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Product leaders must build internal and external belief alongside the product
“And I think I really learned the biggest lesson I learned there was There's of course you build the product. You have to build a product that delights customers that actually delivers value, but you also, your job is also to build belief as a product leader an…”
Vickie Peng Apr 17, 2024 ▶ 3:25 Vickie Peng: Why the Best Product People Actually Build Less Product? | E1141 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Disclosure
Overpricing TrialPay's Funding Round Impaired Subsequent Fundraising and M&A
“One of the things that I learned at trial pay was that we raised one of our rounds of funding at way too high of a price, and I paid for that because then, guess what, I couldn't, it was hard to sell the company. It was hard to raise money after that”
Alex Rampell Nov 13, 2017 ▶ 34:26 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
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Rampell: TrialPay Laid Off 70% of Staff Before Visa Sale
“I think we had to lay off 70% of the company, and then we eventually turned it around and sold it to Visa”
Alex Rampell Jan 12, 2026 ▶ 38:24 Alex Rampell: The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers & Labour | The Future of Venture · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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