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Harry Stebbings

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
30471 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

I think if you're not doing that in the beginning, you shouldn't be investing, period.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Have you told your wife that you've got 26 ministers coming to your house?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

What makes Dario so good that other people don't see from the outside?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

What have you changed your mind on in the last 12 months?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

I would give you a hug if we were in person.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Don't worry, it's okay.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

You know, the first money we ever made from the show, we made it because my mom has MS and we couldn't afford treatment for her.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

And the only way that I could pay for it was by putting adverts in the show.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

And that was how we did it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

And they still pay for it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Thank you to Vanta for paying for mom's MS.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Thank you, Christina.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Parents are insane.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

How do you escape the money treadmill?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

I didn't have money when I grew up and I was like, I'll be happy when I get like X amount of money.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Any advice on escaping that money treadmill?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Yeah, my mission is really to enrich the already very rich family offices of Europe.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Absolutely.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Okay, well, then you've got a ways to go on the treadmill, brother.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anj Midha on Investing $300M into Anthropic | The Early Days of Anthropic & How 21 of 22 VCs Turned it Down | The Four Bottlenecks to Compute | What the China Has Smashed and Why We Should Be Worried

Was that not a bug?