Series B from the likes of Founders Fund, First Round, Felicis, Bloomberg Beta,…
- ▶ 24:35 Harry Stebbings I do want to say again a huge thanks to Jason at Sasta, and Chad at Sousa, for the intro to Ryan today, without which the show would not have happened.
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
- ▶ 13:35 Harry Stebbings You said about the scalability there and a bit before, and, and we had Chad Byers, um, GP at Sousa Ventures on the show the other day, and he spoke about a low board to partner ratio and the benefits of this.
20VC: The 3 Things LPs Want To See From VCs & Why The Table Stakes For VCs Is Higher Than Ever with Judith Elsea, Co-Founder @ Weathergage Capital
- ▶ 21:20 Harry Stebbings I'm really glad you said that because one friend and, and fund manager on the show the other day, Chad Byers at Sousa, uh, suggested that even for fund one, managers should go and pitch institutional LPs knowing that you're not going to…
20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
- ▶ 26:07 Harry Stebbings You can always email me, harry, at thetwentyminutevc.com, again, all in letters, and we cannot wait to bring you Wednesday's episode with one of my best friends in the industry, Chad Byers at Sousa Ventures.
20VC: What It Takes To Raise A VC Fund & Investing in First Time Fund Managers with Michael Kim @ Cendana Capital
- ▶ 12:53 Harry Stebbings So, so, so if we take, if we take some of them, so if we take say Chad at Sousa, how, how do you tell the eye of the tiger in Chad as a potential investment opportunity?