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20VC: A Framework For Approaching Risk and How It Affects Portfolio Construction | Lessons and Advice From Working with Dropbox's Drew Houston | Why Being A Learning Animal Is The Most Important Factor For Success with Ted Wang, Partner @ Cowboy Ventures
- ▶ 7:38 Harry Stebbings I am intrigued, though, because me and my partner, Fred, often talk about risk, and the one that we're not so happy with is, one, obviously, founder risk when there's concerns around the founder, or B, when there's kind of marketplace
20VC: CB Insights' Anand Sanwal on The Most Dangerous Myth Some Investors Have Promoted, Why Most B2B Content Is Crap and How To Make It Successful & Why Predigree Is Overrated and The Right Way To Scale Teams
- ▶ 24:27 Harry Stebbings Now, absolutely, and I love that element of a nicely, a slight kind of collective of misfits, and I think me and Fred very much say the same with Stride.
20VC: Index's Danny Rimer on His Biggest Lessons On Price, Ownership, Board Dynamics & Building Consumer Businesses from Backing The Likes of King, Skype, Farfetch, Glossier and more...
- ▶ 8:53 Harry Stebbings For me and Fred, we always say that we don't like to take founder risk, and we don't like to take market timing risk.
20VC: Ryan Caldbeck on Why The Business Model of VC is Broken, Who is To Blame, How The Best Funds Will Use Data Intelligently Moving Forward & Whether We Are In A Consumer Bubble Or Not?
- ▶ 0:16 Harry Stebbings My partner, Fred Destat, at fdestin, and then our guest today.
20VC: Lessons Learned Scaling PillPack from Seed to Amazon Acquisition, Why Investors Should Spend More Time Assessing Human Capital Risk Taken by Founders & The Right Way To Think About Capital Efficiency in Scaling with David Frankel, Managing Partner @
- ▶ 8:39 David Frankel So, in fact, your partner, Fred, um, and I collaborated with
- ▶ 16:41 David Frankel In fact, for a very brief time, the team, the pullback team worked out of the Boston IDEO offices, and I recall, with your partner Fred, having some of the very first board meetings at IDEO.
20VC: Why Partners Are There To Save Each Other From Themselves, Why Effective Reserve Allocation Is The Hardest Question In Venture & What Makes The Truly Special Board Members with Jeff Fagnan, Founding Partner @ Accomplice
- ▶ 1:02 Harry Stebbings Jeff also sits on the board of AngelList, PillPack, Insight Squared, Hopper, FreshBooks, and many more incredible companies, and I'd also have to give a big hand to my current partner, and Jeff's former partner, Fred Destin, for the intro… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:12 Harry Stebbings I've heard so many wonderful things from Mr.
- ▶ 12:21 Jeff Fagnan We had a bunch of different parts, and we had been, in my mind, kind of a B-grade firm, you know, doing B, B deals, and kind of probably, when I say BD, series B deals, but also kind of B-grade deals, there were some good ones, but a lot…
- ▶ 16:58 Harry Stebbings I spoke to Fred, obviously,
- ▶ 26:30 Jeff Fagnan By the entrepreneurs where we're serving them, and I think that if you go out there and you talk to the entrepreneurs that we've been in business with, and I'm sure your partner, Fred, will tell you this about us, it's just like, that's…
- ▶ 31:22 Harry Stebbings Tell me, pros and cons of having Fred Destin as a partner?
- ▶ 31:31 Jeff Fagnan So what I loved about Fred was, and this is where, like, Fred was a great partner for Ryan and me, was Fred has a fear of failure, just like myself and Ryan, like paranoid that if I'm not out there creating, I'm not doing enough. 10 times in the scene
20VC: The Metrics That Matter In Early-Stage Consumer, Why Moats Matter More Than Brand Today and How VCs Deal with S*** Hit The Fan Moments with Jason Stoffer, Managing Partner @ Maveron
- ▶ 7:27 Harry Stebbings Can I ask, in terms of what are you building that's hard to copy, my partner Fred always very much 2 times in the scene
20VC: Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook on The Commonalities of The Truly Great CEOs, How To Hire The Very Best Execs, Why Cash is A Defensible Moat Today & The Pros and Cons of M&A and IPOs
- ▶ 42:26 Harry Stebbings I did one myself and gave it to my partner, Fred.
20VC: From Sequoia To Accel To General Catalyst: What Makes The Best Board Member & The Hiring Methodology To Attract World Class Talent with KAYAK & Lola Founder, Paul English
- ▶ 1:03 Harry Stebbings I do also want to say a big thank you to my wonderful partner, Fred Destin, for the intro to Paul today.
- ▶ 2:30 Harry Stebbings A huge thanks to wonderful Fred Destin for the intro, but thank you so much for joining me today, Paul.
- ▶ 28:27 Harry Stebbings It's one of the big lessons Fred is teaching me. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:43 Harry Stebbings Paul, as I said, I obviously heard so many wonderful things from Fred, but also many of your investors.
20VC: Why Follow-On Investments Are Always A Better Investment, Why Spray and Pray Investing Is Like The Stock Market & Why Startups Need A Board From Day One with Jerry Neumann
- ▶ 1:01 Harry Stebbings I do also have to say a huge thank you to my partner and friend Fred Destin for the intro to Jerry today. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:31 Harry Stebbings Huge thanks to the wonderful Fred Destin for the intro, but thank you so much for joining me today, Jerry.
- ▶ 6:56 Harry Stebbings That was a question from Fred. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:30 Harry Stebbings Fred always talks to me about board intimacy, kind of creating that interaction that's kind of more than just that transaction between board member and founder.
20VC: Greylock's Jerry Chen on The 2 Fundamentals To Assessing Startup Risk, Why Good Investors Have To Be Optimistic & Why VCs Get In Trouble When They Move Outside Their "Strike Zone"
- ▶ 14:11 Harry Stebbings Me and my partner, Fred talk about, we always agree.
20VC: Why The Current Crop Of VC Does Not Understand Design, Why Product Market Fit Is A Liquid Not A Solid & How Graduates Can Optimise Their Career for Personal Development with Steve Vassallo, General Partner @ Foundation Capital
- ▶ 4:24 Harry Stebbings My partner, Fred, always says he derives the most fun from being on boards and helping board management.
20VC: Why Vulnerability Is A Strength In VC, 3 Core Components That Make The Most Successful VCs & How VCs and Entrepreneurs Can Build Meaningful Relationships Pre-Investment with Brian Garrett, Founding Partner @ Crosscut Ventures
- ▶ 13:56 Harry Stebbings My partner, Fred, ascribed success in board meetings to creating board intimacy.
20VC: How To Analyse Platform Shifts Effectively, The Effects Of Not Having Free and Open Distribution & The Right Way To Think About Board Composition with Neil Young, Founder & CEO @ N3twork
- ▶ 22:33 unnamed speaker Can I ask, my partner Fred Destin always stresses the importance of board intimacy between founder and board members.