Episodes

Nov. 9, 2022

20 Product: Hugo Barra on Lessons Building Hardware Products at Andro…

is the OG of consumer hardware of the last decade. In Hugo's current position, he is the CEO @ , building tools that empower people to understand their health and make informed, timely decisions. Before Detect, Hugo spent an incredible 4 years as VP...

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Nov. 7, 2022

20VC: Coinbase's Brian Armstrong on Real vs Fake Emergencies, Coinbas…

is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , the easiest place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Over the last 10 years, Brian has led Coinbase to today, a public company with over 3,500 employees and revenues of over $7.5BN in 2021. Brian also raised venture funding...

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Nov. 4, 2022

20VC: Michael Mauboussin on Good vs Bad Investment Decision-Making Pr…

is Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global. Previously, he was Director of Research at BlueMountain Capital, Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse, and Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management. He is also...

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Nov. 2, 2022

20VC: The GoPuff Memo: Why 10-15 Minute Delivery is an Unsustainable …

is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , one of the market leaders delivering daily essentials in minutes. GoPuff’s latest funding round priced the company at a reported $8.9Bn in March 2021 and to date, Rafael has raised over $2.4Bn for the company from the...

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Oct. 31, 2022

20VC: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on The Price Mismatch Between P…

is a Partner @ , one of the best-performing funds of the last two decades. Among their portfolio, they have the likes of Airbnb, Facebook, Stripe, Anduril, and many more generational-defining companies. As for Brian, he has led investments in the...

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Oct. 28, 2022

20VC: Chris Sacca, Chamath Palihapitiya, Gary Vee, Brad Gerstner and …

is the Founder and Chairman @ , one of the  with a portfolio including Uber, Stripe, Twitter, Instagram, Twilio, Docker and many more. From interviewing some of the world's richest married couples, how did gaining wealth change...

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Oct. 26, 2022

20Growth: Biggest Growth Lessons from Reddit and Zynga on Scaling to …

is VP of Consumer Product @ where he has been for close to 5 years. Prior to his leading consumer product, Vaibhav spent 3 years as Head of Growth at Reddit. Before Reddit, Vaibhav spent an incredible 8 years at Zynga across different roles including...

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Oct. 24, 2022

20VC: Uber's Journey to Becoming the Most Valuable Private Tech Compa…

is the Former Chief Business Officer at and is commonly referred to as Travis Kalanick's right-hand man. At Uber, Emil was instrumental in raising nearly $15BN from some of the largest investors in the world, making Uber the most valuable private...

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Oct. 21, 2022

20VC: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Year…

is a General Partner @ and one of my favorite writers on the venture space with his blog, . Before joining Contrary, Kyle worked in the ranks of some of the biggest and best names in venture, starting with a spell at TCV before moving to Coatue and...

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Oct. 19, 2022

20 Sales: How To Structure The Interview Process for All Sales Reps, …

is Vice President of Enterprise Sales at , the leading platform for modern data movement. She has helped scale Fivetran's enterprise business from its infancy to a team of nearly 100, while more than tripling enterprise revenues. Previously, Lauren...

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Oct. 17, 2022

20VC: Dropbox's Drew Houston on Leadership; Hiring, Firing, Breakpoin…

is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , for over 700 million users and +600,000 teams, Dropbox is the choice for storing and sharing their most important files. Prior to their IPO in 2018, Drew raised funding from some of the best including , Index, Greylock,...

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Oct. 14, 2022

20VC: Why The CEO Should Make As Few Decisions As Possible, The Trade…

is the Founder and CEO @ , a data transformation tool that enables data analysts and engineers to transform, test and document data in the cloud data warehouse. To date, Tristan has raised over $400M from the likes of Sequoia, Altimeter, Coatue,...

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Oct. 12, 2022

20 Product: Spotify's Gustav Söderström on Why Product is 100% Scienc…

is Spotify’s Chief Research & Development Officer. He has the CPO & CTO responsibility, overseeing the product, design, data, and engineering teams at Spotify and is responsible for Spotify’s product strategy. Gustav is also an...

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Oct. 10, 2022

20VC: Altimeter's Brad Gerstner on Why Supercycles and the Powerlaw i…

is the Founder and CEO of , a life-cycle technology investment firm that manages public and private portfolios. Brad has personally participated in more than 100 IPOs as a sponsor, anchor, and investor. Brad’s notable deals include Snowflake, Mongo,...

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Oct. 7, 2022

20VC: Kevin Weil on The Biggest Lessons from Leading Product at Insta…

is President of Product and Business @ and Operator in Residence @ . In the past, Kevin has been Head of Product at Twitter, Instagram, and Novi (the digital currency effort within Facebook). During his seven years at Twitter, he helped the company...

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Oct. 5, 2022

20VC: The Rippling Memo: Bedrock's Geoff Lewis on The Conviction Buil…

is a Founder and Managing Partner of , one of the breakout and new venture firms of the last decade, famously in search of narrative violations. He serves or has served on the Board of Directors for companies including Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), Nubank...

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Oct. 3, 2022

20VC: Rippling's Parker Conrad on The Four Main Benefits From Buildin…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that lets you easily manage your employees’ payroll, benefits, expenses, devices, apps & more—in one place. To date, Parker has raised over $697M for Rippling from some of the best including Sequoia, Founders...

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Sept. 30, 2022

20VC: Lessons from Alfred Lin and Ron Conway | Why the World Does Not…

is the Founder and CEO @ , the first regulated exchange where you can trade directly on the outcome of events. Tarek has raised funding from some of the best including Alfred Lin @ Sequoia, Ali Partovi @ Neo, Ron Conway, Charles Schwab and Henry...

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Sept. 27, 2022

20Growth: Hubspot CMO Kipp Bodnar on Why the Best Marketers Think Lik…

is the Chief Marketing Officer of , where he sets HubSpot’s global inbound marketing strategy. Prior to his role as CMO, Kipp served as VP of Marketing at HubSpot, overseeing all demand generation activity worldwide and building out the EMEA and...

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Sept. 25, 2022

20VC: Clubhouse Founder Paul Davison on What Went Right and What Went…

is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , the startup that believes people are at the centre of every moment, providing a platform to talk with friends and meet new friends. To date, Paul has raised over $310M with Clubhouse from a16z, DST, Elad Gil, Naval...

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Sept. 23, 2022

20VC: Why Greed is the #1 Enemy of Venture Returns, Why Not Enough VC…

is the Founder and Managing Partner @ , one of the leading early-stage funds in Latin America. Prior to the world of venture, Julio got his break in the world of startups as Facebook’s first country lead for Brazil. Julio then went on to co-found...

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Sept. 21, 2022

20 Product: The No 1 Metric You Need To Look at When Building Product…

is one of the product OGs of the last decade. As the founder of Bump David pioneered how over 150M users shared data, contacts and more before the company was acquired by Google. At Google, David took this one step further by creating Google Photos,...

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Sept. 16, 2022

20VC: From Struggling to Raise Funding to IPOing at Close to $9BN Jus…

Seba Kanovich is the CEO @ , the #1 payments leader with a single solution focused on Latin America and other emerging markets. In June 2021, dlocal raised $617M in their NASDAQ IPO listing valuing the company at nearly $9BN. Before their IPO, dlocal...

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Sept. 14, 2022

20 Sales: How To Interview Sales People; The Red Flags and What to Lo…

is a Sales Leader @ , the company that allows you to build internal tools, remarkably fast. Prior to Retool, Eleanor joined Retool when there were only three account executives and has scaled the sales org sales to over 30 AEs, many SEs, and...

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