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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: The Most Revealing Breakdown of Unit Economics for Quick Commerce; AOVs, Retention, Delivery Costs and more, Why The Business Model is Different for Emerging Markets & Will This Be a Market of Consolidation or Many Players
Jun 1, 2022 · 52:48
✨ Quick commerce unit economics are complex, with low AOVs and high delivery costs.
52:48
20VC: Keith Rabois on Why Buy Low, Sell High Does Not Work in Venture, Keith's Biggest Lessons from Prior Crashes, Why Today's Public Markets are not an Over-Reaction, Why Valuation is a Trap & Why Wokeness is a Function of Entitlement
May 30, 2022 · 39:49
✨ Keith Rabois argues 'buy low, sell high' fails in venture capital.
39:49
20VC: Scaling from a $4M Angel Fund to $900M, Why Seed May Be The Best priced Asset Class and Not Overpriced At All & The 3 Stages of Fund Scaling and What it Takes To Build a Firm with Aydin Senkut, Founder and Managing Partner @ Felicis
May 27, 2022 · 43:23
✨ Felicis scaled from a $4M angel fund to $900M over 16 years.
Aydin Senkut
43:23
20 Sales: How To Create and Execute a World-Class Sales Playbook, Why You Should Do Both PLG and Enterprise Sales at the Same Time, Three Non-Obvious Qualities the Best Sales Reps Have & The Four Steps To Sales Team Onboarding with Oliver Jay, Former CRO
May 25, 2022 · 41:10
✨ Oliver Jay outlines creating and executing a world-class sales playbook.
Oliver Jay
41:10
20VC: Oren Zeev on Raising 3 Funds and $1BN in 12 Months; Why Temporal Diversification is BS, Why Both LPs and GPs are Way Over-Diversified & Why Venture Partnerships are Sub-Optimal and Challenging
May 23, 2022 · 43:39
✨ Oren Zeev raises $1BN in 3 funds in 12 months.
43:39
20VC: The Job of the CEO is Do As Little As Possible; How To Hire, What Questions To Ask, Why Pointy People are Always 100xers, How To Tell Great Stories Today & How Leaders Must Determine What To Delegate vs What To Control with Ian Siegel, Co-Founder an
May 20, 2022 · 46:37
✨ ZipRecruiter CEO Ian Siegel believes CEOs should delegate extensively.
Ian Siegel
46:37
20Growth: Five Signs of Top Growth Talent and How to Detect Them, How to Structure and Conduct the Most Efficient Customer Discovery Process & The Framework to Determine Your North Star and When To Change it with Darius Contractor, Former VP Growth @ Airt
May 18, 2022 · 51:33
✨ Darius Contractor identifies five signs of top growth talent.
Darius Contractor
51:33
20VC: The Founding of General Catalyst, What it Takes to Build a Firm That Stands the Test of Time, Why VCs Need to Give Founders Greater Permission to Go For It & Why Venture Capital is Like Tennis with David Fialkow, Co-Founder @ General Catalyst
May 16, 2022 · 49:55
✨ General Catalyst's David Fialkow discusses building a firm that lasts.
David Fialkow
49:55
20 Product: iPhone Creator, Tony Fadell on Marketing Lessons Learned from Steve Jobs, What is Truly Great Product Marketing, How The Best Product Teams Do Post-Mortems and Product Reviews & Is Product Art or Science, Data or Gut?
May 11, 2022 · 53:53
✨ Tony Fadell shares marketing lessons learned from Steve Jobs.
53:53
20VC: WTF Is Going On? 3 Outcomes for What Could Happen From Here; What Needs to Happen To Avoid Recession? Why Stagnation is Most Likely and What This Means for Startups and Venture & Why Catastrophe is More Likely Than Ever and Switzerland Could Be a "H
May 9, 2022 · 57:12
✨ Fabrice Grinda discusses three potential economic outcomes: recession, stagnation, or catastrophe.
57:12
20VC: Why the Traditional Seed Fund Model No Longer Works, Why Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed Bring Signaling Risk but also Less Pressure, The One Criteria All Potential Sales Hires Need to Have and The Clear Signs of 10x Sales Hires with Jason Lemki
May 6, 2022 · 53:56
✨ Jason Lemkin critiques the traditional seed fund model and its risks.
Jason Lemki
53:56
20VC: The Memo: Chris Sacca on Why We Are Breeding a Generation of Entitled Assholes, Harley Finkelstein on What Great Fatherhood Really Means, Deena Shakir on How Kids Make You a Better Investor and Anne Wojcicki on How Children Change Your Approach to R
May 4, 2022 · 36:29
✨ Chris Sacca discusses raising a generation of entitled children and its impact.
36:29
20VC: Scaling to $2BN AUM in 3 years, Fundraising Lessons and Tactics from 2,500 LP Meetings & What it Takes to Build a Firm That Stands the Test of Time with Harley Miller, Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Left Lane Capital
May 2, 2022 · 49:14
✨ Harley Miller details scaling Left Lane Capital to $2BN AUM in three years.
Lane Capital
49:14
20VC: Scaling to $122M ARR IPO with $6M in Net Burn, Olo. The Ultimate Journey of Capital Efficiency, What Worked, What Did Not Work and How Leaders Need To Reshape Thinking Around Resource and Attention Allocation
Apr 29, 2022 · 37:08
✨ Noah Glass shares Olo's journey to a $122M ARR IPO with minimal net burn.
37:08
20 Sales: Zoom's Head of North America Sales on When To Hire a Head of Sales, Why You Should Hire a Head of Sales Before Sales Reps, The 3 Traits to Look for When Hiring Sales Reps & What Sales Leaders Can Do To Make Their Sales Team Feel Like They Are Wi
Apr 27, 2022 · 37:33
✨ Mitch Tarica discusses when to hire a Head of Sales before reps.
37:33
20VC: Why You Should Think Twice Before Taking Multi-Stage Money at Seed, Why Venture Has Never Been Less Collaborative, How Becoming a Parent Made Me a Better Investor and Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future of Diversity in Venture with Deena Sh
Apr 25, 2022 · 36:10
✨ Deena Shakir advises caution on taking multi-stage money at the seed stage.
Deena Sh
36:10
20VC: How Today's Market Changes How Companies Should Approach Burn and Runway, Are Financing Markets Closing? How To Know When To Pay Up vs Stay Price Disciplined & Why The Most Important Thing in Venture is Generating Positive Selection with Bill Cilluf
Apr 22, 2022 · 41:49
✨ Bill Cillufo addresses burn and runway in the current market.
Bill Cilluf
41:49
20 Product: Robinhood CPO on The 3 Stages of Product Management, How to Structure and Execute Great Product Reviews, The Secret to Building a World-Class Hiring Funnel in Product Team Building with Aparna Chennapragada
Apr 20, 2022 · 40:27
✨ Aparna Chennapragada outlines the three stages of product management.
Aparna Chennapragada
40:27
20VC: Brex's Henrique Dubugras on Advice from Evan Spiegel and Eric Schmidt on CEOship, The Biggest Hiring Mistakes When Scaling, What Everyone Gets Wrong with Product Messaging and When is the Right Time to Launch Secondary Products
Apr 15, 2022 · 34:21
✨ Henrique Dubugras shares CEO advice from Evan Spiegel and Eric Schmidt.
34:21
20VC Exclusive: Fast's Domm Holland on What Really Happened at Fast? Were they really Burning $10M per Month? Where did Bolt Succeed Where Fast Did Not? What is It Really Like To Have Stripe Invest in your Company?
Apr 13, 2022 · 29:14
✨ Domm Holland discusses Fast's shutdown, potential $10M/month burn rate.
29:14

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