Episodes

June 14, 2020

20VC: Craft Ventures’ David Sacks on How To Assess Founder Psychology…

is the Co-Founder @ , one of Silicon Valley's leading early-stage funds with David's portfolio including the likes of Facebook, Tesla, SpaceX, Palantir, Affirm, Airbnb, Slack and Bird to name a few. David started his career in tech as the first...

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June 12, 2020

20VC: Substack Founder Chris Best on The Future of Public Journalism,…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company that makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. To date, Chris has raised over $17M in funding from the likes of a16z, Y Combinator, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear and Zynga Co-Founder Justin Waldron to...

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June 7, 2020

20VC: Lightspeed Partner, Merci Victoria Grace on The Future of Colla…

is a Partner @ , one of the valley's leading venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Snapchat, Mulesoft, Affirm, AppDynamics and more. As for Merci, prior to entering the world of venture, Merci spent 3 years at...

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June 5, 2020

20VC: How To Scientifically Measure Product-Market Fit, How To Effici…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that allows you to find product-market fit faster than ever by collecting structured user feedback to measure PMF on an ongoing basis. Daniel has raised funding from the likes of David Sacks @ Craft Ventures,...

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May 31, 2020

20VC: It’s Time To Talk About Drinking; How To Stop, The Impact It Ha…

Ryan Petersen is the Founder & CEO @ Flexport, the operating system for global trade with over $1.3Bn in funding from the likes of Softbank, Founders Fund, DST, GV and First Round to name a few. Justin Kan is the Founder @ Atrium and Twitch...

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May 29, 2020

20VC: TravelPerk’s Avi Meir on Why 2021 Will Be A Record Year For Bus…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the travel management platform that combines the best of leisure and corporate travel into one smooth experience. To date, Avi has raised over $134m with TravelPerk from the likes of DST, Spark Capital, Felix Capital and...

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May 25, 2020

20VC: Elad Gil on Startup Offense and Defence in a Recession, How The…

is one of Silicon Valley's most successful and prominent angels of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Stripe, Square, Airbnb, Pinterest, Instacart, Flexport and Brex to name a few. Prior to solely company investing, Elad was an...

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May 22, 2020

20VC: TripActions CEO Ariel Cohen on The Future of Business and Perso…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the company trusted by more than 4,000 companies to manage their business travel and expenses. To date, Ariel has raised more than $980M with TripActions from the likes of Lightspeed, Oren Zeev and a16z to name a few....

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May 17, 2020

20VC: 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy: Deconstructing …

is the Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer @ a long-only public equity fund that selects securities for investment based on Power Dynamics, a proprietary model of fundamental value, developed by Hamilton over decades of strategy...

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May 15, 2020

20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Avai…

is the Founder and Managing Director @ with a portfolio including the likes of StyleSeat, Glow Bar and PlateJoy to name a few. Prior to venture, Sarah served as a senior advisor at Bumble where she focused on their corporate VC arm, Bumble Fund, and...

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May 10, 2020

20VC: Floodgate’s Mike Maples on 3 Key Breakthroughs Startups Experie…

is a Founder & Partner @ , one of the leading early-stage firms of the last decade with investments in the likes of Lyft, Twitch, Twitter, Okta and Sonos to name a few. He has been on the Forbes Midas List since 2010 and was also named one of “8...

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May 8, 2020

20VC: How Roam Research Analyse Product Design, Team-Building, The Fu…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the tool taking over our industry providing a seamless note-taking tool for networked thought. Prior to founding Roam, Conor founded 2 prior businesses and also worked at HuffPost as a Co-Founder of HuffPost Labs where he...

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May 3, 2020

20VC: Mark Cuban on His Relationship To Wealth and Risk, Why Coming O…

is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and owner of the . His career began with his founding of MicroSolutions, a company he went on to sell to CompuServe in 1990. Then in 1995 Mark co-founded Broadcast.com - streaming audio over the internet. In just...

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May 1, 2020

20VC: Framework For Hiring The Best Talent 100% Remotely, Raising $32…

and are the co-founders @ , the company that gives you a complete, real-time understanding of your expenses, all in just a few clicks. To date, Wayne and Jeff have raised over $32M for Digits from some of the best in the business including Peter...

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April 27, 2020

20VC: Airtable's Howie Liu on Potential Consolidation In The Collabor…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the all in one collaboration platform that has taken so much of our ecosystem by storm. To date, Howie has raised over $170M from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, Thrive, Coatue, Caffeinated Capital,...

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April 24, 2020

20VC: Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra on How 1-1 Customer Onboarding Can Sca…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that has rebuilt the inbox from the ground up creating the fastest email experience ever made. To date, Rahul has raised over $56m with Superhuman from some of the best in the business including a16z, First...

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April 20, 2020

20VC: Upfront’s Mark Suster on COVID Redefining What A Great Company …

is the Managing Partner @ , one of LA's leading and largest venture firms with a portfolio including the likes of Bird, GOAT, Maker Studios and Ring.com to name a few. Prior to joining the world of venture, Mark was the founder & CEO of two...

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April 17, 2020

20VC: Notion's Fundraise with Index: The Most Anticipated Deal in The…

is a Partner @ , one of the world’s leading venture funds with a portfolio including the likes of Dropbox, Skype, Figma, Bird, Slack and many more incredible companies. As for Sarah, at Index, she works with groundbreaking companies including...

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April 13, 2020

20VC: Basecamp Founder David Heinemeier Hansson on Why It Is The Bigg…

David “DHH” Heinemeier Hansson () is the creator of , founder and CTO at  (formerly ), and the best-selling co-author of  and . If that was not enough, fun fact, he went from not having a driver’s license at 25...

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April 10, 2020

20VC: Why Venture Fund Life Cycles Do Not Align To Companies Today, A…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the world's fastest commercial aeroplane, aspiring to bring back supersonic passenger flight at an affordable price. To date, Blake has raised over $166M in funding with Boom from the likes of Paul Graham, Sam Altman, Ray...

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April 7, 2020

20VC: Are VCs Still “Open For Business”, How VCs Attitude To Risk Has…

is a Founding Partner @ , one of Europe's newest and largest early-stage seed firms. Prior to co-founding Stride, Fred was a General Partner @ Accel where he was the lead investor and board member at Deliveroo, Pillpack (acq. AMZN for $1BN) and...

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April 6, 2020

20VC: Raising A $1.35Bn Fund I, The Emerging Secondary Opportunity Fo…

is the Founder and Managing Partner @ , launched in 2018 with their $1.35Bn Fund I, they have already set themselves as leaders in the world of growth funding with 3 massive exits in less than 2 years in the form of Plaid, sold to Visa for $5.3Bn,...

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April 3, 2020

20VC: The Framework to Scale A Team From 20 to 190 in 24 Months, How …

is the Co-Founder & CEO @ , the startup revolutionising health insurance with a service centred on people, simplicity and comfort. To date, Jean-Charles has raised over $85M in funding with Alan from some of the best in the business including Jan...

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March 30, 2020

20VC: Howard Marks on How COVID-19 Impacts Our Economy, Liquidity and…

Howard Marks is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of , a leading investment firm with more than $120 billion in assets. Prior to founding Oaktree, Howard spent 10 years at The TCW Group, where he was responsible for investments in...

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