Episodes

July 10, 2017

20VC: Benchmark's Mitch Lasky on The Snapchat Journey From Series A t…

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. As for Mitch himself, Mitch...

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July 7, 2017

20VC: Why Radical Candor Is Crucial in Workplaces, Why 85% of Work Re…

is the Co-Founder @ , the startup that allows you to become a better leader. Prior to founding Candor, Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter and several other Silicon Valley companies. She was a member of the faculty at...

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July 5, 2017

20VC: How To Get Back To 200 Tech IPOs Per Year, Why We Are In A 'Bul…

is a Partner @ , the team that seeks out companies that have gone through the early stages of funding and are category leaders or are poised to be. Their portfolio includes the likes of Tesla, Twitter, Box, Unity 3D and more fantastic...

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July 3, 2017

20VC: Kleiner Perkins GP, Eric Feng on How The Best Funds Use Tech an…

is a Partner @ , one of the world's leading venture capital firms with prior investments in the likes of Google, Amazon, Snapchat, Uber, Twitter and more. At Kleiner Eric focuses on consumer and incubation with his current being his...

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June 30, 2017

20VC: Why You Do Not Want Diversity Of Thought, Why You Have To Build…

is the Founder @ , the startup that provides simple, painless solutions to your storage problems. They have raised over $90m in VC funding with their recent Series C round being a $64m round led by Atomico with participation from...

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June 28, 2017

20VC: Bessemer's Ethan Kurzweil on How To View Pattern Recognition an…

is a Partner @ , one of the world leading venture funds with prior investments including the likes of Skype, LinkedIn, Yelp and Pinterest just to name a few. As for Ethan, he focuses on consumer facing technology and developer...

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June 26, 2017

20VC: Bessemer's Jeremy Levine on Why We Are In A Fallow Period For C…

is a Partner @ , one of the world's leading venture funds with prior investments in the likes of Skype, Shopify, LinkedIn and Twitch, just to name a few. As for Jeremy, 4 of the companies he has invested in with Bessemer have...

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June 23, 2017

20VC: Why Every CEO's Goal Should Be To Be The Laziest CEO, The Benef…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the leading contact platform for professionals, teams and businesses. They have raised over $45m in funding from some of the best in the business and dear friends of the show in the likes of Foundry...

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June 21, 2017

20VC: Elad Gil on Becoming One of Silicon Valleys Top Angels, Why Mos…

is the Founder of , however, Elad is also one of  in the valley with a portfolio including the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Square and Pinterest just to name a few. Prior to founding Color Genomics, Elad was VP of...

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June 19, 2017

20VC: Benchmark's Peter Fenton on How To Differentiate Between Good &…

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 the...

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June 16, 2017

20VC: Is Series B Really The Hardest To Raise? Should The Only Limiti…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the most reliable platform for building search into your business. Just last week they raised $53m in funding led by Accel with participation from Jason Lemkin @ SaaStr, Point Nine Capital, AppDynamic’s Jyoti...

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June 14, 2017

20VC: Tony Conrad on Straddling The Role Of Founder & Investor, What …

is a Partner @ , one of the leading early stage funds on the West Coast with a portfolio including the likes of Automattic, Fitbit, Blue Bottle Coffee and recent unicorn, Peloton. Tony is also the Co-Founder & CEO @ About.me (acquired...

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June 12, 2017

20VC: Kevin Rose on Putting The Entire Fund Into Uber, The Future For…

is a Venture Partner @ , one of the leading early stage funds on the West Coast with portfolio companies including the likes of Automattic, Blue Bottle Coffee, About.me and recent unicorn, Peloton. As for Kevin, he is a serial entrepreneur...

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June 9, 2017

20VC: Evernote CEO on Why You Play For The Front of Your Jersey Not T…

is the CEO @ , the productivity powerhouse allowing millions of users around the world to remember everything. They have raised over $160m in VC funding from some of the best in the business including the likes of Sequoia Capital. As for Chris, prior...

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June 6, 2017

20VC: Why Cheque Size & Follow On Decision-Making Does Not Matter, Wh…

is the General Partner @ , the firm that wants to reinvent friends and family investingby democratizing access to opportunity for the thousands of founders who are underserved. They have done 22 deals in just 90 days and shows no signs of...

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June 5, 2017

20VC: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on Why VC Is About Upside Maxim…

is a Partner @ , one of the world’s most prestigious and successful VC funds with prior investments in the likes of Facebook, Airbnb, SpaceX, Spotify and many more incredible companies. Prior to Founders Fund, Brian spent 4 years at Google...

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June 2, 2017

20VC: Trivago Founder on Why Incumbents Have Lost Their Main Business…

is the Co-Founder and Managing Director @ , the world's top hotel price comparison site. In 2012, and in Dec 2016, Trivago raised $287m through their IPO on the NASDAQ. As for Rolf, he has been a serial entrepreneur since 1999 when he founded...

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May 31, 2017

20VC: How Both Founders & GPs Should Construct Their Pitch, Why VCs A…

is a Partner @ , a leading fund with prior investments including Nest, Dollar Shave Club, AppNexus and many more. At Venrock, Brian invests broadly across enterprise and consumer markets and has enjoyed no less than 10 of his investments exit...

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May 29, 2017

20VC: Kleiner Perkins' MZ Zaveri on Why Success In Venture Is About T…

is a Partner @ , 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. Prior to KPCB, MZ was with Tencent, where he was part of the...

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May 26, 2017

20VC: Tinder's Sean Rad on Why Humility Is The Key Trait For Founders…

is the Founder & Chairman @ , the world's most popular app for connecting with new and interesting people around you. Every single day there are 26m matches made on Tinder. Alongside his role with Tinder, Sean is the Chairman of Swipe Ventures,...

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May 23, 2017

20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Bal…

is a Founding Managing Partner @  alongside Pejman Nozad. After earning a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1999, Mar had developed a ground-breaking technique for optimizing the design of analog...

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May 22, 2017

20VC: Founders Fund's Kevin Hartz on Why Investing In Silicon Valley …

is a Partner @ , one of the world's most prestigious and successful VC funds with prior investments in the likes of Facebook, Airbnb, SpaceX, Spotify and many more incredible companies. Prior to Founders Fund, Kevin was Founder & CEO @ Eventbrite,...

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May 19, 2017

20VC: The Future Business Model For Drones & Why Enterprise Drones Ne…

is the Founder & CEO @ , the startup that allows you to make better-informed decisions with aerial date, captured by drones. They have raised over $65m in VC funding from some of the very best in the industry including a16z, Kleiner Perkins and...

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May 16, 2017

20VC: Why It Is Good Company Funding Has Been Down 6 Quarters In A Ro…

is a Partner @ , one of the valley's leading multi-stage funds with over 434 investments, close to $4bn in assets under management and 136 IPOs and M&A. At Redpoint Scott has made investments in the likes of Twilio, Stripe and Heroku, just to...

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