Episodes

20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
Jan. 5, 2018

20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That W…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startups that provides everything one needs to unlock and scale drone operations in the ever-changing world of airspace. They have raised over $40m in funding from industry heavyweights Sony, Rakuten,...

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20VC: Why VC Is A Game of Maximising Serendipity, How VCs Can Characterise Their Approach To Working & Product Lessons from Jack Dorsey & Sonos' John MacFarlane with Kevin Thau, General Partner @ Spark Capital
Jan. 3, 2018

20VC: Why VC Is A Game of Maximising Serendipity, How VCs Can Charact…

is a General Partner @ , one of the best performing funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Twitter, Slack, Oculus, Medium, PostMates, Cruise (acq $1Bn) the list goes on. As for Kevin, he has led investments in...

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20VC: Most Downloaded Founder Episode of 2017: Brian Armstrong, Founder & CEO @ Coinbase
Dec. 21, 2017

20VC: Most Downloaded Founder Episode of 2017: Brian Armstrong, Found…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that provides the world’s most popular way to buy and sell bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin. They have backing from some of the biggest and best in VC having raised over $215m from the...

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20VC: 2nd Most Downloaded Episode of 2018: Kirsten Green, Founding Partner @ Forerunner Ventures
Dec. 20, 2017

20VC: 2nd Most Downloaded Episode of 2018: Kirsten Green, Founding Pa…

is the Founding General Partner @ , where she has raised over $250M from leading investors and has invested in more than 40 early-stage companies. Forerunner Ventures is the only VC firm to invest in both Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com,...

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20VC: Most Downloaded Episode of 2017: Peter Fenton, General Partner @ Benchmark
Dec. 18, 2017

20VC: Most Downloaded Episode of 2017: Peter Fenton, General Partner …

is a General Partner @ , one of the world’s leading VC funds with a portfolio including the likes of Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, eBay, WeWork, Yelp and many more revolutionary companies of the last decade. Peter himself sits or has sat on...

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20VC: How To Upscale Management Teams Effectively, When Should The CEO Play The Role of "Lifeguard" & What Role Does The Board Play In The Team Upscaling with Matt Straz, Founder & CEO @ Namely
Dec. 14, 2017

20VC: How To Upscale Management Teams Effectively, When Should The CE…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the leading HR platform for mid-sized companies. Since founding Namely, Matt has grown Namely to over 1,000 clients, 150,000 users, and has raised $158M from the likes of Sequoia Capital, True...

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20VC: How To Balance Between Vision and Stubbornness, Why Speed Is The Most Important Startup Superpower & The Main Role of A Startup Founder Today with James Currier, Managing Director @ NFX
Dec. 13, 2017

20VC: How To Balance Between Vision and Stubbornness, Why Speed Is Th…

is the Managing Partner @  and one of Silicon Valley’s foremost experts in growth and network effects. Just last week, announded their latest fund, a new $150m fund to turn NFX into a significant...

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20VC: Inside The World's Leading Crypto Fund, The Future Exit Environment for Crypto Assets & The Beauty Of Benevolent Dictatorship with Olaf Carlson-Wee, Founder @ Polychain Capital
Dec. 10, 2017

20VC: Inside The World's Leading Crypto Fund, The Future Exit Environ…

is the Founder & CEO @ , one of the world's premier funds actively managing a portfolio of blockchain assets. Having founded the firm less than 2 years ago with their initial $4m fund, Polychain now has over $200m AUM with backing...

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20VC: AppDynamic's Jyoti Bansal on The Sale vs IPO Process with AppDynamics' $3.7Bn Exit & The 3 Simple Things VCs Look For When Investing In Startups
Dec. 8, 2017

20VC: AppDynamic's Jyoti Bansal on The Sale vs IPO Process with AppDy…

is the former Founder & CEO of AppDynamics, backed to the tune of over $350m in VC funding from the likes of Lightspeed, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins, just to name a few, before it’s ultimate acquisition by Cisco for $3.7Bn....

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20VC: The Value Chain of Machine Learning, Is There Really An Incumbency Advantage in ML & Will The Rise In Cyber Remain For the Long Term with Jake Flomenberg, Partner @ Accel
Dec. 6, 2017

20VC: The Value Chain of Machine Learning, Is There Really An Incumbe…

is a Partner @ , one of the top performing venture funds of the last decade with investments in the likes of Dropbox, Slack, Facebook, Deliveroo and Atlassian, just to name a few. As for Jake,...

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20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startup, Optimising Initial vs Follow-On Investment Decision-Making & The Globalisation of VC In Recent Years
Dec. 3, 2017

20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startu…

is a General Partner @ , one of the world's leading venture funds with investments in the likes of Dropbox, Slack, Facebook, Deliveroo and Atlassian, just to name a few. As for Rich, Rich has led investments in the likes of Rovio...

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20VC: Overcoming The Engineer Boys Club, Disrupting The "Pink Aisle" & Why VCs Are Missing A Trick Not Investing In The CPG Space with Debbie Sterling, Founder & CEO @ Goldieblox
Dec. 1, 2017

20VC: Overcoming The Engineer Boys Club, Disrupting The "Pink Aisle" …

is the Founder & CEO @ , an award‐winning toy company on a mission to “disrupt the pink aisle.” An engineer and entrepreneur, Sterling has made it her mission in life to tackle the gender gap in science,...

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20VC: Why Convertible Notes Are Ridiculous, Why Party Rounds Are Bad For Both Founder and Investor & Why Pro-Rata Rights Are A Mess with David Waxman, Founding Partner @ TenOneTen Ventures
Nov. 29, 2017

20VC: Why Convertible Notes Are Ridiculous, Why Party Rounds Are Bad …

is the Founding Partner @ , one of the leading new venture firms in the rising tide of LA tech. Their portfolio companies have enjoyed exits from the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon Cisco, AirBnB and including companies like...

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20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Bing Gordon on Lessons From Serving On Amazon & Zynga's Board, Why The Best Investors Are Good Listeners and Sceptical Optimists & The Most Important Value Add A VC Can Provide
Nov. 26, 2017

20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Bing Gordon on Lessons From Serving On Amazon …

is a Partner and Chief Product Officer @ , one of the world’s most prestigious venture funds with prior investments in the likes of Google, Amazon, Twitter, Square and Airbnb just to name a few. At Kleiner Bing has either worked with...

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20VC: Why Strategic Investing Is Slow Motion M&A, Why Valuation Is The Hardest Element of M&A & What Determines Between Cash vs Stock Deals with Chad Richard, SVP of Business & Corporate Development @ Yelp
Nov. 22, 2017

20VC: Why Strategic Investing Is Slow Motion M&A, Why Valuation Is Th…

is the Senior Vice President of Business & Corporate Development @ , where he leads acquisition and investment activity. Yelp is one of the most active in the space having acquired both NoWait and Turnstyle Analytics, plus selling Eat24...

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20VC: Zynga's Mark Pincus on When To Ride Your Winners and Cut Your Losers, Why People With "Broken Resumes" Make The Best Hires & The 2 Biggest Lies Told In Silicon Valley By Founders and VCs
Nov. 20, 2017

20VC: Zynga's Mark Pincus on When To Ride Your Winners and Cut Your L…

is a serial entrepreneur and investor, best known for founding , the first company to introduce the mass market to social gaming. To date, more than one billion people around the world have played Zynga’s games, which include hits like...

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20VC: Why Valley Investors Are Really Gamblers, Why The Business Model of Selling To The Biggest Sucker Is Wrong & Why The Best Potential Hires Don't Care Who Your VC is with David Barrett, Founder & CEO @ Expensify
Nov. 17, 2017

20VC: Why Valley Investors Are Really Gamblers, Why The Business Mode…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup relieving the world’s frustrations, one expense report at a time. With 35,000 companies and more than 5 million users, David has raised close to $30m from the likes of Redpoint,...

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20VC: Why VCs Fundamentally Assess Founders The Wrong Way, Why VC Needs To Innovate On The Scouting Model & Why SAFE's and Convertible Notes Are The Future Of Investing with Elizabeth Yin, Founder & General Partner @ Hustle Fund
Nov. 14, 2017

20VC: Why VCs Fundamentally Assess Founders The Wrong Way, Why VC Nee…

is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ , as they describe, the ventue fund for hilariously early hustlers. Elizabeth is also the co-founder of HustleCon, a conference series for non-technical entrepreneurs to launch...

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20VC: a16z's Alex Rampell on The Struggle Between Innovation vs Distribution, When How To Determine Whether An Application is Optimised Through Centralised or Decentralised Networks & Why Most ICOs Today Are Ridiculous
Nov. 12, 2017

20VC: a16z's Alex Rampell on The Struggle Between Innovation vs Distr…

is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he leads the firms fintech investments and serves on the boards of Branch, PeerStreet, Point, and Quantopian. Prior to joining a16z, he was the CEO and co-founder of TrialPay, a leading...

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20VC: Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Characteristic For Founders, When Is The Right Time For A CEO To Hand Over The Reigns & What CEO's Can Learn About Company Culture From Teaching Middle School with Lloyd Tabb, Founder & Chairma
Nov. 10, 2017

20VC: Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Characteristic For Fou…

is the Founder & Chairman @ , the startup leader pioneering the next generation of business intelligence (BI). They have raised over $175m from some of the best in the business including CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins, First Round,...

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20VC: The Lean Startup's Eric Ries on The Missing Function of Entrepreneurship in Most Companies, Creating A New Accountability Paradigm & How To Structure Promotions and Compensation In The New Structure
Nov. 8, 2017

20VC: The Lean Startup's Eric Ries on The Missing Function of Entrepr…

is the author of International Bestseller, , which changed the language of business introducing terms such as A/B testing, MVP and "pivoting". The book has sold over 1m copies and been translated into over 130 languages launching a global...

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20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Does Not Work, Thesis Based Investing Is Sceptical & Partners Mostly Stay Together For LPs
Nov. 6, 2017

20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Does Not Work, Thesis Based In…

is the Founding Partner @ Zeev Ventures, one of Silicon Valley's most under the radar but high performing funds with a portfolio including the likes of Houzz, Chegg, Audible, Bonobos and recent guest with Adi Sideman @ YouNow. Prior to founding...

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20VC: What Is Core To The Best Investor - Founder Relationships, The Biggest Risk For Founders In The Early Days & Why EQ Is The Most Important Trait For Managers with Jack Altman, Founder & CEO @ Lattice
Nov. 3, 2017

20VC: What Is Core To The Best Investor - Founder Relationships, The …

is the Founder & CEO of , actually our partners for this month on the show and as you will hear, they are the #1 performance management solution for growing companies. Lattice have raised close to $10m in funding from some of...

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20VC: Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige
Oct. 31, 2017

20VC: Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Le…

is a Partner @ Y Combinator, the world’s most successful accelerator with portfolio companies including the likes of AirBnB, Dropbox, Stripe, Zenefits, Twitch, the list goes on. Before YC and starting from the beginning, Paul was the...

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