David Frankel

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1,234 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard Oct 2024 last heard 8 Aug

David Frankel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 2.

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · 20VC: The AI Boom Will Create Enormous Roadkill: Who Wins & Loses | Why Founders Should Never Take Multi-Stage Money at Seed | Why Triple, Triple, Double, Double is Good Enough · 8 Aug 2026 podcast

Like if you look at the DPI analysis, the jury's out from 2020 onwards.

Now, of course, if you're like Josh and you're in space,

SpaceX and OpenAI, that's going to be like the most ridiculous fund.

But wow, you are in the most rare air.

And then there's just something that's competitive and unique, and it is economically irrational potentially.

But is I was in that company, I was first, I wrote the biggest check.

Somehow for me, being competitive with me.

Me, that is the biggest thrill.

I was with that founder from the beginning, and we literally reversed the truck and gave them everything they wanted.

And by the way, does that mean that we're not writing three, four million dollar checks now?

We are, right?

Because if you want to get a percentage ownership in something that you think is extraordinary, you're writing much bigger checks than we wrote before.

So the the fund is going fast.

Bugger.

I mean all things being equal, I'm a capitalist, right?

So all things being equal, like I'd love to own more up front than less.

But it wouldn't be the reason you turn it out.

I've never.

I've never turned it down.

Never.

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