The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

20VC: Sequoia's Ravi Gupta on His Lessons From The Hyper-Growth of Instacart, The Key Question To Ask When Building or Evaluating Teams & The Importance of Investing In and Detecting Slopes Rather Than Intercepts

Sep 14, 2020 · 41:21

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✨ AI Summary

Ravi Gupta shares lessons from Instacart's hyper-growth.
Key questions help build and evaluate high-performing teams.
Invest in detecting future potential ('slopes') over current status ('intercepts').

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