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20VC: Klaviyo's Andrew Bialecki on Going Public in an IPO Winter, Is Klaviyo Under-Priced in Public Markets and Why, Why Every VC Turned Klaviyo Down in the Early Days & How Shopify's Partnership Changed the Game

Jun 26, 2024 · 51:26

✨ Andrew Bialecki discusses Klaviyo's IPO during a challenging market.

51:26

20VC: Why Foundation Model Performance is Not Diminishing But Models Are Commoditising, Why Nvidia Will Enter the Model Space and Models Will Enter the Chip Space & The Right Business Model for AI Software with David Luan, Co-Founder @ Adept

Jun 24, 2024 · 56:06

✨ David Luan discusses foundation model commoditization and AI software business models.

David Luan

56:06

20Growth: How Revolut Acquired Their First 10M Users: Tips, Tactics and Strategies From the Revolut Product & Growth Playbook with Val Scholz, Former Head of Growth @ Revolut

Jun 21, 2024 · 53:33

✨ Val Scholz shares Revolut's strategies for acquiring the first 10 million users.

Val Scholz

53:33

20VC: Foundation Models are the Fastest Depreciating Asset in History, Lina Kahn is a Threat to American Capitalism, PE is Not Coming to Save the M&A Market & How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race with Michael Eisenberg

Jun 19, 2024 · 56:29

✨ Michael Eisenberg believes foundation models are the fastest depreciating asset.

Michael Eisenberg

56:29

20VC: Index's Danny Rimer on Investing Lessons from Hits like Figma, Discord and Etsy to Missing Snapchat, Airbnb, Facebook & Spotify | Why Valuation is a Trap and Market Sizing, Signalling and Sector/Geo-Specific Funds are all Noise

Jun 17, 2024 · 01:13:52

✨ Danny Rimer shares investment lessons from Figma, Discord, and Etsy.

01:13:52

20Product: Loom CPO Janie Lee on Three Core Skills that Make the Best PMs, How to Find, Pick and Train the Best PM Talent and Lessons from OpenDoor and Rippling on Product Breadth, Pricing and Talent Density

Jun 14, 2024 · 01:02:38

✨ Janie Lee outlines three core skills for top Product Managers.

01:02:38

20VC: Scale's Alex Wang on Why Data Not Compute is the Bottleneck to Foundation Model Performance, Why AI is the Greatest Military Asset Ever, Is China Really Two Years Behind the US in AI and Why the CCPs Industrial Approach is Better than Anyone Else's

Jun 12, 2024 · 59:54

✨ Alex Wang states data, not compute, is the bottleneck for AI models.

59:54

20VC: Reid Hoffman on Foundation Models: Who Wins & How Do Incumbents Respond | The Inflection AI Deal: How it Went Down | Why Trump is a Threat to Democracy | The Future of TikTok | Lessons from Sam Altman, Brian Chesky and the OpenAI Board

Jun 10, 2024 · 01:15:56

✨ Reid Hoffman discusses foundation models, business models, and incumbent responses.

01:15:56

20Sales: How Rippling Built Their Sales Machine: How to Hire, Train and Manage the Best SDRs, What is the Right Comp Package for Sales Teams & The Playbook to Start and Scale Your SDR Team

Jun 7, 2024 · 53:43

✨ Ashley Kelly details Rippling's sales machine for hiring and training SDRs.

53:43

20VC: Perplexity's Aravind Srinivas on Will Foundation Models Commoditise, Diminishing Returns in Model Performance, OpenAI vs Anthropic: Who Wins & Why the Next Breakthrough in Model Performance will be in Reasoning

Jun 5, 2024 · 55:03

✨ Foundation models may commoditize, leading to diminishing returns in performance.

55:03

This Week in SaaS: PluralSight Goes to Zero, Salesforce and Mongo Hit Hard, The Next IPO Candidates and How Do We Solve the Problem of Liquidity in Venture Capital

Jun 3, 2024 · 01:09:11

✨ Pluralsight's valuation collapse from $3.5B to $0 raises questions about PE.

01:09:11

20Growth: The Six Channels Startups Need to Dominate to Grow, Why the Best Growth Talent Never Comes from Marketing or Product, Who and How to Hire Growth Leaders and Teams and Why in a World of AI, Growth is More Science than Art with Matt Lerner

May 31, 2024 · 55:55

✨ Startups must master six key channels for effective growth.

Matt Lerner

55:55

20VC: Former Meta CTO, Schrep on Why Climate is a $10TRN Problem, Operating Lessons Scaling Products to Billions at Meta and Why the Best Leaders are Like Music Conductors

May 29, 2024 · 01:10:56

✨ Mike Schroepfer discusses climate as a $10 trillion problem.

01:10:56

20VC: Why Seed is Systemically Broken | Why Pricing is Worse Than Ever and There is More Funding Than Ever | Benchmarks for Churn, Retention and Growth Rates - Good vs Great | Why Last Vintage for Private Equity Will Suck with Jason Lemkin

May 27, 2024 · 01:14:18

✨ Seed funding is systemically broken, with pricing worse than ever.

Jason Lemkin

01:14:18

20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman, Mistral's Arthur Mensch and more discuss: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | Which Startups Are Threatened vs Enabled by OpenAI | Is the Value in the Infrastructure or Application Layer?

May 24, 2024 · 21:51

✨ Sam Altman and Arthur Mensch discuss foundation model commoditization.

21:51

20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Predictions for the Next Wave of AI: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | How the Business Model of SaaS Changes Forever | Startups vs Incumbents: Who Wins | App vs Infrastructure Layer: Where is the Value?

May 22, 2024 · 56:32

✨ Aaron Levie predicts the next wave of AI and its impact.

56:32

20VC: Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage and Defensibility | What Makes Masa Son a Genius Investor of Our Time | How the Best Leaders Communicate and Delegate

May 20, 2024 · 52:29

✨ Nikesh Arora explains creating and sustaining competitive advantage in cybersecurity.

52:29

20Product: How Linktree, Webflow and Airbnb Used Rituals and Product Principals to Guide Product Roadmap, Why All Product Teams Should Have a Scorecard and How to Use it & How to Run the Best "Product Jams" with JZ, CPO @ Linktree

May 17, 2024 · 01:01:12

✨ Linktree, Webflow, and Airbnb used rituals to guide product roadmaps.

01:01:12

20VC: Fundraising Wisdom that is Total BS; Dilution, Meeting Associates, Taking the Highest Price, Always Be Raising | Why Second Time Founders Are More Investable & Why Not To Hire People Out of College with Dan Siroker, CEO @ Limitless

May 15, 2024 · 01:16:16

✨ Dan Siroker debunks common fundraising myths like taking the highest price.

Dan Siroker

01:16:16

20VC: Behind the Scenes at Y Combinator: The Interview Process | What the Best & Worst Do in the Program | Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | Why the Value is in Application Layer AI with Tom Blomfield

May 13, 2024 · 01:04:49

✨ Tom Blomfield discusses Y Combinator's interview process and fundraising advice.

Tom Blomfield

01:04:49

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