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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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

There are certain situations.

You understood the market, you understood like who the

The buyers were, although that's very fluid too.

But did you have the focus and the energy?

And I see these 20-somethings and and by the way, it's it's a psychographic in a way.

So I'm not saying that I don't want to sound ageist.

The psychographic of that focus and intensity can last for decades, but there's something about it at that early stage that is just, wow, I want to be part of that.

And that still turns me on.

a lot.

Now the theory of you know the relationships, etcetera go one more time is it's great in theory, but man, you need to go this journey.

10-year funds are taking 18 years.

The one thing you learn is loads of patience.

It's such an opportunity when people go, it has to be one and a half to ten to fifteen, and then reality sets in.

And sometimes it's twice as expensive and it takes twice as long.

Harry, we still own every last share in SeatGeek.

That was an investment I made in 2010.

It's become it's in the top three ticketing businesses in the world.

It just

Takes a really, really long time.

Are some of our greatest companies, they were showing tremendous promise.

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