Episodes
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148 episodes in 2017
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30m 20VC: How To Upscale Management Teams Effectively, When Should The CEO Play The Role of "Lifeguard" & What Role Does The Board Play In The Team Upscaling with Matt Straz, Founder & CEO @ Namely
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Matt Straz, founder and CEO of Namely, about strategies for scaling executive teams, founder personal growth, managing turnove…
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30m 20VC: How To Balance Between Vision and Stubbornness, Why Speed Is The Most Important Startup Superpower & The Main Role of A Startup Founder Today with James Currier, Managing Director @ NFX
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, guest James Currier, Managing Partner at NFX, shares critical insights on startup execution, debunking first-mover advantage, leveraging network effects …
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27m 20VC: Inside The World's Leading Crypto Fund, The Future Exit Environment for Crypto Assets & The Beauty Of Benevolent Dictatorship with Olaf Carlson-Wee, Founder @ Polychain Capital
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Polychain Capital founder Olaf Carlson-Wee about managing a leading crypto fund, token valuation frameworks, global capit…
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21m 20VC: AppDynamic's Jyoti Bansal on The Sale vs IPO Process with AppDynamics' $3.7Bn Exit & The 3 Simple Things VCs Look For When Investing In Startups
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jyoti Bansal, founder of AppDynamics and Harness.io. Bansal discusses building multi-billion-dollar enterprise software c…
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25m 20VC: The Value Chain of Machine Learning, Is There Really An Incumbency Advantage in ML & Will The Rise In Cyber Remain For the Long Term with Jake Flomenberg, Partner @ Accel
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jake Flomenberg, Partner at Accel, about evaluating artificial intelligence investments, building defensible data moats, …
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26m 20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startup, Optimising Initial vs Follow-On Investment Decision-Making & The Globalisation of VC In Recent Years
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Accel General Partner Rich Wong to explore early-stage venture capital mechanics, global deal sourcing, startup scaling i…
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29m 20VC: Overcoming The Engineer Boys Club, Disrupting The "Pink Aisle" & Why VCs Are Missing A Trick Not Investing In The CPG Space with Debbie Sterling, Founder & CEO @ Goldieblox
Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, joins Harry Stebbings on The 20VC to discuss her journey as a female engineer, tackling the root causes of the STEM gender gap, disrupting the…
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26m 20VC: Why Convertible Notes Are Ridiculous, Why Party Rounds Are Bad For Both Founder and Investor & Why Pro-Rata Rights Are A Mess with David Waxman, Founding Partner @ TenOneTen Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews David Waxman, Founding Partner at TenOneTen Ventures, exploring the realities of transitioning from founder to investor, …
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25m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Bing Gordon, Partner and Chief Product Officer at Kleiner Perkins, to explore high-impact board governance, venture capit…
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26m 20VC: Why Strategic Investing Is Slow Motion M&A, Why Valuation Is The Hardest Element of M&A & What Determines Between Cash vs Stock Deals with Chad Richard, SVP of Business & Corporate Development @ Yelp
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Chad Richard, SVP of Business and Corporate Development at Yelp, exploring strategic M&A, valuation complexities, and dea…
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24m 20VC: Zynga's Mark Pincus on When To Ride Your Winners and Cut Your Losers, Why People With "Broken Resumes" Make The Best Hires & The 2 Biggest Lies Told In Silicon Valley By Founders and VCs
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews legendary entrepreneur and investor Mark Pincus about the evolution of social gaming, strategic fundraising, hiring talen…
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27m 20VC: Why Valley Investors Are Really Gamblers, Why The Business Model of Selling To The Biggest Sucker Is Wrong & Why The Best Potential Hires Don't Care Who Your VC is with David Barrett, Founder & CEO @ Expensify
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Expensify founder and CEO David Barrett joins host Harry Stebbings to share his contrarian perspectives on Silicon Valley venture capital, startup profit…
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26m 20VC: Why VCs Fundamentally Assess Founders The Wrong Way, Why VC Needs To Innovate On The Scouting Model & Why SAFE's and Convertible Notes Are The Future Of Investing with Elizabeth Yin, Founder & General Partner @ Hustle Fund
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Elizabeth Yin, Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, who explains why traditional early-stage founder assessment is…
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41m 20VC: a16z's Alex Rampell on The Struggle Between Innovation vs Distribution, When How To Determine Whether An Application is Optimised Through Centralised or Decentralised Networks & Why Most ICOs Today Are Ridiculous
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Alex Rampell on startup go-to-market strategies, data network effects, and crypto tok…
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24m 20VC: Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Characteristic For Founders, When Is The Right Time For A CEO To Hand Over The Reigns & What CEO's Can Learn About Company Culture From Teaching Middle School with Lloyd Tabb, Founder & Chairman @ Looker
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Looker founder and chairman Lloyd Tabb to explore startup timing, founder self-awareness, and strategies for building a h…
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24m 20VC: The Lean Startup's Eric Ries on The Missing Function of Entrepreneurship in Most Companies, Creating A New Accountability Paradigm & How To Structure Promotions and Compensation In The New Structure
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews renowned author and entrepreneur Eric Ries about embedding entrepreneurship as a core organizational discipline and refor…
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32m 20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Does Not Work, Thesis Based Investing Is Sceptical & Partners Mostly Stay Together For LPs
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews solo venture capitalist Oren Zeev of Zeev Ventures about his unconventional investment model, critique of traditional VC …
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25m 20VC: What Is Core To The Best Investor - Founder Relationships, The Biggest Risk For Founders In The Early Days & Why EQ Is The Most Important Trait For Managers with Jack Altman, Founder & CEO @ Lattice
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jack Altman, founder and CEO of Lattice, to discuss navigating early startup pivots, recognizing true product-market fit,…
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28m 20VC: Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige
In this episode of 20VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Paul Buchheit, Y Combinator Partner and creator of Gmail, on building iconic early products, product strategy, and evaluating founder…
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26m 20VC: YC's Ali Rowghani on Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull and Jack Dorsey & The 3 Traits All Truly Successful Leaders Share
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Ali Rowghani, CEO of the YC Continuity Fund, about his transition from operational leadership at Pixar and Twitter to ven…
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21m 20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, YouNow founder and CEO Adi Sideman joins Harry Stebbings to discuss the shift toward participatory media, the necessity of media distribution decentraliz…
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27m 20VC: Lightspeed's Nicole Quinn on Why We Are Not In A Consumer Downturn, Why M&A Has Not Been This Exciting For A Long Time & Why Amazon Is Never Your Friend
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Nicole Quinn, Partner at Lightspeed, to explore consumer investment strategies, building defensive brand moats, navigatin…
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28m 20VC: Semil Shah on How To Raise An Institutional Venture Fund, Why LPs Mostly Have Reserve Allocation Theory Wrong & Why IPOs and Acquisitions Are Severely Constrained
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Semil Shah, founder of Haystack, who shares essential insights on raising institutional capital, pre-marketing fund strat…
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28m 20VC: Eventbrite Founder, Julia Hartz on The Lessons Learned Scaling Eventbrite to Unicorn Valuation & $3Bn in Gross Ticket Sales
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite, about scaling the platform to over $3 billion in gross ticket sales, managing c…
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24m 20VC: Lux Capital's Scientist-In-Residence on Why We Cannot Just Be Specialists Today, The Benefits of Interdisciplinary Thinking & Computational Creativity That Makes Man and Machine Partners with Sam Arbesman
In this episode of The 20VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Sam Arbesman, Scientist-in-Residence at Lux Capital, about the value of radical interdisciplinarity, human-AI collaboration, and the c…
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32m 20VC: Founders Fund's Chief Scientist on Why AI Is Mostly A Scam, Why The Value of Large Datasets Is Mostly Overplayed & The Societal Effects of 4m Truck Drivers Being Unemployed with Aaron Vandevender
Founders Fund Chief Scientist Aaron VanDevender joins host Harry Stebbings to discuss evaluating deep-tech investments, deconstructing artificial intelligence and dataset moats, and addressi…
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25m 20VC: Duolingo's Luis von Ahn on How CEO's Can Scale With The Company, How VC Herd Mentality In The Valley Really Works and How Chatbots & AI Play A Role In The Future of EdTech
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Duolingo co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn joins Harry Stebbings to discuss the creation of Duolingo, the integration of AI and gamification in education, …
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29m 20VC: What Does It Take To Raise A Venture Fund Today, An Analysis of The Explosion of Seed Financing & Why IRR No Longer Takes Centre Stage with Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director @ First Republic Bank
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director at First Republic Bank, to analyze the rapid explosion, fundraising mechanics, and i…
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27m 20VC: Michael Dearing on 5 Key Principles He Uses To Assess Startup Founders, Why Benevolent Dictatorship Is A Beautiful Thing & Why Markets Are Better Capital Allocators Than CEOs
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing joins host Harry Stebbings to discuss evaluating startup founders, applying timeless general management principles…
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25m 20VC: Why CEOs Must Read Less & Listen Less, What VC Funding, Shelf Space & Time Have In Common & Why CEOs Must Look After Themselves Like Athletes with Sami Inkinen, Founder @ Virta Health & Trulia
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Sami Inkinen, founder of Virta Health and co-founder of Trulia, discussing executive focus, venture capital discipline, p…
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24m 20VC: Key Questions Entrepreneurs Must Ask in M&A's, Why Acquihires Come In 2 Different Categories & Why M&A Is Lumpy with Bram Sugarman, Director of Corporate Development @ Shopify
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Bram Sugarman, Director of Corporate Development at Shopify, exploring Shopify's product-driven M&A strategy, acquihire f…
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23m 20VC: 3 Things Acquirers Look For In Startup M&A's, How To Price A Startup Acquisition & The Biggest Risk of M&A with Matt Switzer, SVP of Corporate Development @ Hootsuite
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Matt Switzer, SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development at Hootsuite, about how tech acquirers evaluate, price, and execu…
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26m 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Roger Dickey, founder and CEO of Gigster and creator of Mafia Wars. Dickey discusses his rapid prototyping methodology, t…
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22m 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, 8VC founding partner Drew Oetting joins Harry Stebbings to discuss the evolution of venture capital, sound business fundamentals, firm structure, and car…
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24m 20VC: Benchmark's Eric Vishria on Why Career VCs Have Advantages Most Under Appreciate, Why We Are In An Infrastructure Renaissance & What Makes The Best VC Partnership
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark, about the unique advantages of career venture capitalists, Benchmark's focuse…
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27m 20VC: Raising Over $700m From The World's Best Investors, How To Innovate In Highly Regulated Markets & The 3 Superpowers of Insurance Companies with Mario Schlosser, Founder & CEO @ Oscar
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Mario Schlosser, co-founder and CEO of Oscar Health, about transforming the highly regulated healthcare industry through …
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24m 20VC: Why Core AI Is Largely A Bunch of Nifty Tricks, Why Consumer Electronics Is The Hardest Thing To Do In Venture & Why Silicon Valley Will Dominate The Future of Robotics with Jeremy Conrad, Partner @ Lemnos Labs
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jeremy Conrad, partner at Lemnos Labs, to discuss hardware venture capital investing, robotics trends, financing mileston…
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29m 20VC: Index's Mike Volpi on Making The Move From Player To Coach, What It Takes To Build Generation Defining Brands & How Europe Really Stacks Up To The US Venture Market
In this episode of 20VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Mike Volpi, General Partner at Index Ventures, about transitioning from corporate operator to venture capitalist, expanding Index to …
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22m 20VC: Litecoin Founder, Charlie Lee on Why ICO's Are The Biggest Threat To Crypto, Why Ethereum Will Run Into Huge Scalability Problems & How To Assess The Trade Off Between Decentralisation & Scale
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Litecoin creator Charlie Lee discusses the creation and value proposition of Litecoin, technical scaling trade-offs, and blockchain governance dynamics. …
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27m 20VC: Why VC Is A Lifestyle Not A Job, Why You Must Do Post-mortems On Good and Bad Deals & Why Society Is On A Downgrade with Kathleen Utecht, Managing Partner @ Core Innovation Capital
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Kathleen 'Kat' Utecht, Managing Partner at Core Innovation Capital, discussing why venture capital should focus on high-i…
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29m 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Andy Weissman, partner at Union Square Ventures, about USV's consensus-driven investment approach, fund management mechan…
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32m 20VC: How To Run The Perfect Fundraising Process, Why Time Kills All Deals & Why You Have To Get VCs Out Of The Board Room with Wayne Chang, Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, serial entrepreneur and angel investor Wayne Chang joins Harry Stebbings to unpack key strategies for running an efficient VC fundraising process, scalin…
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32m 20VC: Why Investors Have The Biggest Problem with Bias, Why Our Job Is To Maximise Risk & Why It Is Essential To Get Good at Losing with True Ventures Founder, Jon Callaghan
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jon Callaghan, co-founder of True Ventures, about early-stage venture capital dynamics, overcoming investor loss aversion…
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24m 20VC: True Ventures Founder, Phil Black on 4 Major Risk Categories for Startups, Why The Funding Gap Is At The "Rational B" Round & Why VCs Must Start Small But Think Big
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews True Ventures co-founder Phil Black about navigating early-stage venture capital, managing risk, and building fund st…
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23m 20VC: What Is The Big Lie To Silicon Valley, Why Silicon Valley Is No Longer Optimised For Deep Tech Investing & Why AI Will Lead To More Business Model Innovation Than Technology Innovation with Tim Harris, Founder & CEO @ Swift Navigation
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Tim Harris, CEO of Swift Navigation, to explore the challenges of funding and scaling deep tech startups in Silicon Valle…
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22m 20VC: Why AI Is More Artificial Than Intelligent, Why Engineering-centric Founders Are Able To Pivot Best & Why Startups Are Like Games with Alina Cohen, General Partner @ Initialized Capital
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Alina Cohen, General Partner at Initialized Capital, to discuss her journey from entrepreneur to venture capitalist. They…
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28m 20VC: The First ICO Blockchain Incubator Ever, Why ICO's Will Change The World of Venture As We Know It & How The M&A Market Will Respond To ICO's with Mike, Jones, Co-Founder @ Science Inc
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Mike Jones, co-founder and CEO of Science Inc., about launching the world's first tokenized incubator fund, Science B…
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29m 20VC: Nuzzel's Jonathan Abrams on Why The Top VCs Do Not Have A PlayBook For Startup Success, Why Most Boards Are Not Successful & Why He Is Bored Of Hearing "I Fell Into VC"
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews serial entrepreneur and Nuzzle CEO Jonathan Abrams about venture capital dynamics, investor misconceptions, and startup g…
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23m 20VC: What Are The Big Questions Entrepreneurs & VCs Must Ask Corporate VCs, Why Corporate VCs Are Not Your Best Lead For Series A & Why The "You Have To Network Your Way To Us' Is Wrong with Allison Goldberg, Managing Director @ Time Warner Investments
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Allison Goldberg, Managing Director at Time Warner Investments, about the evolution of corporate venture capital, open de…
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30m 20VC: YC's Daniel Gross on How YC Can Democratise AI & Reduce Incumbency Advantages, Why ML Enabled Software Will Eat The Software That Ate The World & Whether AI Will Produce Independent Companies or Be Technology within Incumbents
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross discusses the practical realities of artificial intelligence, strategies for AI startups to compete with tech incumbent…
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26m 20VC: What Larry Paige, Mary Meeker and Ben Horowitz All Have In Common, Why You Have To Build A Movement Not A Brand & Why This Really Is A Great Time To Be An Entrepreneur with Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder @ Allbirds
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Joey Zwillinger, co-founder of Allbirds, about transitioning from biotech to consumer footwear, executing a direct-to-con…
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20m 20VC: How To Design Investment Decision Making That Allows For Outliers, Why Personal Voice Computing Is The Next Big Platform & The Challenges That Could Prevent It with David Beisel, Founding Partner @ NextView Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews David Beisel, co-founder and partner at NextView Ventures, to discuss firm building, investment decision-making architect…
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37m 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
On this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews prolific angel investor Jason Calacanis about his book Angel, key evaluation questions for early-stage startups, macro te…
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29m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Brad Hargreaves, founder and CEO of Common, discussing the residential co-living model, urban real estate dynamics, a bea…
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31m 20VC: The 7 Requirements For Startup Scaling, Why VCs Must Approach Every Conversation with A Yes Mentality & Why We Will See The Humanisation of Technology with Renata Quintini, Partner @ Lux Capital
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Renata Quintini, Partner at Lux Capital, shares insights on venture capital evolution, firm building, and her comprehensive seven-part framework for star…
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31m 20VC: Why We Will Continue To See An Explosion In Deep Tech Financing, Why Much of Silicon Valley's Talent Is Going To Waste & How Fund Cycles Need To Be Adjusted To Work With Deep Tech with Seth Bannon, Founding Partner @ Fifty Years
Host Harry Stebbings interviews Seth Bannon, founding partner of 50 Years, about why purpose-driven deep tech startups are outperforming traditional software models and how venture capital m…
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29m 20VC: Coinbase's Brian Armstrong on The Rise & Short Term Correction in ICOs, The Regulatory Framework Required For Blockchain To Succeed & How The Rise of Blockchain Disrupts The VC Industry
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to explore his journey founding Coinbase, the technical and scaling distinctions between Bit…
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27m 20VC: When Should CEOs Ask Their VC For Help, When Do Companies Really Need A Board & What The Series A Expansion Means For Startups with Max Gazor, General Partner @ CRV
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, CRV General Partner Max Gazor discusses venture firm culture, early-stage founder evaluation, startup capital efficiency, board governance, and investmen…
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26m 20VC: What Metrics LPs Really Use To Measure Manager Success, Why 10 Year Fund Structures Really Do Not Work & Why Venture Is So Similar To The Movie Business with Will Porteous, General Partner @ RRE Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Will Porteous, General Partner and COO at RRE Ventures, to discuss founder evaluation, flaws in traditional 10-year ventu…
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22m 20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Nathan Wenzel, Founder and CEO of Simple Legal, discusses his disciplined approach to enterprise SaaS growth, sharing insights on burn rate management, a…
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25m 20VC: Why YC Is The Exact Opposite of Proprietary Deal Flow, Why Having No Follow On Dramatically Aligns Incentives & Why Founders Do Not Have To Be Passionate About Their Idea From The Start with Michael Ma, Founding Partner @ Liquid 2 Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Michael Ma, Founding Partner at Liquid Two Ventures, exploring his journey from TalkBin founder to seed-stage investor. M…
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23m 20VC: Investing $200m In Facebook, The 3 Stages of Founder Development & Why Creating A New User Behaviour Can Be Unit Economics Inefficient with Rahul Mehta, Managing Partner @ DST
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Rahul Mehta, Managing Partner at DST, regarding the mechanics of late-stage growth investing. Mehta shares insights into …
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21m 20VC: The 2 Types of Sexism & How They Play Out In Tech, Why You Should Not Always Get Customers To Pay For Your Product Immediately & Why You Must Ask Operator VCs Different Questions To Non-Operator VCs with Jenna Brown, Founder & CEO, Shipamax
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jenna Brown, Founder and CEO of ShipperMax, discussing her journey building a B2B bulk shipping SaaS platform, navigating…
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26m 20VC: Why It Is BS That You Never Regret Paying A High Price To Get Into A Good Company, Why There Are Only 2 Price Points That Work in SaaS and Why eSports Will Be Bigger Than Traditional Sports in 5 Years Time with Jason Pressman @ Shasta Ventures
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jason Pressman, Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, about enterprise SaaS pricing models, venture capital valuation…
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28m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Kirsten Green, Founding General Partner at Forerunner Ventures, to explore her career transition into venture capital, po…
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22m 20VC: Max Levchin on What Makes A Truly Great CEO, Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Trait For Entrepreneurs & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Affirm and co-founder of PayPal, discussing consumer credit transformation, leadership ev…
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29m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Roseanne Wincek of IVP to explore her path from academia to venture capital, the blurring boundaries between early and la…
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24m 20VC: Benchmark's Mitch Lasky on The Snapchat Journey From Series A to IPO, Why Small Is Beautiful In Venture Partnerships & Why Venture Is Very Much Like Hollywood
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Benchmark General Partner Mitch Lasky about Benchmark's unique equal partnership culture, the structural similarities bet…
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28m 20VC: Why Radical Candor Is Crucial in Workplaces, Why 85% of Work Relationship Mistakes Happen and Why You Should Not Try and Be More Likeable with Kim Scott, Co-Founder @ Candor Inc
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor Inc., about her renowned 'Radical Candor' framework. Scott outlines how leaders can balan…
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24m 20VC: How To Get Back To 200 Tech IPOs Per Year, Why We Are In A 'Bulge" Not A Bubble & The Impending Flat & Down Rounds To Come with Barry Schuler, Partner @ DFJ Growth
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, DFJ Growth Partner Barry Schuler shares operational and investment insights on late-stage venture capital, explaining why the tech market is experiencing…
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26m 20VC: Kleiner Perkins GP, Eric Feng on How The Best Funds Use Tech and Data To Find Companies, Why Entrepreneurs Start The Fire and VCs Add The Rocket Fuel & Why Consumer Is Harder Than Ever Today
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Eric Feng, General Partner at Kleiner Perkins, about his journey from founder to venture capitalist. Feng discusses the s…
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22m 20VC: Why You Do Not Want Diversity Of Thought, Why You Have To Build A Sports Team and Not A Family & Why Extreme Cultures Are Easier For People To Understand with Ari Mir, Founder @ Clutter
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Clutter co-founder and CEO Ari Mir about constructing high-performance sports team cultures, maintaining unit economics d…
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27m 20VC: Bessemer's Ethan Kurzweil on How To View Pattern Recognition and Deal With The Anti-Portfolio, The Next Frontier In Developer Focussed Businesses & Why eSports Is Interesting Again
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Ethan Kurzweil, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, discussing the evolution of developer platforms, frameworks for pat…
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28m 20VC: Bessemer's Jeremy Levine on Why We Are In A Fallow Period For Consumer, Why It Is Bogus That Operational VCs Can Add More Value & 2 Golden Rules To Always Tell Entrepreneurs Pre-Investment
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Bessemer Venture Partners partner Jeremy Levine shares his counterintuitive views on why operational experience is overhyped in venture capital, analyzes…
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22m 20VC: Why Every CEO's Goal Should Be To Be The Laziest CEO, The Benefits of Being Both Founder and Investor At The Same Time & Why Every CEO Should Try A CEO Coach with Bart Lorang, Founder & CEO @ Full Contact
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Bart Lorang, founder and CEO of Full Contact and Managing Director at VOne VC. Lorang shares insights on building a start…
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30m 20VC: Elad Gil on Becoming One of Silicon Valleys Top Angels, Why Most People Get Market Sizing Wrong & Should VC Services Always Be Bundled Together?
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, prominent operator and angel investor Elad Gil explores startup scaling, market-driven investment strategies, common market sizing mistakes, and the futu…
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33m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Benchmark General Partner Peter Fenton to explore venture capital investment philosophies, startup pivots, ownership econ…
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20m 20VC: Is Series B Really The Hardest To Raise? Should The Only Limiting Factor Post Series B Be Cash & When Is The Right Time To Move To The US with Nicolas Dessaigne, Founder & CEO @ Algolia
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Nicolas Dessaigne, co-founder and CEO of Algolia, following their $53 million Series B funding round. Dessaigne discusses…
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25m 20VC: Tony Conrad on Straddling The Role Of Founder & Investor, What True Founder/Product Fit Looks Like & The Dangers of Party Rounds
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, venture partner and entrepreneur Tony Conrad shares insights on evaluating founder-product fit, balancing dual roles as founder and investor, avoiding pa…
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34m 20VC: Kevin Rose on Putting The Entire Fund Into Uber, The Future For Mobile & Whether Angels Should Have Super Pro-Rata Rights?
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews serial entrepreneur and venture partner Kevin Rose about his transition from angel investing to institutional venture cap…
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26m 20VC: Evernote CEO on Why You Play For The Front of Your Jersey Not The Back, Why Success Is A Team Sport & Why Leadership Should Accept The Negative Consequences In All Situations
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Evernote CEO Chris O'Neill shares critical lessons on leadership, goal setting, and product strategy drawn from his decade at Google and his experience s…
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26m 20VC: Why Cheque Size & Follow On Decision-Making Does Not Matter, Why Intelligence Is Overrated & Why You Should Do Everything You Can To Make Other People Successful with Anthony Pompliano, Founding Partner @ Full Tilt Capital
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings speaks with Anthony Pompliano, General Partner at Full Tilt Capital, about founder-centric investing, evaluating emotional intellige…
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24m 20VC: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on Why VC Is About Upside Maximisation Not Downside Minimisation, Why There Is No Right Way To Do Venture and Why They Do Not Have Monday Morning Partner Meetings At Founders Fund
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Brian Singerman, Partner at Founders Fund, who discusses his transition from Google engineer to top venture capitalist. Si…
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24m 20VC: Trivago Founder on Why Incumbents Have Lost Their Main Business Model, Why You Have To Destroy Everything Ego Related & Why Transparency Is The Key To Capital Flow
Trivago co-founder Rolf Schrömgens joins Harry Stebbings on The 20 Minute VC to discuss lessons from bootstrapping Trivago to its NASDAQ IPO, building non-hierarchical organizational structu…
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25m 20VC: How Both Founders & GPs Should Construct Their Pitch, Why VCs Are Eternal Optimists & What Makes The Best Post-Investment VC/Founder Relationship with Brian Ascher, Partner @ Venrock
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Venrock partner Brian Ascher to explore successful venture capital career paths, pitch deck construction, and post-invest…
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25m 20VC: Kleiner Perkins' MZ Zaveri on Why Success In Venture Is About The 3 F's, How VCs Can Manage Deal Heat & Is There Too Much Venture Dollars At Seed
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews MZ Zaveri, Partner at Kleiner Perkins, to discuss proactive deal sourcing, evaluating founder DNA, navigating deal heat, …
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24m 20VC: Tinder's Sean Rad on Why Humility Is The Key Trait For Founders To Have, Why Today's Incumbents Are Stronger Than Any Before Them & How Leaders Need To Scale With The Scaling Of Their Company
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Tinder founder and chairman Sean Rad to discuss the origin story of Tinder, essential founder traits, competitive dynamic…
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26m 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC, about her transition from Stanford engineer to venture capitalist. …
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21m 20VC: Founders Fund's Kevin Hartz on Why Investing In Silicon Valley Is Broken & Why Fearlessness Is What Makes The Truly Great Investors
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Kevin Hartz, Partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Eventbrite and Xoom. Hartz discusses his transition from operator…
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26m 20VC: The Future Business Model For Drones & Why Enterprise Drones Need To Be As Boring As Possible with Jonathan Downey, Founder & CEO @ Airware
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jonathan Downey, Founder and CEO of Airware, about the transformation of commercial drones from hobbyist gadgets into ess…
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25m 20VC: Why It Is Good Company Funding Has Been Down 6 Quarters In A Row, Why Unanimity Does Not Work In VC Decision-Making & Why It Is Dangerous To Be A Spreadsheet Investor with Scott Raney, Partner @ Redpoint Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Scott Raney, Partner at Redpoint Ventures, discussing macro venture capital funding cycles, Redpoint's investment decisio…
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31m 20VC: Khosla's Keith Rabois on How To Create Sustainability Behind Growth, How To Assess The Potential Of Individuals & Teams & The Biggest Takeaways from LinkedIn, Paypal & Square
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews prominent Silicon Valley investor and operator Keith Rabois about his career lessons at PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square. Rab…
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30m 20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Harley Finkelstein, Chief Operating Officer at Shopify, exploring Shopify's scaling from $5 million to over $600 million …
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29m 20VC: The 3 Forms Of Edge A Founder Can Have, Lessons From Being on A Board With Bill Gates & Why There Are A Lot Of Tourist VCs Who Are Going To Lose A Lot Of Money, with Josh Wolfe, Co-Founder @ Lux Capital
Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Lux Capital, joins Harry Stebbings on The 20VC to discuss Lux's investment thesis in deep science and hard technology, the strategic importance of time arbitrage, a…
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23m 20VC: Harry Stebbings on The Biggest Takeaways From Interviewing The World's Best Investors, What Makes A Truly Great Interview & Some Big News... with Mattias Ljungman, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Atomico
In a special reverse-interview episode of The 20 Minute VC, guest host Mattias Ljungman interviews creator Harry Stebbings about his entrepreneurial journey, key lessons distilled from inter…
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23m 20VC: Why We Are Still In The Very Early Days For Fintech, Why Your Company Has To Have An Opinionated Culture & Why The CEO Should Not Be The Sole Point Of Contact With The Board with Bill Clerico, Founder & CEO @ WePay
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Bill Clerico, Co-founder and CEO of WePay, discussing his startup journey, fundraising resilience, company culture, board…
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31m 20VC: How LPs Can Add Strategic Value To Portfolio Companies & Why Real Estate Is On Every Whiteboard In Silicon Valley with Brendan Wallace, Co-Founder @ Fifth Wall
In this episode of The 20 VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Brendan Wallace, co-founder of Fifth Wall, to explore how built-world technology is transforming real estate, the strategy behin…
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27m 20VC: Explosion of First Time Funds, Only 1 Mega Fund Raised: What The Heck Happened in Q1 Venture Markets with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings speaks with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director at Sapphire Ventures, to analyze Q1 venture capital market trends, fund deployment me…
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28m 20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jason Brown, Founder and CEO of Tally, to explore consumer fintech innovation, startup recruiting, regulatory compliance,…
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21m 20VC: 2 Signs That A Company Is Ready For IPO, Why Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Management Teams Do Not Want To Go Public with Gene Frantz, General Partner @ CapitalG
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Gene Frantz, General Partner at CapitalG, about the evolution of private equity into growth equity, valuation discipline acros…
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27m 20VC: Inside Google's Growth Fund & The 3 Criteria They Look For With Potential Investments with Laela Sturdy, General Partner @ CapitalG
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Laela Sturdy, General Partner at CapitalG, discussing Alphabet's growth equity investment strategy, core evaluation crite…
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23m 20VC: Back To Back Female Led IPOs & Why It's Harder To Be A Female CEO Than A Male CEO with Leura Fine, Founder & CEO @ Laurel & Wolf
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Leura Fine, founder and CEO of Laurel & Wolf, discussing her journey in democratizing interior design, navigating fundrai…
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25m 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
Host Harry Stebbings interviews Susa Ventures General Partner Leo Polovets to discuss core seed investing strategies, founder fundraising tactics, valuation discipline, and why technical due…
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26m 20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
In this episode of 20VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Josh Felser, co-founder of Freestyle, discussing the transition from serial entrepreneur to venture capitalist, tactics for navigatin…
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30m 20VC: How Investors Can Get Into The Best Deals & Why Founders First Point Of Contact Should Be With The Investment Decision-Maker with Spencer Kimball, Founder & CEO @ Cockroach Labs
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Spencer Kimball, Founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, joins Harry Stebbings to discuss database innovation, effective strategies for VCs to win competitive…
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26m 20VC: Why Young VCs Must Have Cheque Writing Ability & Why Corporate VC Is The Best Training Ground For New VCs with Nagraj Kashyap @ Microsoft Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Nagraj Kashyap, head of Microsoft Ventures, discussing his career trajectory, strategies for training new venture capital…
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27m 20VC: AngelList's Naval Ravikant on The Secrets To Success At Seed, Why Micro VC Is The Return of Traditional Series A & Why We Will See The Unbundling Of Traditional VC Brands
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant on early-stage investing, portfolio construction math, the unbundling of traditional …
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27m 20VC: How To Create FOMO For Investors, How To Manage VC Conversations & A Repeatable Process For Learning New Things with Anna Shedletsky, Founder & CEO @ Instrumental.ai
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Anna Shedletsky, Founder and CEO of Instrumental, about transitioning from Apple Watch product design to founding a hardw…
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26m 20VC: Why Spray & Pray Investing Is Wrong, Why Data-Informed VC Beats Data Driven VC & What To Look For When Investing In A Marketplace with Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures
In this episode of The 20 VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director at Jackson Square Ventures, discussing why data-informed venture investing beats data-driven…
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32m 20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk on Why There Is No Series A Crunch, How To Package Portfolio Companies For The Next Round & Why The Bridge Round Is Not Always A Negative Sign?
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Hunter Walk, founding partner at Homebrew, discusses seed investing strategies, debunks the Series A crunch, and highlights milestone planning for early-…
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26m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, StyleSeat founder and CEO Melody McCloskey shares her journey building a leading beauty marketplace, detailing the transition from extreme bootstrapping …
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21m 20VC: How Investors Can Get Into The Best Y Combinator Startups & How YC Startups Should Choose The Right Investors with Jared Friedman, Partner @ YC
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings speaks with Y Combinator Partner Jared Friedman about how investors can successfully back top YC startups. Jared shares insights int…
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23m 20VC: How Investors Can Build Relationships with Founders In Organic, Non-Transactional Ways & How VCs Should Handle Founder Disputes with Saar Gur, General Partner @ CRV
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Saar Gur, General Partner at CRV, about his path from entrepreneur to investor and his founder-first venture philosophy. Saar …
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23m 20VC: How To Raise $200m In Any Economic Climate, Scale From Garage To Global In Record Time & The Biggest Startup You Have Not Heard About with Christian Lanng, Founder & CEO @ Tradeshift
Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng joins The 20 Minute VC to discuss scaling a global enterprise platform, fundraising over $200 million across economic cycles, and how automation and B2B softwa…
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31m 20VC: How Every VC Firm Is A Marketplace, Why A Large Amount of Promise in AI Today Is Impossible & Entrepreneurs 3 Main Pain Points of Fundraising with Alex Mittal, Founder & CEO @ Funders Club
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Alex Mittal, founder and CEO of Funders Club, to discuss the marketplace dynamics of venture capital, founder pain points…
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33m 20VC: SaaStr's Jason Lemkin on The 3 Things You Want From Your LPs, Why Most VCs Do Not Add Value & Why The Best VCs Know How To Package Startups For The Next Round
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews SaaStr founder and solo GP Jason Lemkin about venture fund mechanics, evaluating early-stage startup risk, LP relationshi…
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29m 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Kabam Founder and CEO Kevin Chou discusses the evolution of mobile gaming into enduring multi-billion-dollar franchises, retention and monetization metri…
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24m 20VC: Sequoia Partner, Carl Eschenbach on Building and Scaling High Performace Teams and The Common Mistakes In Scaling A Go-To-Market Strategy
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Carl Eschenbach, Partner at Sequoia Capital and former VMware President and COO, who discusses building high-performance …
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27m 20VC: Sequoia Partner, Pat Grady on Why Data Is The New Oil, Why We Will See The Return of The Apprenticeship Model in VC & The Defining Characteristics of The Next Generation of Great Software
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Sequoia Capital partner Pat Grady to discuss the evolution of enterprise software, data as a competitive moat, and global…
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21m 20VC: Wealthfront and Benchmark's Andy Rachleff on Why Delight Is The Greatest Form Of Virality, Why Competition Does Not Matter & What The Future Holds For Automated Personal Finance
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Andy Rachleff, co-founder of Benchmark Capital and CEO of Wealthfront, about automated personal finance, executive leader…
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26m 20VC: Why Valuation Is Of Critical Importance At Seed, How To Understand Innovation Cycles & Having 3 CEOs and Burning $10m a Month with Lee Hower, Co-Founder @ NextView Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Lee Hower, co-founder of NextView Ventures and early PayPal and LinkedIn executive. Lee discusses his journey through the…
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34m 20VC: Betaworks' John Borthwick on Why The VC Model Is So Inefficient, Why Venture Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Frontier Tech Could Only Have Been Disappointing Over The Last Year
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Betaworks founder and CEO John Borthwick to examine structural inefficiencies in traditional venture capital models, fund…
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24m 20VC: Why Product Market Fit Is Like Porn, How The Entrance of Facebook and Google Into Enterprise Software Effects Traditional Enterprise Companies & The Future Pricing Model For The Enterprise with Dennis Mortensen, Founder @ X.ai
Dennis Mortensen, founder and CEO of x.ai, joins Harry Stebbings on The 20 Minute VC to discuss achieving product-market fit, enterprise monetization strategies, and scaling autonomous AI sc…
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28m 20VC: The Power Of A Concentrated Seed Portfolio, Why Operational Value Add Models At Seed Do Not Make Sense & Why We Will See A Shakeout Of Growth Stage Investors with Roger Ehrenberg, Founder & Managing Partner @ IA Ventures
Roger Ehrenberg, founder and managing partner of IA Ventures, joins Harry Stebbings on The 20 Minute VC to discuss the power of concentrated seed portfolios, realistic runway management, and…
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29m 20VC: Benchmark's Scott Belsky on What Makes Truly The Best VCs? Why Entrepreneurs Must Focus on 'The First Mile' & The Key Ingredients To The Perfect Onboarding Process
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Scott Belsky, Venture Partner at Benchmark and co-founder of Behance, to explore investment evaluation frameworks, produc…
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23m 20VC: Raising $24m From The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Why EdTech Is So Misunderstood & Why The Future Of Work Is Decentralised with Andela's Jeremy Johnson
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Andela founder and CEO Jeremy Johnson about building a global developer talent network, securing landmark funding from th…
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28m 20VC: Why Venture Is A Service Product? Why There Is No Such Thing As Product Market Fit & Why Startups Need To Be More Design Orientated with Ben Blumenfeld, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Designer Fund
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, Ben Blumenfeld, co-founder and general partner at Designer Fund, discusses how applying design principles to venture capital can better support found…
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30m 20VC: Pejman Nozad: Tech's Most Unlikely VC: From Yoghurt Shop To Investing In Startups Now Worth $20Bn+
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, guest Pejman Nozad, Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC, discusses his extraordinary journey from an undocumented Iranian immigrant sleeping in a yogurt…
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27m 20VC: Why Founders Should Not Focus On Top Line Valuation, Why Capital Efficiency Is Key To Returns And Investment Success & Why Despite Popular Thought, $100m Is An Exciting Exit For VC with Micah Rosenbloom, Managing Partner @ Founder Collective
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Founder Collective Managing Partner Micah Rosenbloom discusses non-consensus seed investing, capital efficiency, and why $100M exits offer powerful ventu…
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25m 20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner at SV Angel, about the firm's unique early-stage investment playbook, founder-first su…
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31m 20VC: How Startups & VCs Can Build Relationships with Potential Corporate Acquirers? The Challenge Of Operating Both A B2B & B2C Business Model & Why Fundraising Is The One Element Founders Cannot Control with Gautam Gupta, Founder & CEO @ NatureBox
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, NatureBox founder and former General Catalyst investor Gautam Gupta discusses scaling a consumer brand, managing dual B2C and B2B business models, unit e…
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34m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Randy Glein, co-founder and partner at DFJ Growth, discussing his transition from engineering intrapreneur to growth VC, …
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30m 20VC: What Does It Take To Gain A Late Stage Cheque Today? The Fundamental Mistakes CEOs Make In The Scaling Process & The Importance Of Building The Next S Curve For Founders with Jules Maltz, General Partner @ IVP
In this episode of The 20 VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jules Maltz, General Partner at Insight Venture Partners, discussing the evolution of late-stage growth investing, essential sta…
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27m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Qadium co-founder and CEO Tim Junio to discuss transitioning from government intelligence to tech entrepreneurship, diffe…
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30m 20VC: The Fundamentals To Creating A Successful Venture Partnership & The Optimal Investment Decision Making Process with Ryan McIntyre, Co-Founder @ Foundry Group
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Harry Stebbings interviews Ryan McIntyre, co-founder of Excite and Foundry Group, to discuss building high-trust venture partnerships, consensus-driven i…
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25m 20VC: How 50% Of VCs Hurt Entrepreneurs, How To Build A Relationship Of Trust With Your VC and How Entrepreneurs Can Detect VC BS with Jason Mendelson, Co-Founder @ Foundry Group
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Jason Mendelson, co-founder of Foundry Group, discussing venture capital dynamics, founder transparency, regional tech ec…
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26m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Ted Blosser, Founder and CEO of WorkRamp, about building high-performing investor syndicates, key learnings from scaling …
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26m 20VC: Preparing For The Next Big Trend, Why Conversational Will Be The Next Big Thing & How Entrepreneurs Should View Market Size with Sarah Guo @ Greylock Partners
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Greylock Partners investor Sarah Guo about her career path from Goldman Sachs to venture capital, key frameworks for eval…
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22m 20VC: Greylock's John Lilly on How Greylock Continues To Invest In The Next Big Markets, The Importance Of Building Tribes & Why There will Be Another Boom In Mobile
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Greylock partner John Lilly on building long-term professional networks, his transition from operator to venture capitali…
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28m 20VC: Biggest Takeaways From Working With Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston, Why You Should Put Off Hiring For As Long As Possible & Why Seed Stage Investing Is All About Optimising The Top Of The Funnel with Harj Taggar, Founder & CEO @ Triplebyte
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Harj Taggar, co-founder and CEO of TripleByte and former Y Combinator partner. Taggar shares actionable insights on early…
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31m 20VC: How To Test The Strength Of Co-Founder Relations, The Dangers Of Raising A Large Series A & Why The Biggest Challenge For Consumer Companies Is Finding The Second Big Hit with Rishi Garg, Partner @ Mayfield Fund
Rishi Garg, General Partner at Mayfield Fund, shares strategic insights on evaluating co-founder dynamics, navigating the risks of oversized Series A rounds, and scaling early-stage startups…
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26m 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
In this episode of The 20VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Tim Chang, Managing Director at Mayfield Fund, discussing macro venture capital trends, artificial intelligence investments, mark…
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31m 20VC: Building An AI Company For The Long Term? How Humans & Machine Learning Can Work Together? What Applications Are The Conversational Interface Best Suited To with Maran Nelson, Founder & CEO @ Clara Labs
In this episode of The 20VC, Clara Labs co-founder and CEO Maren Nelson joins host Harry Stebbings to discuss the evolution of conversational interfaces, the mechanics of human-in-the-loop A…
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35m 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
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews DFJ partner Emily Melton about her journey in venture capital, the pitfalls of pattern recognition, and the importance of…
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25m 20VC: DFJ's Josh Stein on Why VCs Must Adapt To Their Founders, The Major Transition Points For Aaron Levie @ Box & Why SaaS Startups Are Growing At A Rate Never Seen Before
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews DFJ Partner Josh Stein to discuss the evolution of founder-VC relationships, pivotal growth moments at Box, and the struc…
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25m 20VC: eShares' Henry Ward on Why Portfolio Theory Is Wrong? Why Investors Will Never Take Market Risk & Why You have To Have A Line of Sight To A $Bn Outcome
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews eShares founder and CEO Henry Ward to discuss the origin of eShares, conventional venture capital missteps regarding mark…
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22m 20VC: Evernote's Phil Libin on The Pros and Cons Of Moving To VC, The Future For Bots & Having Marc Benioff & Reid Hoffman As Mentors
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, host Harry Stebbings interviews Phil Libin, former Evernote CEO and Managing Director at General Catalyst, about his transition into venture capital,…
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28m 20VC: Why Companies Going Bust Is Part Of The Plan, Why Most VCs Are Later Stage Than They Think & Why Venture Capital Is Humbling with Charlie O'Donnell, Founder @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
In this episode of The 20 Minute VC, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures founder Charlie O'Donnell joins Harry Stebbings to discuss quantitative portfolio construction, seed-stage follow-on strategies,…
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