Episodes

Dec. 16, 2021

20Growth: The Biggest Growth Lessons from Leading Teams at Instagram …

is the Head of Platform Growth @ , a live streaming mobile marketplace that combines commerce, entertainment, and social. Prior to Popshop, Bangaly led the product growth and consumer product orgs at Instacart and before Instacart was Head of Growth @...

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Dec. 13, 2021

20VC: John Doerr on Buying 12% of Google for $12M, His Biggest Invest…

is an engineer, venture capitalist, the chairman of Kleiner Perkins, and the author of the #1 New York Times best-seller Measure What Matters. For over 40 years, John has helped build some of the most generational defining companies of our...

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Dec. 8, 2021

20 Sales: When To Hire Your Head of Sales/ First Reps, What To Look f…

is VP Sales @ , the company that connects everyone in the design process so teams can deliver better products, faster. At Figma, Kyle built the sales engine from scratch to today, with over 100 incredible people in sales. Before Figma, Kyle spent...

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Dec. 6, 2021

20VC: Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impe…

is a General Partner @ , one of the most successful funds of the last decade with a portfolio including Uber, Twitter, Dropbox, Modern Treasury, Snapchat, StitchFix, and many more. As for Bill, widely recognized as one of the greats in venture...

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Nov. 29, 2021

20VC: AppLovin’s Co-Founder & CEO, Adam Foroughi on How AppLovin Migh…

is the Co-Founder and CEO @ , the company that allows developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. Under Adam's leadership, he has taken the company public, grown the team to over 1,000 people around the world, and scaled revenue in...

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Nov. 24, 2021

20VC: The Contentful Memo: Point Nine's Christoph Janz on The Cold Em…

is the Co-Founder and General Partner @ , one of Europe's leading early-stage firms with a portfolio including the likes of Zendesk, Algolia, Revolut, Nex Health, Loom and of course, Contentful. Prior to co-founding Point Nine, Christoph was a...

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Nov. 22, 2021

20VC: Eugene Wei on "Status as a Service", Why Networks Grow and Stop…

is one of my favorite thinkers, writers, and strategists in tech today. Having spent the majority of his professional career at consumer internet companies, Eugene started his career with a 7-year stint at Amazon with a focus on product. He then...

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Nov. 17, 2021

20Growth: Top Growth Lessons from the Early Facebook, Twitter and Quo…

is one of the pre-eminent growth leaders of the last decade. Andy's career started in growth at Facebook when the company scaled from 100M-500M active users. Since he has worked in some of the leading growth orgs at companies like Twitter, Quora and...

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Nov. 15, 2021

20VC: Thrive Capital's Kareem Zaki on The One Rule That Drives Invest…

is a General Partner @ , with a portfolio including Stripe, Instacart, Instagram, Nubank, Github, Glossier and many more, they have cemented their position as one of the leading venture firms of the last decade. As for Kareem, he is a co-founder and...

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Nov. 11, 2021

20VC: The Anduril Memo: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on What Makes…

is a General Partner @ , one of the most prominent venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including Anduril, SpaceX, Tesla, Palantir, Stripe, Affirm, Airbnb, Facebook, and many more. As for Brian, he has led investments in the likes of...

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Nov. 8, 2021

20VC Special: Accel Founders Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz on Build…

and founded in 1983. Under their leadership, they have built Accel into one of the most prominent venture firms of the last 4 decades. Starting with Arthur, as the lead investor, Arthur has helped management teams develop companies into...

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Nov. 4, 2021

20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pri…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that provides a modern IT solution that's simplified. To date, Ryan has raised over $188M for the company from the likes of GGV, Bessemer, Slack Fund, and 01 Advisors to name a few. As for Ryan, he is a 3x...

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Nov. 1, 2021

20VC: Mac the VC on the Journey from Homeless To Becoming A VC, What …

is the founder and managing partner of , a pre-seed fund that invests outside of large tech ecosystems, with a concentrated portfolio approach being the first check with up to $250K. Mac's journey into venture is nothing short of inspirational,...

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Oct. 28, 2021

20 Growth: The 3 Levers to Successful Growth Models, The 3 Types of G…

is a master when it comes to all things starting and scaling growth organizations. Previously, Elena spent over 7 years as SVP Growth @ SurveyMonkey where she ran product, growth marketing, and data teams. Post SurveyMonkey, Elena worked with the...

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Oct. 25, 2021

20VC: Deliveroo Founder Will Shu on The IPO This Year, The Rise of Qu…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that provides your favorite restaurants and takeaways, delivered to your door. Prior to their IPO earlier this year, Will raised over $1.7BN for the company from some of the best including Accel, Index, General...

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Oct. 20, 2021

20VC: Breaking News: Ankur Nagpal Raises $70M for Vibe Capital, What …

is the Founding Partner @ Vibe Capital, today announcing his new $70M solo GP fund and with a track record that includes the likes of Roam Research, Eight Sleep, Circle, Hone Health and Maven to name a few. Prior to entering venture, Ankur was the...

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Oct. 18, 2021

20VC: Instacart CEO Fidji Simo on Why You Need Sponsors Not Mentors, …

is the CEO @ , the company that allows you to order whatever you want from local stores, delivering it straight to your door. Fidji joined the Instacart board 10 months ago and just 3 months ago, Fidji joined Instacart full time as CEO. Prior to...

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Oct. 14, 2021

20VC: Crowdstrike Founder, George Kurtz on Scaling to a $60Bn Market …

is the CEO and co-founder of , a leading provider of next-generation endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and services. Prior to Crowdstrike's incredibly successful IPO in 2019, George raised funding from the likes of Accel, General...

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Oct. 11, 2021

20VC: Chris Sacca on Coming Out of Retirement To Unf**k The Planet wi…

is the Founder and Chairman @ , one of the with a portfolio including Uber, Stripe, Twitter, Instagram, Twilio, Docker and many more. Despite this incredible success, in 2017, Chris and his wife, Crystal announced they would be stepping back from day...

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Oct. 8, 2021

20VC: Squarespace Founder, Anthony Casalena on Scaling Squarespace fr…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that allows you to create a website, sell anything and market your business. To date, Anthony has raised over $948M for the company from the likes of General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Tiger Global; culminating...

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Oct. 5, 2021

20VC: The Two Largest Changes in the Investing Market Today, Why The …

is Co-President, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology sector. Anton has led General Atlantic’s investments in the likes of Alibaba, CrowdStrike, Facebook, Slack and Snapchat and co-led investments in Adyen and Bytedance. As a result,...

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Sept. 30, 2021

20VC: The Opendoor Memo: Keith Rabois on The Origins of Opendoor from…

is a General Partner @ , one of the most successful venture firms of the last decade with home runs in the likes of SpaceX, Palantir, Stripe, Anduril, Facebook, Airbnb, Nubank and many more. As for Keith, he led the first institutional investments in...

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Sept. 27, 2021

20VC: The Rise of Quick Commerce and Why CPGs ARe Misaligned Being Po…

is the Founder & CEO @ , a global platform for instant retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. To date, Ralf has raised over $170M for the company from the likes of GGV Capital, Balderton, Softbank and Kaszek, just to name a few. Prior to JOKR,...

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Sept. 22, 2021

Welcome 20Growth: How To Hire a Head of Growth? What are Signs of Wor…

is the Chief Product Officer at where he leads the PM, product design, research, and growth marketing teams. Prior to Eventbrite, Casey spent close to 3 years at Pinterest where he led the growth product team. At Pinterest, Casey turned SEO into a...

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