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This Week in Startups
Empowering Underdog Founders and Leveraging Voice Data in Startups
This chapter explores the rising role of underdog founders—primarily immigrants, women, and people of color—in the startup space. It examines educational trends among CEOs, the funding challenges faced by diverse unicorns, and the significance of voice data in technology today.
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Todays show:
David Weisburd hosts Jamie Rhode, Matthew Mulvey, and Jason Calacanis to discuss DPI coming to Silicon Valley (2:11), demographic data on the backgrounds of Unicorn founders (26:55), and trends for limited partners (36:10), and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) David Weisburd intros Jamie Rhode, Matthew Mulvey, and Jason Calacanis
(2:11) DPI, Wiz acquisition, and economic impacts on distributions
(5:48) Consistent vintage exposure and proactive DPI management strategies
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(10:22) Sequoia's liquidity approach and LP needs in venture capital
(17:13) The role of emerging managers and secondary markets in VC
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(26:55) Unicorn founder demographics and underdog success
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(36:10) LP preferences, the challenges for emerging managers, and democratizing venture investments
(50:54) The decline of first-time funds, motivations for fund creation, and innovations in fundraising
(51:56) Venture portfolio management with AI and technology adoption parallels
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Mentioned on the show:
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/sequoia-capital-stripe
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/27/unicorn-founders
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