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20VC: Why You Never Want To Fight A Fair Fit For Distribution, Why No Great Company Is Built with 1 Product and When To Release Your Second & What Founders Can Do To Extract The Most From Their Cap Table with Shoaib Makani, Founder & CEO @ KeepTruckin

Feb 7, 2020 · 31:07

✨ Fair fights for distribution are crucial for success.

Shoaib Makani

31:07

Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture

Feb 4, 2020 · 39:03

✨ Todd Jackson joins First Round Capital as a new partner.

39:03

20VC: Alexa Von Tobel on Raising NYC's Largest Ever Female Led Fund , Portfolio Construction, Compression of Fundraising Timelines, Reserves Management & Personal Branding in Venture

Jan 31, 2020 · 38:06

✨ Alexa Von Tobel raised NYC's largest female-led fund.

38:06

20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do

Jan 27, 2020 · 38:24

✨ Katie Stanton discusses raising a first-time solo GP fund.

38:24

20VC: The Most Successful Companies Are Not Where Employees Work The Most, How To Know When To Promote From Below Or Bring in External Candidates & Why It Is A Unique Advantage To Be Building A Company Outside A Tech Hub with Rick Nucci, Founder & CEO @ G

Jan 24, 2020 · 41:01

✨ Top companies don't necessarily require maximum employee hours.

Rick Nucci

41:01

20VC: Oaktree Capital's Howard Marks on The Most Important Skill An Investor Can Have, The Right Way To Think About Price Sensitivity & Where Are We At Today; Take More Risk or Less?

Jan 20, 2020 · 32:15

✨ Howard Marks emphasizes understanding risk and price sensitivity.

32:15

20VC: Portfolio Construction, Optimising SPVs, Opportunity Investing "Between Rounds", Being Distribution-Centric Over Product-Centric and Capital Concentration Within Funds With Sumeet Gajri, Chief Strategy Officer @ Carta

Jan 17, 2020 · 57:24

✨ Optimizing SPVs and opportunity investing between rounds.

Sumeet Gajri

57:24

20VC: Khosla Ventures Founding Partner, Samir Kaul on Why Pro Rata Is A Cop Out, Why He Likes Technical Risk and Does Not Take Market Risk & How To Approach Time Allocation Across The Portfolio In Venture

Jan 13, 2020 · 37:10

✨ Samir Kaul prefers technical risk over market risk.

37:10

20VC: Raising $105m in Just 13 Months Over 3 Separate Rounds, The 5 Core Ways VCs Can Add Value & How Founders Can and Should Fully Leverage Their Cap Table with Kurt Rathmann, Founder & CEO @ ScaleFactor

Jan 10, 2020 · 35:29

✨ ScaleFactor raised $105m in 13 months across three rounds.

Kurt Rathmann

35:29

20VC: Why Now Is The Hardest Time To Raise an Institutional Pre-Seed in the Last Decade, What To Do When The Founder and VC Interests Do Not Align & The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds with Gaurav Jain, Founder & Managing Partner @ Afore Capital

Jan 6, 2020 · 39:10

✨ Raising institutional pre-seed is challenging currently.

Gaurav Jain

39:10

20VC: Rahul Vohra @ Superhuman, The Most Downloaded Founder Episode of 2019

Jan 3, 2020 · 41:27

✨ Rahul Vohra discusses Superhuman's rapid inbox zero achievement.

41:27

20VC: Inside The Acquisition Decision-Making Process at Cisco, How To Measure True Success in M&A Evaluation & Why By Not Speaking To Corp Dev Teams You Are Closing The Door On The Biggest Potential Accelerator To Your Business with Rob Salvagno, VP of Co

Dec 30, 2019 · 45:41

✨ Rob Salvagno details Cisco's M&A decision-making process.

Rob Salvagno

45:41

20VC: Most Downloaded Episode of 2019 with Bill Gurley, General Partner @ Benchmark Capital

Dec 23, 2019 · 34:31

✨ Bill Gurley shares insights from Benchmark Capital's success.

Bill Gurley

34:31

20VC: Inside UiPath, The World's Fastest Growing Startup, How The Best Leaders Approach Decision-Making & WhY Vulnerability Is Central To SuccessFul Leadership Today with Brandon Deer, VP of Operations & Strategy @ UiPath

Dec 20, 2019 · 37:10

✨ Brandon Deer explains UiPath's rapid growth and automation platform.

Brandon Deer

37:10

20VC: How To Think Through Portfolio Construction and The Business Model of VC, Why You Cannot Grow Ownership In Your Best Companies Over Time & How To Make The Space for Serendipity To Strike in VC with Adam D'Augelli, Partner @ True Ventures

Dec 16, 2019 · 31:46

✨ Adam D'Augelli discusses VC portfolio construction and business models.

31:46

20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best

Dec 9, 2019 · 33:50

✨ John Vrionis advocates for raising the bar in seed investing.

33:50

20VC: Why Raising A Mega-Round Makes Your Life Harder Not Easier, Why Your Board Is Not Your Boss and Lessons on Successful Board Management & The Biggest Breakpoints in Company Scaling with Emmanuel Schalit, Founder & CEO @ Dashlane

Dec 6, 2019 · 38:25

✨ Emmanuel Schalit discusses the challenges of mega-rounds.

Emmanuel Schalit

38:25

20VC: BoxGroup's David Tisch on Whether Concentrated Investing At Seed Works, Do Founders Really Want Direct Feedback and Is It Good For Them & Why Consumer Social Is Interesting Again

Dec 2, 2019 · 39:19

✨ David Tisch explores concentrated seed investing strategies.

39:19

20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How To Determine Whether An Investor Is Truly Aligned To Your Mission and What 2 Traits Make The Truly Special Board Members with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally

Nov 29, 2019 · 30:24

✨ Jason Brown discusses startup valuations and investor alignment.

Jason Brown

30:24

20VC: Why The Best Entrepreneurs Are Cockroaches, What Everyone Underestimates About Customer Acquisition & What You Don't But Need To Know About Payback Periods with Josh Buckley, Founder & Chairman @ Mino Games

Nov 25, 2019 · 34:28

✨ Josh Buckley describes resilient entrepreneurs as 'cockroaches'.

Josh Buckley

34:28

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