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The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao, Founder @ Abridge · 20VC with Harry Stebbings May 16, 2026 · 1 mention

20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with Gérald Marolf Dec 19, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:54 Harry Stebbings And I think about this one a lot, because I think with the decline of religion, you see people coalesce around brands more than ever, whether it's Taylor Swift or whether it's on running, but then you also see people have so many options…

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour on Raising $1BN, CNN and CNBC Deals & the Polymarket Feud · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Dec 8, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 6:05 Tarek Mansour I actually think like what's happening with Taylor Swift, you know, movies and how successful they're going to be, anything around culture like that, that is massive unaddressed, unaddressed tam right now.
  • ▶ 38:09 Tarek Mansour That's a very good question for Luana because hers is Taylor Swift. 4 times in the scene

20VC: The $BN Greenoaks Backed Protein Bar | Hitting $100M Revenues in David's First Year: Lessons & Mistakes | $0 to $600M: The Untold RXBAR Story | Product-Market-Fit, Pricing, Branding: What Every Founder Gets Wrong Today with Peter Rahal Aug 8, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:08 Harry Stebbings When you look at like a Taylor Swift of the world and the fanaticism that comes with brands,

20Sales: $0-$3.7BN: The Databricks CRO's Playbook to Build the Fastest GTM Engine in SaaS History | How Databricks Beat Snowflake | How To Build a Sales Org of 5,000 and Close $190M Deals with Ron Gabrisko Aug 4, 2025 · 3 mentions

Larry Aschebrook, Founder & MP @GSquared: How We Lost Money on Uber and Made Millions on Lyft · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jun 16, 2025 · 1 mention

Benchmark GP, Victor Lazarte: The 3 Traits All the Best Founders Have · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Apr 14, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:07 Harry Stebbings Because we've shifted cult-like worshipping from God, Buddha, and these deus figures to High Rocks and CrossFit and Taylor Swift and Lululemon.

Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Mar 10, 2025 · 1 mention

Alain De Botton: Why Status is Making You Miserable & Why Parents Want Their Kids to Fail · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Nov 18, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 27:33 Harry Stebbings I worry that it becomes less and less important in society, and we replace it with idols like Cristiano Ronaldo and Taylor Swift.

Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder & CEO @Robinhood: The GameStop Saga & The Future of AI | E1222 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Nov 1, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:38 Harry Stebbings And actually there's kind of the wealth effect and actually, you know, young people actually have a lot more cash and they spend it on Taylor Swift concert tickets, which for thousands of dollars each and Chanel handbags for thousands of…

Arvind Narayanan: AI Scaling Myths, The Core Bottlenecks in AI Today & The Future of Models | E1195 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 28, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 34:49 Arvind Narayanan It's been shocking to me how little attention this got from the press and from policymakers until it happened to Taylor Swift a few months ago, uh, and then it got a lot of attention. 2 times in the scene

Dax Dasilva: $900M ARR at $2.6BN Market Cap?! Lightspeed, The Most Undervalued Public Company |E1188 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 9, 2024 · 1 mention

Alexis Ohanian: The Full P&L Breakdown of the World's Most Valuable Women's Sports Team | E1187 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 7, 2024 · 5 mentions

Ben Fiechtner: 12-Week Step-by-Step Framework to Crush Every Sales Quarter | E1185 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 2, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 52:23 Harry Stebbings Like, or not big corporate events, sorry, but like, hey, we take our big customers to a box at Taylor Swift.

Jason Lemkin: Crowdstrike, WTF Happens From Here? Wiz Rejects Google’s $23BN Acquisition Offer|E1181 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 24, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:42 Harry Stebbings They have had more impact on, you know, international travel than the Taylor Swift world tour.

Cameron Adams: How Canva Builds Products: Lessons Learned, What Works? What Flopped? | E1179 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 19, 2024 · 6 mentions

Mario Schlosser: "How to Deal with a 94% Decline in Market Cap" | E1136 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Apr 5, 2024 · 1 mention

Will Wu: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat" | E1111 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Feb 2, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 51:45 Harry Stebbings I always say we're competing against Taylor Swift, which makes me terrified. 3 times in the scene

Sean Murray: Why Discovery Today is F***** & How to Scale Into Enterprise Effectively | E1107 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jan 24, 2024 · 4 mentions

Zaria Parvez: How Duolingo Scaled to 8M TikTok Followers & How to Create Viral Content | E1105 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jan 19, 2024 · 3 mentions

Crypto Roundtable with Nick Tomaino & Kyle Samani: US Elections, NFTs, and Trump | E1100 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jan 8, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 30:15 Nick Tomaino Like I had a discussion with some family members that love we, Harry, we talked about Taylor Swift last time is Taylor Swift authentic and people love her.

Steve Goldberg: Core Questions All CFOs Ask Today When Buying | E1094 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Dec 13, 2023 · 1 mention

Danny Cohen: From Leading the BBC to Leading Venture Capitalist |E1079 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Nov 8, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 13:30 Danny Cohen I don't know, this morning, Taylor Swift being at an NFL match last night with her new boyfriend was one of the main stories on the BBC News website. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:03:00 Danny Cohen Look at Taylor Swift's concerts.

Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Oct 30, 2023 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 43:20 Harry Stebbings But, okay, if you're, if you're Taylor Swift, not bad in existing businesses, I don't think, maybe tell me if I'm wrong, and if you're a specific writer on, I don't know, um, knitting in England in the 18th century, I don't think it sells…
  • ▶ 44:14 Nick Tomaino Well, Taylor Swift is never going to create music NFTs. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 47:01 Nick Tomaino In, in, in the terms of music there, um, I think this, this explains why something like Taylor Swift gets so pop popular. 3 times in the scene

Doug Adamic: Why Discounting is BS; How to Reduce Sales Cycles and Create Urgency | E1058 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Sep 8, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 57:10 Harry Stebbings Does the old school enterprise sale go to the Taylor Swift concert, the Superbowl? 2 times in the scene

Vinod Khosla: How AI Impacts Healthcare, Energy, Geo-Politics, Media and Climate Change | E1045 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 7, 2023 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 34:15 Vinod Khosla I do think, you know, the Taylor Swift's of the world will still be there. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 39:26 Vinod Khosla A few years ago, I went to a Taylor Swift concert. 3 times in the scene

Lori Jiménez: How to Increase Sales; Hiring Tips from Google; Best Way to Grow Sales Teams | E1043 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Aug 2, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:14 Harry Stebbings Laurie, is old school enterprise selling dead in the way that you take them to the Super Bowl, you take them to Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, you know, the old school, like, you know.

Adam Mosseri: Why Video Is Bad For Business; Does Feed Matter Anymore? | E1039 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 24, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 57:48 Adam Mosseri Um, Swift, uh, Taylor Nation, Swift Nation came over, but not Taylor Swift yet, but that'll also be a big deal. 2 times in the scene

Scooter Braun on Being Enough, Insecurity, Wealth, Investing, Fame, Marriage and Much More | E1002 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Apr 17, 2023 · 1 mention

Mike Salguero: How I Grew ButcherBox to $600M/year in Revenue; Tips for Influencer Marketing | E998 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Apr 5, 2023 · 1 mention

Spotify CTO Gustav Söderström: TikTok's Music; How Olivia Rodrigo Gamed the Algo | 20VC #936 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Oct 13, 2022 · 1 mention

20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh Apr 25, 2022 · 1 mention

20VC: Opensea Founder, Devin Finzer on Scaling GMV from $150M to $3BN in 18 Months, How Brands and Celebrities Will Harness NFTs To Change Their Business, The Impact of NFTs on Gaming & What is in Devin's Metamask Wallet?! Jan 14, 2022 · 6 mentions

20VC's Therapist Thursday: We Are Not All Crushing It All The Time So Let's Stop Pretending, Working Through Challenges of Self-Worth and Self-Doubt & How To Find Joy in the Striving with Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight Jul 15, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 8:16 Nick Mehta There's actually, this is so cheesy, but there's a Taylor Swift song called Mirrorball, and it's, I'm a mirrorball, I can be anything you want, that you want me to be. 2 times in the scene

20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Bing Gordon on Lessons From Serving On Amazon & Zynga's Board, Why The Best Investors Are Good Listeners and Sceptical Optimists & The Most Important Value Add A VC Can Provide Nov 27, 2017 · 3 mentions

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 Jun 22, 2016 · 2 mentions

20VC: Niccolo De Masi on The Bursting Of The Tech Bubble and What It Takes To Be A Celebrity Partner with Glu Mobile Mar 11, 2016 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 27:23 Niccolo De Masi Um, but yeah, that's very exciting, and you know, after Kylie and Kendall in February, you know, we've still got Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, and, uh, and Taylor Swift rounding out the year. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 29:18 Niccolo De Masi I mean, it's Katy Perry, it's Taylor Swift, right?

20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures Jul 13, 2015 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 23:03 Jonathan Libov The one thing that I found that I think is compelling also about Apple Music is, and this is something I've really only grown to appreciate in the last month, as you saw that, you know, that's that tiff between Taylor Swift and Apple is,… 4 times in the scene
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