Is This the End of the Fab Four Era?

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I think pretty unambiguously at this point Both in my opinion and just looking at what's happened in the intervening Got it's been five years since then The answer to that like does this meaningfully negatively impact benchmark is No directly no. And probably hasn't but there's some question around is there some pajama pitch moment where they're not getting to see something because of this move It's probably not this move I don't think it's happened yet But you know startups take a long time to mature and we don't know what they didn't get to see and why and so who knows Yeah So directly the answer in my mind is clear cut no Indirectly yeah, I very

Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim: twice it has produced the highest returning fund of its cycle, each time with a 100% different GP lineup. If ever there were a playbook for successful generational transfer of a generational-defining venture firm, this is it. We spend 3.5+ hours digging into how the dotcom “eBay eBoys” transformed into the rockstar Fab Four of the Uber, Instagram and Snap mobile gold rush (spoiler: not by a straight line!), and what the future holds for Benchmark’s next GP generation. If you’re a student of the venture game from any angle — founder, GP, LP, etc — this is a story you need to tune in for!

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