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20VC: Why Founders Must Use VCs as a Barometer, How to Make Distributed Teams Work Successfully & The Biggest Mistake People Make Early In Their Career with Dylan Serota, Founder @ Terminal

Aug 17, 2018 · 30:27

✨ Founders should use VC interest as a barometer for their company.

Dylan Serota

30:27

20VC: Why Partners Are There To Save Each Other From Themselves, Why Effective Reserve Allocation Is The Hardest Question In Venture & What Makes The Truly Special Board Members with Jeff Fagnan, Founding Partner @ Accomplice

Aug 13, 2018 · 38:00

✨ VC partners should help each other avoid poor decisions.

Jeff Fagnan

38:00

20VC: Why Founding Your First Company Is Like Learning Through A Thousand Paper Cuts, The 3 Core Phases to Product Adoption and Why Valuation Obsession Must Change In The Valley with Armon Dadgar, Founder & CTO @ Hashicorp

Aug 10, 2018 · 29:51

✨ Founding a company involves a steep, challenging learning curve.

Armon Dadgar

29:51

20VC: 3 Core Considerations When Investing In Physical Product Co's, Are We In A Direct-To-Consumer Bubble & Why Many Sub $100m Funds Are Moving Earlier and Earlier with Nick Brown, Managing Partner @ Imaginary

Aug 6, 2018 · 33:13

✨ Physical product companies require focus on supply chain and unit economics.

Nick Brown

33:13

20VC: Lightspeed Partner Adam Goldberg on Why There Remains No Mass Market Crypto Consumer Product, The Future For The Token Economy, The Good and Bad of Telegram's ICO and Why The Rate of Founder Learning is The Most Important Element A VC Can Assess

Jul 30, 2018 · 28:37

✨ A mass-market crypto consumer product has yet to emerge.

28:37

20VC: GOAT's Eddy Lu on Pivoting From Failing Social Dining App To The World's Largest Sneaker Marketplace, How The Best Founders Pick Their Investors & Why It Is Better To Be Hated than Unknown

Jul 27, 2018 · 29:29

✨ GOAT pivoted from a social app to a successful sneaker marketplace.

29:29

20VC: The Metrics That Matter In Early-Stage Consumer, Why Moats Matter More Than Brand Today and How VCs Deal with S*** Hit The Fan Moments with Jason Stoffer, Managing Partner @ Maveron

Jul 23, 2018 · 30:57

✨ Early-stage consumer metrics focus on engagement and retention.

Jason Stoffer

30:57

20VC: ClassPass CEO Fritz Lanman on Betting His Career Facebook Would Be A $10Bn Company, Lessons From Travis and Uber on Scaling A Global Marketplace & Whether Growth and Capital Efficiency Are Mutually Exclusive

Jul 20, 2018 · 35:43

✨ Fritz Lanman bet on Facebook's massive growth potential.

35:43

20VC: Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook on The Commonalities of The Truly Great CEOs, How To Hire The Very Best Execs, Why Cash is A Defensible Moat Today & The Pros and Cons of M&A and IPOs

Jul 17, 2018 · 47:53

✨ Great CEOs share common traits like vision and execution.

47:53

20VC: Why Fundraising Is Like Dating and How to Play The Game Successfully & How To Increase The Flexibility of Your Burn When Growth is Ambiguous with Rachel Blumenthal, Founder & CEO @ Rockets of Awesome

Jul 13, 2018 · 35:36

✨ Fundraising is compared to dating, emphasizing strategy and understanding the game.

Rachel Blumenthal

35:36

20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX

Jul 9, 2018 · 36:03

✨ Pete Flint discusses lessons from two billion-dollar exits: Trulia and lastminute.com.

Pete Flint

36:03

20VC: Why Serial Entrepreneurship is Overrated, Why You Will Get Fired If You Listen To Your Board & How To Construct Investor Update Emails The Right Way with Joe Fernandez, Founder & CEO @ Joymode

Jul 6, 2018 · 31:00

✨ Joe Fernandez argues serial entrepreneurship is overrated and boards can be detrimental.

Joe Fernandez

31:00

20VC: Why Most The Value In Crypto Will Accrue in Governance, When Institutional Capital Will Enter The Space and How To Think About Liquidity In Crypto with Joel Monegro, Founding Partner @ Placeholder.VC

Jul 2, 2018 · 28:09

✨ Joel Monegro believes most crypto value will accrue in governance.

Joel Monegro

28:09

20VC: The 4 Key Skills All VCs Need To Be Successful, How To Build, Maintain and Scale Your Network in VC and What is The Process Through Which VCs Build Conviction in Opportunities with Max Motschwiller, General Partner @ Meritech Capital

Jun 25, 2018 · 35:31

✨ Max Motschwiller outlines four essential skills for successful VCs.

Max Motschwiller

35:31

20VC: General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja on Why We Are In A Golden Age For VC, Why Pro-Rata Is A Lazy Posture and Why He Does Not Focus On Price

Jun 18, 2018 · 25:50

✨ Hemant Taneja believes we are in a golden age for venture capital.

25:50

20VC: Why VCs Are Wrong About Single Founders, The Benefits of Party Rounds At Seed and How To Pre-Game Your Launch To Have Customers From Day 1 with Amanda Bradford, Founder & CEO @ The League

Jun 15, 2018 · 28:40

✨ Amanda Bradford challenges the notion that VCs are wrong about single founders.

Amanda Bradford

28:40

20VC: Why Process is Everything In Good Venture Firms, Why GPs Should Have More Empathy For LPs and Lessons from 32 Years In VC, Chairing Over 25 Boards with Peter Parker, Managing Partner @ Bioinnovation Capital

Jun 11, 2018 · 34:02

✨ Peter Parker emphasizes process as crucial for effective venture firms.

Peter Parker

34:02

20VC: From Sequoia To Accel To General Catalyst: What Makes The Best Board Member & The Hiring Methodology To Attract World Class Talent with KAYAK & Lola Founder, Paul English

Jun 8, 2018 · 37:20

✨ Paul English shares insights on being an effective board member.

37:20

20VC: What John Doerr Taught Me About Great Investing, Why Not All A Rounds Are Post-Traction and Why Despite Overfunding, There Is Still Gaps In Venture Financing with Trae Vassallo, Founding Partner @ Defy.vc

Jun 4, 2018 · 31:49

✨ Trae Vassallo shares investing lessons learned from John Doerr.

Trae Vassallo

31:49

20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek

Jun 1, 2018 · 29:07

✨ SeatGeek's journey from idea to large ticket marketplace.

Jack Groetzinger

29:07

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