Scenario Planning

topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

the a16z Podcast 20VC

3 statements about Scenario Planning, every show

20VC Disclosure
Mignot: Index Ventures avoids detailed number crunching for scenario planning
“We don't waste cycles, go incredibly detailed into those. Yeah, we do, we, I think we focus more on, you know, sensitivity analysis, so we focus on what are the few levers that really matter for this business, and where do we think they're gonna go, but, you k…”
Martin Mignot Aug 11, 2025 ▶ 53:33 Index Ventures Partner, Martin Mignot: Figma, Scale, Wiz: Inside Index’s Decacorn Factory · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Maples: Best founders map choices against uncertain outcomes using scenario planning
“And so the best founders, what we saw, they were doing scenario planning. They, and with the scenario planning, what you try to do is you try to map the choices that you have, you know, the different options against the different uncertain outcomes.”
Mike Maples Mar 24, 2023 ▶ 3:02 Mike Maples: Lessons from SVB; Crisis Management Tips; USD's Status as the Reserve Currency | E993 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
a16z Insight
Johnson: Scenario planning builds agility even when predictions prove wrong
“The predictions don't even have to be right on some level for it to be a useful exercise, because a lot of this is about recognizing the uncertainty that's involved in any of these kinds of choices. It's creating a mindset that's open to unpredictable events. …”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:22 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories

← every entity, every show

Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, thousands of episodes across every show transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.