Episodes

March 15, 2023

20Growth: The Inside Story to Uber's Hypergrowth Scaling; What Worked…

Adam Grenier is an OG of the growth world. His first role in growth, was none other than where he was Head of Growth Marketing and Innovation building the global marketing growth infrastructure and team from the ground up. He then enjoyed successful...

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March 12, 2023

20VC: SVB: What Happened? What Happens Now? Will Depositors Have Depo…

is the CEO of Lead Bank and previous Exec Chair of Square Financial Services and Head of Lending and Banking. One of only people to have started a bank as a de no; Only tech company to get approved for a de novo. Chair Economic Advisory Council of SF...

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March 10, 2023

20VC: Why AI Will Lead to Thousands of Billionaires and Elon Musk's, …

Amjad Masad is the Founder and CEO @ Replit, whose mission is to bring the next billion software creators online. With Replit, Amjad has raised over $100M from the likes of Peter Thiel, , Coatue and Addition, to name a few. Before founding Replit,...

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March 8, 2023

20Product: Shopify's VP Product on Why the Founder is Always the Head…

Glen Coates is the VP of Product @ , leading the development of Shopify’s core commerce platform. He also oversees the core developer platform and Shopify’s partner ecosystem, which includes over 10,000 publicly available apps in the Shopify App...

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March 6, 2023

20VC: Meta CMO Alex Schultz on The Crucible Moments Scaling Facebook …

Alex Schultz is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics for (formerly Facebook), leading Marketing, Analytics, and Internationalization. Previously, Mark Zuckerberg stood up and said, "Facebook would not be a BN user company without Alex". At...

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March 3, 2023

20VC: Will LPs Pull Out of Existing Managers, How Will Fund Sizes Cha…

Hunter Somerville is a Partner @ , one of the largest secondary buyers, fund investors and players in our ecosystem with over $600BN in capital responsibility and over $100BN AUM. Additionally, Hunter serves on the LP Advisory Boards for Felix...

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March 1, 2023

20VC: The Story of Ring: Scaling from an Idea in a Garage to Richard …

Jamie Siminoff is the Founder and Chief Inventor @ , with Ring Jamie, created the world’s first Wi-Fi video doorbell while working in his garage in 2011. Since Ring’s launch in 2013, Ring has helped make thousands of neighborhoods safer all around...

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Feb. 27, 2023

20VC: How Multi-Stage Funds Changed The Game For Seed Rounds, Why Sig…

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of , one of the leading seed-stage investment firms of the last decade having invested in over 500 seed-stage startups, including , Ro, Ramp, PillPack, Amplitude, Flatiron Health, Stripe, Warby Parker,...

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Feb. 24, 2023

20VC: Why Value Investing is BS, The Most Insane Elements of SPACs, W…

Joey Levin is the CEO of where he has overseen the constant evolution of the company, including the initial IPO and subsequent spin-off of Match Group, the spin-off of Vimeo, and the acquisitions of Angie’s List and . If that was not enough, in...

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Feb. 22, 2023

20VC: Instagram Founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger on Why Social…

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are the co-founders of Instagram. Since its release in 2010, Instagram has become of the most significant products in modern society shaping the way millions of people engage with the world around them. In January this...

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Feb. 20, 2023

20Sales: What is Sales Engineering? When and How to Hire Them? How Th…

Zach Lawryk is Head of Solutions Consulting @ , what is solutions consulting? They are the product expert in the solution that ties a business value to help support the sales rep in the execution of their quota. And there is no one better than Zach,...

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Feb. 17, 2023

20VC: Grammy Nominee Aloe Blacc on Working with Avicii on "Wake Me Up…

is a GRAMMY nominee and the voice behind such hits as Wake Me Up, The Man, SOS, I Need A Dollar, and many more. Aloe has toured the world, won countless awards but his latest album, All Love Everything, is the singer-songwriter’s first collection of...

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Feb. 15, 2023

20Growth: Top Five Growth Lessons Scaling Stitchfix to IPO, How to Ma…

Mike Duboe is a Partner @ where he sits on the board of Builder, Inventa, Novi, Pepper, Postscript. Prior to entering the world of venture, Mike was the first in-house growth hire at Stitch Fix, where he built and led the Growth organization helping...

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Feb. 13, 2023

20VC: Why This Time Will Be Worse Than The Great Financial Crisis, W…

Tom Loverro is a Partner @ where he has led or was actively involved in investments in Amplitude, , Hashicorp and Datadog to name a few. As a result of his investing success, Tom was named to Forbes Midas List in 2021. Prior to joining IVP, Tom was a...

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Feb. 10, 2023

20VC: Boston Celtics' Steve Pagliuca on The Future of Sports Team Own…

Steve Pagliuca is a Senior Advisor at , the firm he joined in 1982 and as a Managing Director of Bain Capital, he has helped build the firm into one of the world’s leading investment companies with over $160 billion in assets under management. Steve...

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Feb. 8, 2023

20VC: Why Salesforce, SAP and Concur Will Die | Scaling 3x and Raisin…

Ariel Cohen is the Co-Founder and CEO @ (formerly TripActions), the #1 travel management super-app used by over 8,000 companies. Ariel has raised over $2BN for Navan from some of the best including a16z, , Lightspeed, Greenoaks, and Elad Gil. Prior...

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Feb. 6, 2023

20VC: Thoma Bravo's Orlando Bravo on Why Now is The New Normal, Why E…

Orlando Bravo is a Founder and Managing Partner of . He led Thoma Bravo’s early entry into software buyouts and built the firm into one of the top private equity firms in the world. Today, Orlando directs the firm’s strategy and investment...

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Feb. 3, 2023

20Product: When to Hire a CPO, The Three Different Types of CPO, How …

is the CPO @ , the company that makes scheduling meetings simple and painless. Before Calendly, Annie led Glassdoor’s product vision and user experience, managing a 70-person product and design org.   is an investor, advisor,...

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Feb. 1, 2023

20VC: From $57M in ARR to $297M in Just 12 Months; Why Speed of Execu…

Alex Bouaziz is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , the all-in-one platform made to simplify all things HR, built for global teams near and far. In the last year alone, Alex has scaled Deel from $57M in ARR to $295M, EBITDA positive since Sept 2022, 85%+ gross...

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Jan. 30, 2023

20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk and Satya Patel on Why $100M is Not Enou…

and are Co-Founders and Partners @ Homebrew, one of the leading seed funds of the last decade. Following 10 years of stellar returns with investments in the likes of Chime, Plaid, Gusto and many others, they decided to not accept any further LP...

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Jan. 27, 2023

20VC: Canva Co-Founder, Cliff Obrecht on The Journey From 100 VC Reje…

Cliff Obrecht is the Co-Founder & COO @ , the free-to-use online graphic design tool that makes it easy for anyone to design anything from presentations to videos and social media. Cliff and Mel have scaled Canva to over 60 million monthly users,...

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Jan. 25, 2023

20Sales: Why You Should Not Do PLG and Enterprise Sales at the Same T…

Stevie Case is the CRO @ where she oversees Vanta’s go-to-market team to support the company’s rapid growth. Prior to joining Vanta, Stevie was Vice President of Mid-Market Sales at , joining as one of their first account executives, Stevie...

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Jan. 23, 2023

20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on What Elon Musk Should Do with Twitter | …

Albert Wenger is a managing partner at , one of the most successful venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including , Twitter, Twilio, Etsy, and many more. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s...

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Jan. 20, 2023

20VC: Turning Canned Water into a $700M Media and Health Company, Wha…

Mike Cessario is the Founder and CEO @ , the man hacking the healthy beverage market with the first hilarious water brand. It is working, Liquid Death's latest valuation was over a staggering $700M and Mike has raised over $200M since founding the...

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