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45 snips
May 15, 2024 • 1h 16min

20VC: Fundraising Wisdom that is Total BS; Dilution, Meeting Associates, Taking the Highest Price, Always Be Raising | Why Second Time Founders Are More Investable & Why Not To Hire People Out of College with Dan Siroker, CEO @ Limitless

Dan Siroker, CEO of Limitless, shares insights on investing in serial entrepreneurs, fundraising strategies, and creating urgency in funding rounds. The podcast also explores the benefits of liquidity opportunities for employees, navigating investor meetings, and prioritizing founder-market fit over technology enamorment.
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87 snips
May 13, 2024 • 1h 5min

20VC: Behind the Scenes at Y Combinator: The Interview Process | What the Best & Worst Do in the Program | Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | Why the Value is in Application Layer AI with Tom Blomfield

Tom Blomfield, YC Group Partner, shares insights on YC application process, qualities of great founders, and advice for fundraising. Discusses transition from founder to investor, challenges in startup journey, and importance of AI in consumer companies.
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35 snips
May 10, 2024 • 56min

20Sales: How to Build Vertical Sales Teams, Why No Customer Success is BS and Everyone Needs it, How to Hire, Train and Retain the First Reps and Lessons Scaling to $2.1BN Revenue and 1,300 People with Larry Schurtz, CRO @ Genesys

Larry Shurtz, CRO at Genesys, shares insights on scaling sales teams, prioritization, hiring, and blending art and science in sales. Topics include vertical sales playbooks, common mistakes in sales leadership, and strategies for building successful sales teams.
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30 snips
May 8, 2024 • 1h 17min

20VC: GV's Tom Hulme on Why Investing in Foundation Models is like Investing in "Power Stations", The Conventional Wisdom in VC that is BS & Lessons from a 24x Angel Track Record, 255x on Robinhood and Making Billions on Uber

Tom Hulme, Managing Partner of GV, shares insights on angel investing, VC wisdom, and successful strategies. Discusses 4 pillars of VC success, challenges conventional wisdom, and lessons from a 24x Angel Track Record. Emphasizes the importance of speed in startups, navigating remote work, and investing in foundation models like generative AI companies.
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145 snips
May 6, 2024 • 1h 1min

20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Are Foundation Models Commoditising | Why Frontier Models Will Be Closed Source | Why the Value is in the Application Layer | The Future of AI is "Selling the Work" Not the Tools

Sarah Tavel from Benchmark discusses the future of foundation models, application layers, and AI. She talks about the shift towards selling work outcomes facilitated by AI, challenges in AI training costs, and the importance of strong partnerships in venture capital investments.
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76 snips
May 3, 2024 • 43min

20VC: The Memo: Keith Rabois and Ramp's Eric Glyman on Behind The Scenes at The Best Run Private Company on the Planet; The Tools, Tips, Secrets and Process That Drive Efficiency

Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp, and Keith Rabois discuss Ramp's efficiency secrets, speed of execution, strategic partnerships with Founders Fund & Khosla Ventures, challenges for the next 12 months, and the transition to a platform model. They explore strategic thinking, operational effectiveness, and the value of time management in business growth.
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75 snips
May 1, 2024 • 59min

20VC: Mark Suster on The Biggest Fundraising Lessons for VCs, Why the Correction in Venture is Still to Come, Why Private Equity Will Replace IPOs and M&A as the Exit Path & The Woke Left and a Trump Administration; What Happens?

Mark Suster, General Partner @ Upfront Ventures, talks about fundraising lessons for VCs, the future of IPOs vs private equity exits, and the impact of extreme political ideologies in society. He shares insights on transitioning from entrepreneur to VC, challenges in market volatility, and the rise of hard tech founders in the industry.
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41 snips
Apr 29, 2024 • 50min

20VC: Mistral's Arthur Mensch: Are Foundation Models Commoditising | How Do We Solve the Problem of Compute | Is There Value in the Application Layer | Open vs Closed: Who Wins and Mistral's Position

Former DeepMind research scientist turned Mistral AI Co-Founder Arthur Mensch shares lessons learned from DeepMind, scaling Mistral to $2 billion, open-sourcing models, cost of compute in AI, and the strategic shift to a mix of open and closed models in business.
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50 snips
Apr 26, 2024 • 42min

20Growth: Inside Dropbox, Salesforce & Heroku's Product-Led Growth Engine; What Works & What Doesn't | Why Startups Doing Paid Under $100M ARR are not PLG | Why PLG is a Business Model, Not a Go-To-Market Motion with Adam Gross, Former CEO @ Vimeo

Adam Gross, master of product-led growth, shares insights from his time at Salesforce, Dropbox, and Heroku. Discusses PLG fundamentals, common mistakes in growth channels, and the challenges of scaling into enterprise. Emphasizes the importance of personalized customer acquisition and the significance of organizational alignment for focused execution.
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40 snips
Apr 24, 2024 • 56min

20VC: Is Speed the Most Important Thing from 0-1 | Why Hiring Inexperienced People is Better | The Biggest Lessons Scaling Zip to $1.5BN Valuation with Rujul Zaparde, Co-Founder and CEO @ Zip

Rujul Zaparde, Co-Founder and CEO of Zip, shares insights on standing out in a competitive market, the importance of speed in startups, and lessons learned scaling Zip to $1.5BN valuation. Discusses hiring inexperienced people, accelerating growth, and the impact of AI on outbound sales.

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