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Alex Rampell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1954 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

And if you win 100% of the deals, that's a very, very good sign.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

And if you win 100% of the deals, that's a very, very good sign.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

You should try to win 100% of the deals that you want to do.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

You should try to win 100% of the deals that you want to do.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

But if you're winning them with very low ownership, you're probably not testing this kind of efficient frontier of how far you can go.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

But if you're winning them with very low ownership, you're probably not testing this kind of efficient frontier of how far you can go.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

And you want to have more ownership, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

And you want to have more ownership, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

That's our objective.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

That's our objective.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

The founder wants less dilution.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

The founder wants less dilution.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

The investor wants more ownership.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

The investor wants more ownership.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

The two are kind of perfect complements of each other.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

The two are kind of perfect complements of each other.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

Eventually, you realize, I don't want to be a fucking idiot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

Eventually, you realize, I don't want to be a fucking idiot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

This is the answer to your question, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: a16z's $15BN Fundraise with Alex Rampell | The Best Companies Have Hostages Not Customers | The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers and Labour | Mid-Sized Funds with Die and The Future of Venture Capital

This is the answer to your question, right?