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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: Grammy Nominee Aloe Blacc on Working with Avicii on "Wake Me Up", The Art of Great Storytelling, Behind The Scenes on the Songwriting Process and Why Rules Are Just "Good Suggestions"
Feb 17, 2023 · 48:57
✨ Aloe Blacc discusses co-writing "Wake Me Up" with Avicii.
48:57
20Growth: Top Five Growth Lessons Scaling Stitchfix to IPO, How to Master the Art of Paid Marketing, Why CAC/LTV is a BS Metric & How To Use Payback Period as an Alternative to CAC/LTV with Mike Duboe, Partner @ Greylock
Feb 15, 2023 · 52:47
✨ Mike Duboe shares Stitch Fix growth lessons to IPO.
Mike Duboe
52:47
20VC: Why This Time Will Be Worse Than The Great Financial Crisis, Why Down-Rounds, Firesales and Shutdowns Will Happen & The Ultimate Startup Survival Guide; 7 Steps to Ensure Your Company Survives The Storm
Feb 13, 2023 · 45:32
✨ Tom Loverro predicts a worse downturn than the Great Financial Crisis.
45:32
20VC: Boston Celtics' Steve Pagliuca on The Future of Sports Team Ownership; What Happened with the Chelsea Acquisition | Why More Money is Pouring Into Sport Than Ever & Do These Assets Keep Increasing in Value
Feb 10, 2023 · 44:53
✨ Steve Pagliuca discusses the future of sports team ownership.
44:53
20VC: Why Salesforce, SAP and Concur Will Die | Scaling 3x and Raising at a $9.2BN Valuation in COVID | How OpenAI is Changing the Travel Industry Forever | Never Before Revealed Margins on Travel and Expense Management with Ariel Cohen, Co-Founder & CEO
Feb 8, 2023 · 44:25
✨ Ariel Cohen predicts Salesforce, SAP, and Concur will decline.
Ariel Cohen
44:25
20VC: Thoma Bravo's Orlando Bravo on Why Now is The New Normal, Why Every Company in the World is Worth its Future Cashflows, The Three Core Elements Thoma Bravo Need to See in Any Potential Deal & Orlando's Relationship to Risk, Wealth and Parenting
Feb 6, 2023 · 54:08
✨ Orlando Bravo sees current market conditions as the 'new normal'.
54:08
20Product: When to Hire a CPO, The Three Different Types of CPO, How To Know What You Need, How To Structure the Hiring Process, What Are the Must-Ask Questions, What Tests and Case Studies Should Be Used, How Should Their Compensation Package Be Structur
Feb 3, 2023 · 54:02
✨ Annie Pearl and Shreyas Doshi discuss hiring a CPO.
54:02
20VC: From $57M in ARR to $297M in Just 12 Months; Why Speed of Execution is the Most Important Factor to Success, Hiring 2,000 People in 3 Years Remotely & Secondaries; Why, When and How Much To Take Out with Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder & CEO @ Deel
Feb 1, 2023 · 44:59
✨ Alex Bouaziz highlights speed of execution for Deel's growth.
Alex Bouaziz
44:59
20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk and Satya Patel on Why $100M is Not Enough To Execute a Seed Strategy Today | Why They Decided not to Raise New External Funds | Where Are We in the Cycle & What is Truly F***** | Why Founders Should Take Secondaries Earlier
Jan 30, 2023 · 01:01:33
✨ Homebrew's Hunter Walk and Satya Patel discuss seed funding.
01:01:33
20VC: Canva Co-Founder, Cliff Obrecht on The Journey From 100 VC Rejections to a $40BN Company, Why Good Enough is Not Good Enough, The Secret to Hiring Non-Obvious Talent and Relationships to Money and Why They Are Giving Away Billions
Jan 27, 2023 · 50:47
✨ Canva's journey from 100 VC rejections to a $40BN valuation.
50:47
20Sales: Why You Should Not Do PLG and Enterprise Sales at the Same Time | How To Move Into Enterprise Sales Gradually | How To Make a Comp Plan For Sales Teams | Why Discounting is Good and Can Be Used with Stevie Case, CRO @ Vanta
Jan 25, 2023 · 48:18
✨ Avoid doing PLG and Enterprise sales simultaneously; transition gradually into enterprise.
Stevie Case
48:18
20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on What Elon Musk Should Do with Twitter | The State of Crypto Today; The Impact of SBF and Why Now is the Best Time To Invest in Crypto | Are We Too Late to Save The Climate and Why Civil Disobedience is Required | Will TikTok b
Jan 23, 2023 · 45:35
✨ Albert Wenger discusses Elon Musk's potential actions with Twitter.
45:35
20VC: Turning Canned Water into a $700M Media and Health Company, What Makes Truly Great Brands, How Founders Can Build Their Brand From Day 1 Today & How to Create Viral Content with Little to No Budget with Mike Cessario, Founder and CEO @ Liquid Death
Jan 20, 2023 · 46:34
✨ Liquid Death transformed canned water into a $700M media and health company.
Mike Cessario
46:34
20Growth: When To Make Your First Growth Hire? How To Structure the Hiring Process for Growth? Five Core Things the Best Growth Hires Do in the First Week? What to Expect New Growth Hires to Achieve in the First 30 and 90 Days with Hila Qu, Growth Advisor
Jan 18, 2023 · 51:27
✨ Guidance on when to make your first growth hire and structuring the hiring process.
Hila Qu
51:27
20VC: a16z's Jeff Jordan on The Ultimate Guide to Investing in Marketplaces, Two Core Features to Look for in All Marketplace Investments, Why Fragmented Supply is so Important & Lessons from Airbnb, Pinterest and Instacart on What Makes the Best Cohorts
Jan 16, 2023 · 45:41
✨ Jeff Jordan shares insights on investing in marketplaces.
45:41
20VC: WTF is Going On in VC? Are VCs Still Investing? How Has What VCs Want in Investments Changed? Are LPs Investing in New Funds? Why VCs That Invest in Public Markets Are Losers? Dec 2023; Will It Be Better Or Worse with Jason Lemkin
Jan 13, 2023 · 49:10
✨ Analysis of the current VC landscape: investment activity and changing investor preferences.
Jason Lemkin
49:10
20VC: The Memo: How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund (Part I) | The Core Lessons from Raising $400M Over The Last Four Years| The Biggest Mistakes VCs Make When Fundraising | How To Find and Build Relationships with New LPs
Jan 11, 2023 · 28:07
✨ Strategies for raising a venture capital fund, focusing on fund size as strategy.
New LPs
28:07
20VC: From a $5,000 College Fund to a $10BN+ Public Company, How to Beat People Who Are Smarter Than You, Why Happier Teams Outperform and How Software Buying Patterns are Changing in 2023 with Henry Schuck, CEO @ ZoomInfo
Jan 9, 2023 · 47:59
✨ Henry Schuck's journey from a $5,000 college fund to a $10BN+ public company.
Henry Schuck
47:59
20VC: Why Financial Planning and Goals Do Not Work, The Decision to Ban Politics in the Workplace and Losing 1/3 of the Team Overnight & The One Question That Will Drive All Decision-Making for Leaders with Jason Fried, CEO @ 37Signals
Jan 6, 2023 · 43:27
✨ Jason Fried argues against traditional financial planning and goals.
Jason Fried
43:27
20VC Special: How To Fundraise Like a Pro: How to Size and Price a Round, How to Create FOMO and Urgency in a Fundraise, How to Structure Angel Allocations, The 7 Deadly Sins of Fundraising Decks, The 3 Signs a Potential Investor is Bad News
Dec 21, 2022 · 26:53
✨ Fundraising is a numbers game; focus on shots on goal.
26:53

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