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20VC: Finding VC Partners That Look Beyond The Numbers, The Black Box of VC Secrets That Needs To Be Shared & The 1,000 Reasons A VC Won't Invest In You When It Has Nothing To Do With You with Leah Busque, General Partner @ Fuel Capital

Mar 19, 2018 · 35:43

✨ Seek VC partners who value vision and potential beyond just current metrics.

Leah Busque

35:43

20VC: Why Virtually All Companies Hire The Wrong Way, Why EdTech Is The Most Brutal Market & How To Scale Your Sales Team for Engineering Founders with Mike Sliagadze, Founder & CEO @ Top Hat

Mar 16, 2018 · 26:38

✨ Most companies hire incorrectly, leading to inefficiencies and poor scaling.

Mike Sliagadze

26:38

20VC: Lightspeed's Alex Taussig on VC Risk Mentality, The Current State of Retail & The Mechanics of Cash Flow

Mar 12, 2018 · 34:47

✨ Alex Taussig discusses Lightspeed's risk-taking approach in venture capital.

34:47

20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

Mar 9, 2018 · 29:41

✨ Leverage FOMO and leverage effectively during fundraising to gain an advantage.

29:41

20VC: Why, How and When To Think About Growth Teams, The Right Way To Think About Network Effects & Scaling from Phase 1 To Phase 2 of Startup Life with Anu Hariharan, Partner @ YC Continuity Fund

Mar 5, 2018 · 33:09

✨ Anu Hariharan explains the strategic importance and structure of growth teams.

Anu Hariharan

33:09

20VC: The Right Way For Founders To Think About Capital Efficiency, How To Create A Culture of Continuous Learning & The Secret To Talent Assessment and Optimisation with Mariam Naficy, Founder & CEO @ Minted

Mar 2, 2018 · 26:48

✨ Prioritize capital efficiency to maximize runway and investor returns.

Mariam Naficy

26:48

20VC: Why The Current Crop Of VC Does Not Understand Design, Why Product Market Fit Is A Liquid Not A Solid & How Graduates Can Optimise Their Career for Personal Development with Steve Vassallo, General Partner @ Foundation Capital

Feb 26, 2018 · 29:42

✨ Many VCs lack a deep understanding of design principles and aesthetics.

Steve Vassallo

29:42

20VC: The Fundamentals Of Optimising The Fundraising Process, SAFE's vs Priced Equity Rounds & Why Hiring Is Really A Big Data Problem with Chris Hutchins, Founder @ Grove & Former Partner @ Google Ventures

Feb 23, 2018 · 26:02

✨ Optimize the fundraising process by understanding key stages and requirements.

Chris Hutchins

26:02

20VC: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on Being The First Investor in Snapchat, Why The Pessimism Around Consumer Is Wrong & Why Silicon Valley Is An Isolated Bubble and What Can Be Done To Change This

Feb 19, 2018 · 22:25

✨ Jeremy Liew, early Snapchat investor, shares insights on consumer tech.

22:25

20VC: How To Think About Founder-Category Fit, Why The Biggest Opportunities Are In Category Re-Architecture & What Can Be Done To Increase The Amount of Women In VC with Nadia Boujarwah, Founder & CEO @ Dia & Co

Feb 16, 2018 · 25:12

✨ Nadia Boujarwah discusses founder-category fit and opportunities in category re-architecture.

Nadia Boujarwah

25:12

20VC: Dick Costolo on The Balance of Vision and Realism in Startups, The Biggest Challenge in Scaling Twitter & How To Optimise Decision Making Internally

Feb 12, 2018 · 23:37

✨ Dick Costolo shares insights on balancing vision and realism in startups.

23:37

20VC: Why Vulnerability Is A Strength In VC, 3 Core Components That Make The Most Successful VCs & How VCs and Entrepreneurs Can Build Meaningful Relationships Pre-Investment with Brian Garrett, Founding Partner @ Crosscut Ventures

Feb 5, 2018 · 25:40

✨ Brian Garrett emphasizes vulnerability as a strength in venture capital.

Brian Garrett

25:40

20VC: The Biggest Growth Opportunities for Young People in Tech Today, Why Distributed Workforces Are The Secret To Beating Incumbents & Why It Has Never Been Easier To Operate A Company Than Today with Andy Pflaum, Founder & CEO @ Astro

Feb 2, 2018 · 28:37

✨ Andy Pflaum identifies growth opportunities for young people in tech.

Andy Pflaum

28:37

20VC: Investing Lessons From Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham @ USV, How CEO's Can Operationally Utilise Their Board & The Single Most Important Quality of A CEO with Andrew Parker, General Partner @ Spark Capital

Jan 29, 2018 · 24:06

✨ Andrew Parker shares investing lessons from Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham.

Andrew Parker

24:06

20VC: How To Analyse Platform Shifts Effectively, The Effects Of Not Having Free and Open Distribution & The Right Way To Think About Board Composition with Neil Young, Founder & CEO @ N3twork

Jan 26, 2018 · 31:01

✨ Neil Young analyzes platform shifts and the impact of distribution.

Neil Young

31:01

20VC: Why Brands Can Have The Same Revenue Multiples As Enterprise Companies & The Right Way To Think About Amazon In Today's World of Commerce with Eurie Kim, General Partner @ Forerunner Ventures

Jan 22, 2018 · 30:05

✨ Eurie Kim explores why brands can achieve enterprise revenue multiples.

Eurie Kim

30:05

20VC: Why You Should Not Always Listen To Your Investors, The Pros and Cons of Strategic Investors & How To Approach Operational Efficiency with Scaling with Florian Leibert, Founder & CEO @ Mesosphere

Jan 19, 2018 · 22:52

✨ Florian Leibert advises against always listening to investors.

Florian Leibert

22:52

20VC: Sam Altman, Y Combinator President on What Makes Truly Great Leaders, Why We Will See A Compression of Seed Funding & The Future Scaling of YC

Jan 17, 2018 · 25:30

✨ Sam Altman discusses qualities of truly great leaders.

25:30

20VC: LinkedIn's Head of Corp Dev on Why and When Startups Should Start Relationship Building With Corp Dev, What The Structure of M&A Traditionally Looks Like & How To Mitigate The Biggest Risk of M&A, Integration Risk

Jan 15, 2018 · 30:37

✨ Emilie Choi explains when startups should engage with corporate development.

Corp Dev

30:37

20VC: Why Risk Is Misunderstood In Entrepreneurship, Why Acquisitions Are Cheap For Incumbents Today & 3 Strategies To Improve Diversity In Your Team with Henry Davis, President & COO @ Glossier

Jan 12, 2018 · 35:58

✨ Henry Davis discusses risk misunderstanding in entrepreneurship.

Henry Davis

35:58

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