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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

20VC: Ash Fontana on The 5 Core Characteristics That Make Data Valuable, What VCs Can Learn From Italian Craftsmen and Howard Marks & The Importance of Vertical Integration In Scaling Today

Nov 18, 2019 · 40:15

✨ Data value hinges on 5 core characteristics, according to Ash Fontana.

40:15

20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How To Hire Seasoned Tier 1 Talent To An Early Stage Startup & How To Start, Scale and Manage Remote Teams with Domm Holland, Founder & CEO @ Fast

Nov 15, 2019 · 37:42

✨ Speed is the most significant differentiator for founders.

Domm Holland

37:42

20VC: Firstmark's Rick Heitzmann on The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, His Biggest Learnings From The Pinterest Board, 2 Things VCs Can Do To Prepare Their Companies For The Downturn and Why Now Is A Good Time to Be Contrarian and Invest In Consumer

Nov 11, 2019 · 44:03

✨ Rick Heitzmann discusses the rise of pre-emptive funding rounds.

44:03

20VC: Why Pre-Product Market Fit Is About Systems Design Not Engineering, The Right Way For Leaders To Approach Wartime Leadership Today & A Guide To Recruitment Forward Planning with Ryan Denehy, Founder & CEO @ Electric

Nov 8, 2019 · 36:59

✨ Pre-product market fit requires systems design, not just engineering.

Ryan Denehy

36:59

20VC: Inside The Mind of A Leading LP: How LPs Evaluate New Fund Managers on Everything from First Meeting to Portfolio Construction To Fees and Carry with Lisa Edgar, Managing Director @ Top Tier Capital Partners

Nov 4, 2019 · 32:48

✨ Lisa Edgar explains how LPs evaluate new venture fund managers.

Lisa Edgar

32:48

20VC: Webflow's Vlad Magdalin on The Journey To Breakeven and Raising A Monster $72m Series A, The Single Most Important Question To Ask When Determining Which Investor To Select & The Challenges of Founders Angel Investing

Nov 1, 2019 · 40:38

✨ Vlad Magdalin discusses Webflow's journey to breakeven and Series A.

40:38

20VC: a16z's Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust with Founders, How and Why Creating Shocking Rules Is So Impactful To Culture & What The Samurai, Shaka Senghor and Toussaint Teach Us About Company Culture Building

Oct 28, 2019 · 32:38

✨ Ben Horowitz emphasizes creating trust between VCs and founders.

32:38

20VC: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on Scaling Teams; What Works and What Does Not, A CEO's Relationship with Stress and Managing It & How To Structure Internal Decision-Making Effectively

Oct 25, 2019 · 34:02

✨ Reddit CEO Steve Huffman shares scaling team strategies.

34:02

20VC: Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed on Why Market Risk Is The Most Dangerous Risk To Underwrite As A VC, How To Determine When to Stretch vs Not on Price Today & The $TRN of Market Cap Up For Grabs Today In Enterprise

Oct 21, 2019 · 32:18

✨ Arif Janmohamed highlights market risk as the most dangerous for VCs.

32:18

20VC Exclusive: Roy Bahat on Bloomberg Beta's New Fund, The Truth About Valuation That Very Few VCs Will Tell You & Why Founders of Venture Backed Startups Make The Best Angels

Oct 18, 2019 · 41:33

✨ Roy Bahat discusses Bloomberg Beta's new fund strategy.

41:33

20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class

Oct 14, 2019 · 42:20

✨ Brianne Kimmel discusses Work Life Ventures' focus on the future of work.

42:20

20VC: Guild Education's Rachel Carlson on The Benefits of Scaling Startups Outside of Silicon Valley, Why Mission and Margin Are So Tightly Integrated & Why Mums Are The Most Under-Utilised Asset In The Economy

Oct 11, 2019 · 34:22

✨ Rachel Carlson highlights benefits of scaling startups outside Silicon Valley.

34:22

20VC: The Ultimate Episode For Emerging Managers: How To Determine How Big A Fund To Raise, What Is The Right Closing Strategy With LPs & Why We Will Not See The Eradication of Pre-Seed with John Fein, Founder & Managing Partner @ Firebrand Ventures

Oct 7, 2019 · 39:25

✨ John Fein advises emerging managers on fund size and LP closing strategies.

John Fein

39:25

20VC: How To Drop The BS and Relationship Build With Investors, What Investors Can vs Cannot Help Your Company With & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt In Hiring

Oct 4, 2019 · 39:08

✨ Jason Boehmig shares strategies for building genuine investor relationships.

39:08

20VC: Brad Feld on Why Market Size At Early Stage Is Not Helpful, His Biggest Learnings From The Boom & Bust of The Dot Com and How The Best VCs Work For Their CEOs

Sep 30, 2019 · 50:56

✨ Brad Feld questions the utility of early-stage market size analysis.

50:56

20VC: Kapwing Founder Julia Enthoven on Why Marketing Innovation Is As Important As Product Innovation, Why Every Company Is Becoming A Media Company & The Benefits Of Not Raising Money Too Early

Sep 27, 2019 · 33:58

✨ Julia Enthoven emphasizes marketing innovation alongside product development.

33:58

20VC: Bain's Matt Harris on Why Valuation And Market Size Are Not The Most Important Thing At Series A, Why Backing Sociopaths Can Work & Late Cycle Momentum Investing & The Changes That Will Stay in Venture Forever

Sep 23, 2019 · 35:43

✨ Matt Harris argues valuation and market size aren't key at Series A.

35:43

20VC: Mercury Founder Immad Akhund on Why Angel Investing Makes Founders Better Operators, The Right Way For Founders To Discuss and Present Competition To Investors & How To Think About Your Initial Wedge Into The Market and How It Expands Over Time

Sep 20, 2019 · 34:22

✨ Immad Akhund suggests angel investing improves founder operational skills.

34:22

20VC: Haystack's Semil Shah on Whether Founders Are Bypassing Seed Funds in Favour Of Less Dilutive Multi-Stage Funds, How Fund Strategy Changes With Fund Scaling & Why The Hardest Challenge is Price Discipline

Sep 16, 2019 · 42:10

✨ Semil Shah discusses founders potentially bypassing seed funds for multi-stage.

Fund Scaling

42:10

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