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20Product: Top Five Product Lessons from Creating Snapchat "Discover" and "Chat", How to Hire the Best Product Talent and Why Case Studies in Interviews are not Helpful & How AI Impacts the Future of Product Design with Will Wu, CTO @ Match Group

Feb 2, 2024 · 54:36

✨ Product lessons from Snapchat Discover and Chat creation.

Will Wu

54:36

20VC: The Metrics That Matter in SaaS Today; Why CaC Payback is Flawed & CAC Ratio is Better, Why You Need to Hire Three Sales Reps at a Time, How to Forecast in 2024 & Biggest Mistakes Made Forecasting & How to Make Customer Success Sell More with Dave K

Jan 31, 2024 · 01:10:23

✨ CAC Payback is flawed; CAC Ratio is a better SaaS metric.

01:10:23

20VC: How MIT Selects Venture Managers to Invest in | The Three Categories of Check MIT Writes Into Funds | How MIT Builds Their Venture Fund Portfolio | How MIT Approach Direct Investing | Why Being an LP Has Never Been Harder with Ryan Akkina @ MIT

Jan 29, 2024 · 57:02

✨ MIT selects venture managers based on specific fund categories.

57:02

20VC: Are the SEC Overreaching with its Approach to Crypto? Should Gensler Step Down? How do US Elections Impact Crypto Markets? How Did SBF and FTX Impact Crypto Long Term and more with Dave Ripley, CEO @ Kraken

Jan 26, 2024 · 30:33

✨ SEC's crypto approach is overreaching; elections impact markets.

Dave Ripley

30:33

20Sales: How to Scale Into Enterprise Effectively and the Biggest Mistakes Made When Making the Move From PLG to Enterprise, Why Discovery Today is F***** & The Biggest Lessons on How to Do Sales Team Compensation with Sean Murray, CRO @ Greenhouse

Jan 24, 2024 · 01:10:07

✨ Scaling to enterprise requires avoiding common PLG transition mistakes.

Sean Murray

01:10:07

20VC: Why Small Markets are Better Than Big Markets, The Biggest Delusion of Early Stage VC, Why AI Investing is like a Horserace and Why The Most Ambitious Companies Growing the Fastest are not the Best Investments with Adam Fisher, Partner @ Bessemer

Jan 22, 2024 · 01:11:48

✨ Small markets can be better than big ones for VCs.

Adam Fisher

01:11:48

20VC: How Duolingo Scaled to 8M TikTok Followers, How to Create Viral Content, Why Most Companies Suck at Content Marketing and How to Change & Why You Should Not Work with Content Agencies with Zaria Parvez, Global Social Media Manager @ Duolingo

Jan 19, 2024 · 51:16

✨ Duolingo scaled TikTok to 8M followers with viral content.

Zaria Parvez

51:16

20VC: Palantir CTO on The Broken Incentive Structure of How Governments Buy Defence, The Danger of Defence Spending at Historic Lows, How Elections and Wars Change Government Defence Buying & Why Budgets are Anti-Creative with Shyam Sankar

Jan 17, 2024 · 01:00:43

✨ Government defense buying has broken incentive structures.

Shyam Sankar

01:00:43

20VC: Hubspot Co-Founder Brian Halligan on Leadership Lessons Scaling Hubspot to a $28BN Market Cap | The Best Series A Investment in Venture History & What Makes Sequoia so Successful?

Jan 15, 2024 · 01:16:00

✨ HubSpot scaled to $28BN market cap with inbound marketing.

01:16:00

20VC Exclusive: Keith Rabois on Rejoining Khosla Ventures

Jan 12, 2024 · 01:06:14

✨ Keith Rabois rejoins Khosla Ventures after 5 years at Founders Fund.

01:06:14

20VC: Did Figma Kill M&A Markets in 2024, The Three Biggest Mistakes Made in Growth Investing, The Three Requirements Companies Need to Go Public in 2024 with Ed Sim and Jamin Ball

Jan 10, 2024 · 01:06:39

✨ Discussion on Figma's impact on M&A and growth investing mistakes.

01:06:39

20VC Crypto Roundtable: How Will US Elections Impact Crypto? Why Will Trump Lean Into Crypto in 2024? Should FTX Investors Have Known About SBF? Will Opensea Ever Be Worth $13BN Again? Will NFTs Come Back with Kyle Samani and Nick Tomaino

Jan 8, 2024 · 51:17

✨ US elections' potential impact on the crypto market.

51:17

20VC: Predictions for 2024: What Happens to Early Stage VC Funding, Do a Load of Venture Funds Die, What do LPs Do in 2024, Does Figma Kill the M&A Market, Will IPOs Comeback & What Does a Trump Administration do for Startups with Jason Lemkin @ SaaStr

Jan 4, 2024 · 01:11:54

✨ Predictions for early-stage VC funding and potential fund failures.

01:11:54

20VC: From a $1.1M Acquisition to $1.4BN in Revenues; The Meteoric Rise of Hoka Running with Deckers CEO, Dave Powers

Dec 22, 2023 · 53:43

✨ Dave Powers discusses Hoka's growth from $1.1M acquisition to $1.4BN revenue.

53:43

20VC Roundtable: Spotify, Adobe & Linkedin CPOs on How AI Changes The Future of Product, Why AI is Now the Product, How TikTok Changed Product, Why Cost is the Biggest Barrier to LLM Usage & Why Incumbents Can Adopt AI Faster Than Any Prior Innovation Cyc

Dec 20, 2023 · 50:23

✨ CPOs from Spotify, Adobe, and LinkedIn discuss AI's impact on product.

50:23

20VC: Why Now is the Best Time to Invest in Emerging Managers, Biggest Mistake Emerging Managers Make When Fundraising & Investing Lessons from Investing $1.5BN Per Year and Being Early Investors in Thrive, a16z and Founders Fund with Peter Lacaillade

Dec 18, 2023 · 01:02:30

✨ Investing in emerging managers and common fundraising mistakes.

Peter Lacaillade

01:02:30

20VC: Cotopaxi: From Selling $6M of Pool Tables to Scaling $150M in Revenues and Challenging Patagonia, Fundraising Lessons from 100+ Rejections & What Founders Do Not Understand About VC with Davis Smith, Founder @ Cotopaxi

Dec 15, 2023 · 58:28

✨ Davis Smith details Cotopaxi's scaling from $6M to $150M revenue.

Davis Smith

58:28

20Sales: How to Close Sales When Selling to CFOs, How to Guarantee You Win Every Renewal, Core Questions All CFOs Ask Today When Buying, Why Revenue Operations is the Most Important Role in a Company with Steve Goldberg, CRO @ Salesloft

Dec 13, 2023 · 49:50

✨ Steve Goldberg on closing sales with CFOs and guaranteeing renewals.

Steve Goldberg

49:50

20VC: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible, Should Founders Meet Associates, How to Get Intros to the Best VCs, How To Extract the Most Value From Your Investors, Why Post IPO Operators Are the Best Angels with Sam Corcos @ Levels

Dec 11, 2023 · 01:08:15

✨ Sam Corcos advises founders to maximize VC meetings and extract value.

01:08:15

20VC: $18BN Market Cap and $1BN in ARR in 8 Years; Samsara | How to Find Product Market Fit Reliably | How to Create a Multi-Product Company | The Pros and Cons of Serial Entrepreneurship with Sanjit Biswas, Founder & CEO @ Samsara

Dec 8, 2023 · 53:09

✨ Sanjit Biswas scaled Samsara to $1BN ARR and $18BN market cap.

Sanjit Biswas

53:09

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