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

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

Harry Stebbings · Business · EN

This podcast features interviews with prominent venture capitalists and successful startup founders, discussing venture capital, startup funding, and the pitch process. It offers insights into the strategies and experiences of leaders in the tech and investment world.

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20VC: Why Being First To Market Does Not Matter, Why You Do Not Have Defensibility on Day 1, How to Analyse Market Size and Present it to Investors, Vitamins vs Painkillers; Do Vitamins Survive Recessions and Good vs Great Messaging with Guy Podjarny @ Sn
May 24, 2023 · 58:48
✨ Guy Podjarny explains why being first to market or having day-one defensibility isn't crucial.
58:48
20VC: Why Your Fund Model Should Not Rely on $10BN+ Outcomes, Why the Large Funds Got Too Large, The Rise of Solo GP's; The Pros and Cons & Is Consumer Subscription Even a Good Sector to Invest in with Nico Wittenborn @ Adjacent
May 22, 2023 · 01:06:29
✨ Nico Wittenborn argues against fund models solely relying on $10B+ outcomes.
01:06:29
20Growth: Three Growth Lessons Scaling Whatsapp from 0-100M, Why You Should Hire a Head of Growth Sooner Than You Think & The Biggest Mistakes Founders Make When Hiring for Growth with Ryan Wiggins, Head of Growth @ Mercury
May 19, 2023 · 47:14
✨ Ryan Wiggins shares three growth lessons from scaling WhatsApp to 100M users.
Ryan Wiggins
47:14
20VC: Why the AI Bubble Will Be Bigger Than The Dot Com Bubble, Why AI Will Have a Bigger Impact Than COVID, Why No Models Used Today Will Be Used in a Year, Why All Models are Biased and How AI Kills Traditional Media with Emad Mostaque, Founder & CEO @
May 17, 2023 · 01:06:25
✨ Emad Mostaque predicts an AI bubble larger than the dot-com era.
Emad Mostaque
01:06:25
20VC: Yann LeCun on Why Artificial Intelligence Will Not Dominate Humanity, Why No Economists Believe All Jobs Will Be Replaced by AI, Why the Size of Models Matters Less and Less & Why Open Models Beat Closed Models
May 15, 2023 · 54:51
✨ Yann LeCun argues AI will not dominate humanity and economists don't foresee mass job replacement.
54:51
20VC: Why The Future of AI Is Open Not Closed, Why We Are Years Away From AI Being Autonomous, Why AI Founders Do Not Need to Move to the Valley & Why Founders Should Not Meet Investors in Between Rounds with Clem Delangue @ Hugging Face
May 12, 2023 · 47:17
✨ Clem Delangue asserts the future of AI is open, not closed.
47:17
20Sales: How to Scale a Career While Scaling a Family, Strategies and Specific Tools To Help Maintain Work-Life Balance, What Companies Can Do To Empower Parents To Be Their Best Selves & How to Prevent Parental Leave Being an Inhibitor To Your Career
May 10, 2023 · 01:05:52
✨ Sales leaders share strategies for scaling careers while raising families.
01:05:52
20VC: Why VC Subsidizes the Wrong Type of Business, Why Capital Gains Tax is Crazy, The Biggest Misalignments Between VCs, Founders and LPs, Why Business Model - Product Fit is as Important as Product-Market-Fit with Chris Paik @ Pace Capital
May 8, 2023 · 01:09:32
✨ Chris Paik criticizes VC for subsidizing the wrong business types.
01:09:32
20VC: Alex Rodriguez (AROD) on Investing Lessons from Warren Buffet, How a Meeting with Magic Johnson Changed His Approach to Business and The Single Best and Worst Investment Decisions he has Made and Why AROD Is Not Buying More Real Estate
May 5, 2023 · 36:46
✨ Alex Rodriguez shares investing lessons learned from Warren Buffett.
36:46
20VC: The OpenAI Memo: Why Invest? Is it too Late to Catch OpenAI? Are OpenAI's Models Truly Defensible? Does the Value in AI Accrue to Incumbemts or Startups - Application Layer/Infrastructure? What Happens with Regulation? with Vince Hankes @ Thrive
May 3, 2023 · 50:22
✨ Vince Hankes discusses OpenAI's defensibility and AI's impact on startups vs. incumbents.
50:22
20VC: First Republic; Management Responsibility or Result of Contagion in the System, The Future of Regional Banks, Will Interest Rates Go Higher | Net Zero, Where Are We? The Best and the Worst Actors with Mark Carney, Former Governor of The Bank of Engl
May 1, 2023 · 49:33
✨ Mark Carney analyzes First Republic's situation and the future of regional banks.
Mark Carney
49:33
20VC: In AI Who Wins? Startups or Incumbents? What Happens to Wealth Inequality? Why Will $10BN+ Companies Only Have 10 People | Why Defensibility in Startups is BS & Speed is Everything? Why Large Groups Worsen Decision-Making with Sarah Guo
Apr 28, 2023 · 44:32
✨ Sarah Guo explores AI's impact on startups versus incumbents and wealth inequality.
Sarah Guo
44:32
20Product: Snap's VP Product on How Snap Hires 10x Product People, What Makes Evan Spiegel So Special at Product, Three Ways to Prioritise Product Ideas in Teams, The Future of AR, Why Snap Glasses Will be Huge and Snap Will Be Massive in Japan with Jack
Apr 26, 2023 · 56:56
✨ Snap's VP Product Jack Brody details hiring top product talent and Evan Spiegel's vision.
56:56
20VC: WTF Is Going On In Venture Capital; Seed Round Pricing Will Remain High, Series B & C Has Gone Completely, Downrounds Are Coming | Why Defensibility is BS on Day 1, Why Market is More Important Than Founder & Why Being First To Market Doesn't Matter
Apr 24, 2023 · 51:33
✨ Avlok Kohli discusses the current venture capital climate and seed round pricing.
51:33
20VC: Who Wins in AI; Startup vs Incumbent, Infrastructure vs Application Layer, Bundled vs Unbundled Providers | From 150 LP Meetings to Closing $230M for Fund I; The Fundraising Process, What Worked, What Didn't and Lessons Learned with Tomasz Tunguz
Apr 21, 2023 · 53:07
✨ Tomasz Tunguz analyzes AI winners: startups vs. incumbents and infrastructure vs. applications.
Tomasz Tunguz
53:07
20Sales: Why You Should Never Hire a VP Sales First, How To Create Urgency in a Sales Process, How to Do Traditional Outbound 10x Better, Why Revenue Doesn't Matter with Your First Customers | Mark Goldberger, Head of Enterprise Sales @ Ramp
Apr 19, 2023 · 49:06
✨ Mark Goldberger advises against hiring a VP Sales too early in a startup.
Your First Customers
49:06
20VC: Scooter Braun on Being Enough, Insecurity, Wealth, Investing, Fame, Marriage and so much more...
Apr 17, 2023 · 01:32:32
✨ Scooter Braun reflects on insecurity, wealth, fame, and investing.
01:32:32
20VC: Biggest Challenge Facing Crypto Today & The Winners and Losers of the Next 10 Years | Why AI Will Lead to More Wealth Equality Than Inequality | Why The Current State of the US Feels Like the End of an Empire with David Marcus, CEO @ Lightspark
Apr 14, 2023 · 36:37
✨ David Marcus discusses challenges in crypto and the future of Bitcoin infrastructure.
David Marcus
36:37
20Growth: How AI Will Change the Game For Content Creation and SEO, The Secret to Mastering SEO, When and How To Invest in SEO Most Effectively & The Best and Worst SEO Strategies with Joost De Valk, Founder @ Yoast
Apr 12, 2023 · 45:20
✨ Joost De Valk explains how AI will revolutionize content creation and SEO.
Joost De Valk
45:20
20VC: Why Signalling Risk is Real, What Founders Need to Know About Taking Multi-Stage Money vs Seed Fund Money, Lessons Scaling to $600M AUM, The Secret to Hiring in VC; Hire People with No VC Experience & How Venture Will Be Disrupted with Rob Lacher
Apr 7, 2023 · 40:21
✨ Signalling risk is crucial for founders seeking multi-stage funding.
Rob Lacher
40:21

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