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20VC: NEW FORMAT: Harry Stebbings on Why Seed Pricing is as High as Ever, Why Series A is the Best Place to Invest Today, Why Growth Founders Need to Reshape Expectations, Why M&A Windows Remain Shut and When Will IPO Windows Crack Open

Oct 20, 2023 · 27:35

✨ Seed pricing remains high, Series A is the optimal investment stage today.

27:35

20VC: Are LPs Open For Business? What Does it Take to Raise a Fund Today? How Has What LPs Want to See in Fund Investments Changed? Why Do LP Incentive Mechanisms Need to Change? Which Funds Will be Hit Hardest with Beezer Clarkson @ Sapphire Partners

Oct 18, 2023 · 49:45

✨ LPs are open for business, but fund-raising requirements have evolved significantly.

49:45

20VC: The Two Biggest Mistakes Every Founder Makes, Why Founders Are Not Ambitious Enough Today, Why Having a Narrow Target Customer is Dangerous & The Three Possible Outcomes in Company Building with Matthew Prince, Co-Founder @ Cloudflare

Oct 16, 2023 · 54:06

✨ Matthew Prince discusses the two biggest mistakes founders make and the danger of a narrow customer focus.

Matthew Prince

54:06

20VC: Israeli Resilience From Tech and Beyond with Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon

Oct 12, 2023 · 44:18

✨ Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon discuss Israeli resilience in tech and venture capital.

44:18

20VC Roundtable: Are IPOs Back? Is Growth Dead? What Does it Take to Raise a Growth Round Today? How Do VCs Solve The Liquidity Challenge? Will We See a Massive Resetting of Valuations? AI Hype Growth Rounds?

Oct 11, 2023 · 50:42

✨ IPOs are returning, but growth funding requires realistic expectations amidst potential valuation resets.

50:42

20VC: Atlassian Co-Founder Scott Farquhar on The Biggest Lessons Scaling Atlassian to $50BN Market Cap; The Four Roles of the CEO, The Funding Round That Net Accel $6BN, The Regrets of Omission and Commission & The Honeymoon Cut Short

Oct 9, 2023 · 53:01

✨ Scott Farquhar shares scaling Atlassian to $50BN market cap, detailing CEO roles and funding strategies.

53:01

20VC: Why Great Companies are Defined by How Many Things They Say No To, Why Being First Does Not Matter & Why Market Over Traction or Team is the Most Important Thing with Guillermo Rauch, Founder & CEO @ Vercel

Oct 6, 2023 · 58:45

✨ Guillermo Rauch emphasizes saying 'no' to define great companies and the irrelevance of being first.

Guillermo Rauch

58:45

20Sales: Why the Founder Should Not Be the One to Create the Sales Playbook, Why You Should Hire a Sales Leader Before Sales Reps & Why You Should Not Hire Sales Leaders From Big Companies with Matt Rosenberg, CRO @ Grammarly

Oct 4, 2023 · 50:41

✨ Matt Rosenberg advises against founders creating sales playbooks and hiring sales leaders from large companies.

Matt Rosenberg

50:41

20VC: The Services Model of Venture Capital is Broken, The Best Founders Do Need Help, The Most Important Signals to Assess When Meeting Founders & Why Kids Bring Less Happiness and More Joy with Phin Barnes @ TheGP

Oct 2, 2023 · 01:01:59

✨ Phin Barnes argues the venture capital services model is broken, and founders need genuine help.

01:01:59

20Product: Why Product Memes Are More Important Than a Product Roadmap, Why Writing is the Essential Skill for Product People, How AI Changes The Role of Product, Big Mistakes Founders Make When Hiring Product Teams with Kevin Niparko, VP Product @ Twilio

Sep 29, 2023 · 46:03

✨ Product memes are more vital than roadmaps; writing is key for product managers.

Kevin Niparko

46:03

20VC: "How Being a Founder Almost Killed Me"; We Have Lied to a Generation of Founders | The Hardest Truths About Being a Founder Revealed | Why AI Co-Pilot is BS, Seat Pricing is Over & User Interfaces are Stupid with Christian Lanng

Sep 27, 2023 · 01:09:21

✨ Christian Lanng reveals the harsh realities of founding, including burnout and founder deception.

Christian Lanng

01:09:21

20VC: Marc Benioff on The Future of San Francisco and What He Would Do if in Charge? Marc Benioff's Five Step Process to Priorities and Why Money Does Not Make You Happy & Work From Home vs In-Person; How to Manage in Changing Worlds

Sep 25, 2023 · 32:26

✨ Marc Benioff discusses San Francisco's future and his five-step prioritization process.

32:26

20VC: Are Foundation Models Becoming Commoditised? Do OpenAI and Anthropic of the World Have a Sustaining Moat? Why Smaller Models May Work Better? Why Incumbents with Data Power Win the AI War with Christian Kleinerman, SVP Product @ Snowflake

Sep 22, 2023 · 44:34

✨ Foundation models may be commoditized; smaller models could be more effective.

Christian Kleinerman

44:34

20VC Roundtable: Is the VC Model Broken? The Biggest Disconnect Ever Between TVPI & DPI, Why Market Size is Dangerous, Why "Go Fast" is Terrible Advice, The Dangers of Raising Large Rounds at High Prices & Why Next Year Will See the Biggest Hiring Spree i

Sep 20, 2023 · 01:17:36

✨ The VC model faces challenges with disconnects between TVPI and DPI.

01:17:36

20VC: Benchmark General Partner, Miles Grimshaw on The Five Pillars of Venture Capital, Why Data Can Be a Trap When Early-Stage Investing, Investing Lessons from Missing Figma and Plaid & The New Business Model for AI & Why Co-Pilot is an Incumbent Strate

Sep 18, 2023 · 01:20:50

✨ Miles Grimshaw outlines the five pillars of venture capital investing.

01:20:50

20VC: The Biggest AI Leaders on What Matters More; Model Size or Data Size & Where Does The Value in AI Accrue; to Startups or to Incumbents

Sep 15, 2023 · 31:20

✨ The debate on AI value accrual: startups versus incumbents, model size versus data size.

31:20

20VC: The Dubsmash Memo: Scaling to 43M Users in 10 Days, Why TikTok Was a Competitor Like Never Seen Before, Good vs Great Consumer Products and What Every Consumer Product Needs & The Future of Consumer Social with Suchit Dash

Sep 13, 2023 · 55:46

✨ Dubsmash scaled to 43M users in 10 days, facing intense competition from TikTok.

Suchit Dash

55:46

20VC: Lessons Building Nubank to the Largest Neobank in the World, How AI Changes The Future of Finance, Leadership Lessons from Sequoia's Doug Leone & What European and US Fintech Can Learn From LATAM with David Velez, Founder @ Nubank

Sep 11, 2023 · 01:04:26

✨ David Velez shares lessons from building Nubank, the world's largest neobank.

David Velez

01:04:26

20Sales: Why Everyone is Responsible for Demand Generation, How to do Great Sales Discovery, How to Reduce Sales Cycles and Create Urgency and Deal Reviews; Good and Bad Reasons to Lose a Deal with Doug Adamic, CRO @ Brex

Sep 8, 2023 · 53:48

✨ Demand generation is everyone's responsibility; effective sales discovery creates urgency.

Doug Adamic

53:48

20VC: Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds & AUM is a Vanity Metric | Why 99% of Investments in AI Startups Will Go To Zero | Being a "Traction First" VC & Investing Lessons from Investing in Canva and Missing Figma with Nikhil Basu-Trivedi

Sep 6, 2023 · 01:00:43

✨ Small funds can outperform large ones; AUM is a vanity metric.

Nikhil Basu

01:00:43

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