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20Sales: $0-$3.7BN: The Databricks CRO's Playbook to Build the Fastest GTM Engine in SaaS History | How Databricks Beat Snowflake | How To Build a Sales Org of 5,000 and Close $190M Deals with Ron Gabrisko

Aug 4, 2025 · 01:15:36

✨ Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko shares playbook for building a $3.7BN GTM engine.

Ron Gabrisko

01:15:36

20VC: Inside Carnegie Mellon's $4BN Endowment | Why 90% of LPs Shouldn't Invest in VC | The $140BN Problem with Multi-Stage Funds | The Hidden Math Behind DPI, TVPI, and Illiquidity with Miles Dieffenbach

Aug 4, 2025 · 01:27:17

✨ Carnegie Mellon's $4BN endowment investment strategy, focusing on VC and alternatives.

Miles Dieffenbach

01:27:17

20VC: Benchmark Loses Another Partner | Elad Gil Raises a Monster $1.5BN Solo GP Fund | Why Apple Need a Management Overhaul | Why Google is the Best Performing Hyperscaler | Will Cursor Hit $4BN ARR & Lovable $400M ARR by EOY 2026?

Jul 31, 2025 · 01:21:26

✨ Benchmark's partner departures and the rise of solo GP funds are examined.

01:21:26

20VC: a16z's Martin Casado on Anthropic vs OpenAI: Where Value Accrues | Cursor vs Replit vs Lovable: Who Wins and Who Loses | The One Sin in AI Investing | Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China

Jul 28, 2025 · 01:10:37

✨ Martin Casado on AI investment landscape, Anthropic vs. OpenAI value accrual.

01:10:37

20Product: Should We Kill the PM Role Entirely | How Does Product Design Change Most in a World of AI | How Do Monzo Build Product Today: What Works, What Does Not | Why Most Product Sucks and What Makes Truly Great Product

Jul 27, 2025 · 01:07:26

✨ Debate on whether the Product Manager role should be eliminated.

01:07:26

20VC: Lovable Raises at $2BN & Hits $100M ARR | Is Cursor Worth $28BN at $1BN in ARR | How Do All Providers Deal with Anthropic Dependency Risk | Are Seed Funds F******: Have Mega Funds Won | Figma IPO Breakdown: Where Does it Price?

Jul 24, 2025 · 01:21:38

✨ Lovable's $2BN valuation and $100M ARR; Cursor's $28BN valuation debated.

Anthropic Dependency Risk

01:21:38

20VC: Scaling to $1BN+ in Revenue with No Funding: Surge AI | The Most Insane Scaling Story in Tech |

Jul 21, 2025 · 01:06:20

✨ Surge AI's $1BN+ revenue achieved with no external funding is highlighted.

01:06:20

20VC: Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale | Did Google Overlook a Goldmine in the Core Asset and Did Founders Leave a Sinking Ship | How Cursor and Cognition Deal with Ever Increasing Reliance on Anthropic

Jul 18, 2025 · 48:08

✨ Cognition CEO Scott Wu discusses the acquisition of Windsurf.

48:08

20VC: Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not | Lovable vs Replit: Will These Be $100BN Businesses | Why Elon Could Beat Sam Altman with the New Grok | Why Every S&P 500 Company Will Buy Bitcoin?

Jul 17, 2025 · 01:21:58

✨ Breakdown of the Windsurf x Google x Cognition deal and investor returns.

01:21:58

20VC: Vlad Tenev on Robinhood's $85BN Resurgence | Tokenizing SpaceX & OpenAI | Building Nine Revenue Lines Over $100M | Why Crypto Will Be Robinhood's Biggest Revenue Line | Why Stablecoins Will Replace Banking Rails

Jul 14, 2025 · 57:52

✨ Robinhood's resurgence: 58% revenue growth, $1.1B profit, stock up 4x.

Tokenizing SpaceX

57:52

20Growth: The Death of Growth Teams? | How Hubspot Use AI to Triple Email Conversion | The Future of AI SEO | Why Prompt Engineering is the New Coding | What Every CMO Needs to Know About AI in 2025

Jul 11, 2025 · 01:15:51

✨ HubSpot CMO Kieran Flanagan predicts the death of growth teams.

01:15:51

20VC: Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | OpenAI's SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue | Privat Equity is Back: Olo Bought for $2BN | Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 People: Is This Just the Start | Will Sequoia Part with Shaun Maguire

Jul 10, 2025 · 01:07:29

✨ Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman leave VCs to join Meta's AI efforts.

01:07:29

20VC: Scott Galloway on Are Billionaires Happy & The Impact of Money on Psychology and Self-Worth | Becoming a Better Father & Husband | Why We Should Drink More and Not Work From Home | The Tinder Effect & How it Makes Young Men Radical

Jul 7, 2025 · 01:10:50

✨ Scott Galloway discusses billionaire happiness and money's psychological impact.

01:10:50

20VC: Figma's IPO: The Full Breakdown | Index Returns $3.5BN on Two Deals | Why Melio's $2.5BN Acquisition is "Discouraging" | Asana's New CEO and the Great Founder Exodus | Oracle's $30BN AI Deal and What it Means for Incumbents

Jul 3, 2025 · 01:11:17

✨ Figma's IPO details: Rule of 80, $1.5B cash, 40% margins.

01:11:17

20VC: Inside KKR's Monster $8BN European Fund | The $500M Turkey Gamble That Went Wrong | Do Andreessen & General Catalyst Scare KKR? | Will AI Kill the PE Model? | Can The PE Model Survive without IPOs and Where is the Liquidity with Philip Freise

Jun 30, 2025 · 01:01:32

✨ KKR's $8BN European fund and a $500M failed investment.

Philip Freise

01:01:32

20Sales: How to Layer Enterprise Sales on PLG | How to Sell AI Tools To Enterprises That Are Scared | Should Reps Own Their Own Pipeline | Mistakes All Founders Make When Moving From Founder-Led to Rep-Led Sales with Kim Graves

Jun 27, 2025 · 01:17:24

✨ Notion's Kim Graves on layering enterprise sales onto PLG.

Kim Graves

01:17:24

20VC: Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross Bought with Zuck's $100BN AI Budget | Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens | Why Larry Ellison is the Smartest Man in Tech | Substance or Sizzle: What is Real and What is BS in AI

Jun 26, 2025 · 01:13:57

✨ Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross join Meta, leveraging Zuck's AI budget.

01:13:57

20VC: The Wild Story Raising $450M From Masa and Softbank | Why My Biggest Mistakes Came From Listening to VCs | Why 100 VCs Turned Us Down | Why European Founders Are Tougher Than US Founders with Johannes Reck, GetYourGuide

Jun 23, 2025 · 01:16:45

✨ GetYourGuide raised $450M from Softbank; regrets early VC advice.

Johannes Reck

01:16:45

20Product: How Duolingo Build Product 10x Faster with AI | Duolingo's Biggest Lessons on Paywalls, Push Notifications and In-App Purchases | Why Small Teams are the Future of Product | Why PMs Will Become Extinct with Cem Kansu, CPO @ Duolingo

Jun 20, 2025 · 01:19:24

✨ Duolingo uses AI to build product 10x faster.

Cem Kansu

01:19:24

20VC: Scale's $14.8BN Acquisition: Is Scale a Dead Man Walking / What Did Meta Buy | Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever | Ramp Hits $16BN Diluting Only 1% | Salesforce, Slack and Dropbox Falling Behind: Are Incumbents Losing Ground

Jun 19, 2025 · 01:06:44

✨ Meta's $14.8B acquisition of Scale AI analyzed; potential customer exodus discussed.

01:06:44

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