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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: Raising A $1.35Bn Fund I, The Emerging Secondary Opportunity For Early Stage Managers and Founders & What It Takes To Win The Best Growth Deals Today with Ravi Viswanathan, Founder & Managing Partner @ NewView Capital
Apr 6, 2020 · 39:17
✨ Ravi Viswanathan discusses raising a $1.35Bn Fund I for NewView Capital.
Ravi Viswanathan
39:17
20VC: The Framework to Scale A Team From 20 to 190 in 24 Months, How To Structure The Perfect Investor Updates & How To Create A Culture of Distributed Ownership with Radical Transparency with Jean-Charles Samulian, Co-Founder & CEO @ Alan
Apr 3, 2020 · 38:05
✨ Jean-Charles Samulian shares scaling Alan from 20 to 190 employees in 24 months.
38:05
20VC: Howard Marks on How COVID-19 Impacts Our Economy, Liquidity and National Debt, Why The Theory of Falling Knives and Market Bottoms is Wrong & Why The Best Investors Are Fundamentally Unemotional
Mar 30, 2020 · 25:47
✨ Howard Marks analyzes COVID-19's impact on the economy, liquidity, and national debt.
25:47
20VC: How To Solve The Chicken and Egg Problem in Marketplaces? How Important Is Differentiated Supply? How To Prevent Leakage? How to Create Marketplace Defensibility and more with Alyssa Ravasio, Founder & CEO @ Hipcamp
Mar 27, 2020 · 30:46
✨ Alyssa Ravasio addresses marketplace challenges: chicken-and-egg, differentiated supply, and leakage.
Alyssa Ravasio
30:46
20VC: Multi-Stage Funds Investing At Seed Are Option Value Investing, Why The Biggest Enemy For Venture Firms Is Group Think and How Running Companies Changes Your Investment Mentality with Manu Kumar, Founder @ K9 Ventures
Mar 23, 2020 · 32:54
✨ Manu Kumar explains option value investing in multi-stage seed funds.
Manu Kumar
32:54
20VC: How To Assess Risk and Value Creation, Why It Would Be Better If VCs Had Smaller Portfolios & How To Optimise Internal Decision-Making with Misha Esipov, Founder & CEO @ Nova Credit
Mar 20, 2020 · 28:09
✨ Misha Esipov discusses assessing risk and value creation in startups.
Misha Esipov
28:09
20VC: True Ventures' Toni Schneider on How Being CEO @ Automattic (Wordpress) Made Him A Better Investor, The Biggest Lessons from Automattic on Running Successful Remote Teams and The Right Way For Investors To Show Founders They Have Their Support (Note
Mar 16, 2020 · 31:31
✨ Toni Schneider shares how being CEO of Automattic improved his investing.
31:31
20VC: 3 Addictions Of Early-Stage Startup Founders, How Founders Should Strategically Think Through Unit Economics From Day 1 & Why Micromanagement Can Be Beneficial In The Early Days with Adena Hefets, Co-Founder @ Divvy Homes
Mar 13, 2020 · 34:17
✨ Divvy Homes turns rent into down payments for homeownership.
Adena Hefets
34:17
20VC: Matt Mochary, Coach To Silicon Valley's Leading VCs & Founders on How To Deal with Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt, How To Manage Fear and Anger & Why Board Seats Are The Death of Investors
Mar 9, 2020 · 37:51
✨ Matt Mochary coaches top VCs and founders on mindset.
37:51
20VC: Why Most Founders Do Not Structure Their Fundraise Correctly, The Pros Of Having An MBA As A Startup Founder & How To Manage The Psychology Of Being CEO and Overcome Self Doubt with Iman Abuzeid, Founder & CEO @ Incredible Health
Mar 6, 2020 · 34:10
✨ Incredible Health connects hospitals with nurses efficiently.
Iman Abuzeid
34:10
20VC: Index Ventures Partner, Mark Goldberg on The Questions Founders Must Ask A Multi-Stage Fund Before Taking Their Money At Seed, Why Most Angels Will Lose Their Money & Why We Will See Our First $100Bn Neo-Bank Shortly
Mar 2, 2020 · 32:42
✨ Index Ventures' Mark Goldberg discusses seed-stage fundraises.
32:42
20VC: Gusto Co-Founder, Tomer London on Why Most Founders Approach Fundraising With The Wrong Mindset Today, How To Construct A Values/Motivation Alignment Test To Determine The Right Investors For You & Why Delight Is So Crucial To The Success of Any Con
Feb 28, 2020 · 33:42
✨ Gusto provides a unified platform for small business HR.
33:42
20VC: Vinod Khosla on What Venture Assistance Really Means, Why Many VCs Are Not Qualified To Advise Founders & Why Startups Can Innovate So Much Faster Than Incumbents
Feb 24, 2020 · 36:18
✨ Vinod Khosla discusses venture assistance and startup innovation.
36:18
20VC: Twitch Founder & CEO Emmett Shear on When To Persist vs When To Give Up For Entrepreneurs, The Fundamental Tension When Scaling Orgs and How To Optimise Them & How The Role of CEO Fundamentally Changes with Scale
Feb 21, 2020 · 35:14
✨ Twitch CEO Emmett Shear on persistence and scaling.
35:14
20VC: Ashton Kutcher on Early Lessons From Investing in Airbnb and Spotify, Why VC Ownership Requirements Are Becoming More and More Egregious & What Being Good At Product Truly Means
Feb 17, 2020 · 38:18
✨ Ashton Kutcher shares early investing lessons from Airbnb, Spotify.
38:18
20VC: How Founders Should Think Through Distribution and Customer Acquisition Today, The Challenges of the Digital Advertising Duopoly Currently & How To Structure Company Post Mortems Effectively with Gabriel Weinberg, Founder & CEO @ DuckDuckGo
Feb 14, 2020 · 31:44
✨ DuckDuckGo focuses on user privacy and control online.
Gabriel Weinberg
31:44
20VC: Lessons from 150 Angel Investments into the likes of Carta, Gusto, Airtable and Superhuman, Creating Algorithms and Models For Investing At Seed & Why Younger Investors Have An Advantage When It Comes To Finding Deals Early with Jude Gomila, Angel I
Feb 11, 2020 · 49:53
✨ Jude Gomila shares lessons from 150 angel investments.
Jude Gomila
49:53
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

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