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Hussein Kanji

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

It removes the borders and it makes, but I think. Anything that makes it easier, I'm supportive of. If the LSE is able to transform itself and become a viable exchange, great, another path of liquidity. But as a policymaker, if that's the problem that you're focusing on, I'd much rather have the how do we make sure our companies get capitalized the right way and can become the top 1%.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

I was at a dinner, a CEO dinner last week. The Wall Street Journal threw it. But I was told one of the biggest impediments to housing in the United Kingdom, and housing is a big deal in the United Kingdom. We don't have enough houses, is we did not build reservoirs 30 years ago. And I had to look this up because I didn't believe it. This is a country, by the way, where it rains a lot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

I was at a dinner, a CEO dinner last week. The Wall Street Journal threw it. But I was told one of the biggest impediments to housing in the United Kingdom, and housing is a big deal in the United Kingdom. We don't have enough houses, is we did not build reservoirs 30 years ago. And I had to look this up because I didn't believe it. This is a country, by the way, where it rains a lot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

I was at a dinner, a CEO dinner last week. The Wall Street Journal threw it. But I was told one of the biggest impediments to housing in the United Kingdom, and housing is a big deal in the United Kingdom. We don't have enough houses, is we did not build reservoirs 30 years ago. And I had to look this up because I didn't believe it. This is a country, by the way, where it rains a lot.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

Like water is not our scarce resource. I'm British. You're not. I know this. So we do not have enough reservoirs. If we wanted to build 10 million additional units of housing for 10 million more people, we would not have enough reservoir infrastructure. And I think the worry that I have for the governments in Europe, and it's also true in the U.S.,

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

Like water is not our scarce resource. I'm British. You're not. I know this. So we do not have enough reservoirs. If we wanted to build 10 million additional units of housing for 10 million more people, we would not have enough reservoir infrastructure. And I think the worry that I have for the governments in Europe, and it's also true in the U.S.,

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

Like water is not our scarce resource. I'm British. You're not. I know this. So we do not have enough reservoirs. If we wanted to build 10 million additional units of housing for 10 million more people, we would not have enough reservoir infrastructure. And I think the worry that I have for the governments in Europe, and it's also true in the U.S.,

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

But definitely pronounced here, are we making the long-term right bets that take 20, 30 years that are not election cycle bets? You don't get elected because you built a reservoir and it takes like a few years to kind of build a reservoir and really kind of fully come online and you benefit 30 years from now. Are policymakers doing that kind of stuff?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

But definitely pronounced here, are we making the long-term right bets that take 20, 30 years that are not election cycle bets? You don't get elected because you built a reservoir and it takes like a few years to kind of build a reservoir and really kind of fully come online and you benefit 30 years from now. Are policymakers doing that kind of stuff?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

But definitely pronounced here, are we making the long-term right bets that take 20, 30 years that are not election cycle bets? You don't get elected because you built a reservoir and it takes like a few years to kind of build a reservoir and really kind of fully come online and you benefit 30 years from now. Are policymakers doing that kind of stuff?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

The infrastructure that makes our lives easy, that allows our countries to thrive, is oftentimes being neglected. And this reservoir is just one of many problems. And then it cascades and creates all kinds of problems 30 years from now. You are advising Keir Starmer. I am not. I've never been called. You are. I was. I was. Oh, in a hypothetical. In a hypothetical. What would you advise him?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

The infrastructure that makes our lives easy, that allows our countries to thrive, is oftentimes being neglected. And this reservoir is just one of many problems. And then it cascades and creates all kinds of problems 30 years from now. You are advising Keir Starmer. I am not. I've never been called. You are. I was. I was. Oh, in a hypothetical. In a hypothetical. What would you advise him?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

The infrastructure that makes our lives easy, that allows our countries to thrive, is oftentimes being neglected. And this reservoir is just one of many problems. And then it cascades and creates all kinds of problems 30 years from now. You are advising Keir Starmer. I am not. I've never been called. You are. I was. I was. Oh, in a hypothetical. In a hypothetical. What would you advise him?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

I would not have tinkered around with the tax rates. I feel like there was enough own goal. The non-dom removal is bullshit. Yeah. And I don't say I mean, I've passed my Don Dom. So I'm in I'm in the camp. I've said it publicly on X. Like, I have no problems paying income tax on carried interest. Like, I think it's I think it's income. Right. I mean, it's not it's not my capital work doing it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

I would not have tinkered around with the tax rates. I feel like there was enough own goal. The non-dom removal is bullshit. Yeah. And I don't say I mean, I've passed my Don Dom. So I'm in I'm in the camp. I've said it publicly on X. Like, I have no problems paying income tax on carried interest. Like, I think it's I think it's income. Right. I mean, it's not it's not my capital work doing it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

I would not have tinkered around with the tax rates. I feel like there was enough own goal. The non-dom removal is bullshit. Yeah. And I don't say I mean, I've passed my Don Dom. So I'm in I'm in the camp. I've said it publicly on X. Like, I have no problems paying income tax on carried interest. Like, I think it's I think it's income. Right. I mean, it's not it's not my capital work doing it.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

It's because I'm doing my job. So I have no problems with this. But I think tinkering around with stuff and tinkering and changing it frequently. And the worry that I have is, OK, capital gains has now gone up. When the UK fine. Are they going to tinker it next year? Like I want stability, right? I want I want these infrastructure things long term, stable, consistent.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

It's because I'm doing my job. So I have no problems with this. But I think tinkering around with stuff and tinkering and changing it frequently. And the worry that I have is, OK, capital gains has now gone up. When the UK fine. Are they going to tinker it next year? Like I want stability, right? I want I want these infrastructure things long term, stable, consistent.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

It's because I'm doing my job. So I have no problems with this. But I think tinkering around with stuff and tinkering and changing it frequently. And the worry that I have is, OK, capital gains has now gone up. When the UK fine. Are they going to tinker it next year? Like I want stability, right? I want I want these infrastructure things long term, stable, consistent.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

So I can focus on the really hard things of like building these companies. If they start tinkering with the stuff that I'm taking for granted, it becomes infinitely harder for me to actually like figure out how to adjust to that and build these companies up or have the founders kind of navigate. So it'd be, hey, stick to a strategy.