Angela Tran Kingyens

Everything Angela Tran Kingyens said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Tran King-Yens predicts Uber will become a trillion-dollar company

“Yes. They're changing the way in which people move from A to B, and that, and democratizing that in a way that it's not owned by companies, but by individuals.”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 19:48 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: Startups should choose hub locations based on their industry

“I would argue that if you were in, in entertainment, you might want to consider LA. If you were in, in the life sciences, you might want to consider Boston. If you are in, in media and ad tech or something or other, you might want to consider New York for that…”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 8:37 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: B2B marketplaces offer better monetization than consumer marketplaces

“We're starting to see, I think in the very beginning, a lot of consumer marketplaces, so connecting ordinary people with businesses, but now we're seeing more B to B B to B marketplaces, which is really, really exciting because of the monetization factor. Peop…”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 11:06 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: Carpooling fails because people hate losing schedule freedom

“People just don't like to carpool because of the inconvenience. And it's not necessarily the coordination part. It's just the fact that they don't have the freedom.”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 17:54 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: Version One avoids e-commerce and hardware for capital inefficiency

“I know that we're now less likely to do anything in e-commerce or hardware because these, it's less capital efficient than software companies.”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 21:18 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: Warm intros are the best way to reach VCs

“The best way to interact with a VC or get that introduction from a VC is to get a warm intro from a mutual contact, whether that contact is another entrepreneur or a, an investor. And the reason for this is because, you know, investors are just They're overwhe…”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 2:56 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: Build VC relationships by showing progress on their advice

“I think the key to building any kind of relationship is making sure that there's progress going forward. So let's say I meet Harry today and I give Harry advice. Hopefully Harry takes that with gusto and comes back with progress and So that we keep building a …”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 4:01 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: Version One maintains pro-rata rights until Series B

“We do. We're, we try to maintain our pro rata pretty much all the way to series B, and then once there are bigger, bigger players at the table, we take a step back.”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 20:32 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

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Tran King-Yens: VCs are most involved in the first 18-24 months

“So at version one, we know that The first 18 to 24 months after we invest are probably the most important time, so we try to be as involved as possible, and this means we talk to our founders, you know, anywhere from two to three times a month, but of course w…”

Angela Tran Kingyens May 21, 2015 ▶ 12:28 20 VC 038: How Make Connections with VCs and Maximise Employability with Angela Tran Kingyens @ Version One Ventures

The other half of the tape: Angela Tran Kingyens's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 6 times in 3 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Angela's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	General Partner, Version One Ventures	1	9	—	full record on 20VC →