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Imran Khan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
513 total appearances

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

On Meta's case, I look at AI, I think people focus too much on LLM, but I think, okay, what are the areas that AI going to unleash value? At least, you know, I'm not the smartest guy. I'm the finance guy. I see humanoid robots. I see self-driving car. I create better recommendation engines. Defense, I think AI gonna play significant role defense. So there's a lot of categories that work.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

On Meta's case, I look at AI, I think people focus too much on LLM, but I think, okay, what are the areas that AI going to unleash value? At least, you know, I'm not the smartest guy. I'm the finance guy. I see humanoid robots. I see self-driving car. I create better recommendation engines. Defense, I think AI gonna play significant role defense. So there's a lot of categories that work.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

The LLM is just the browser. It's the entry point to what you want to do. And what Facebook's case, you know, the opportunity or Snapcase and others, the opportunity is, is this AI can help you drive better engagement, better content, better recommendation. You can show less ad and make more money. So that obviously has value.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

The LLM is just the browser. It's the entry point to what you want to do. And what Facebook's case, you know, the opportunity or Snapcase and others, the opportunity is, is this AI can help you drive better engagement, better content, better recommendation. You can show less ad and make more money. So that obviously has value.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

The LLM is just the browser. It's the entry point to what you want to do. And what Facebook's case, you know, the opportunity or Snapcase and others, the opportunity is, is this AI can help you drive better engagement, better content, better recommendation. You can show less ad and make more money. So that obviously has value.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

It's a funny story. You know, I'm an immigrant. I came to this country as an immigrant and I came from Bangladesh and I saw this internet thing is not a US thing. Ultimately, you know, it's going to empower everybody. And so to me, at that point was number of people and what's the revenue per person you can generate on the internet transaction that's going to create your internet economy.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

It's a funny story. You know, I'm an immigrant. I came to this country as an immigrant and I came from Bangladesh and I saw this internet thing is not a US thing. Ultimately, you know, it's going to empower everybody. And so to me, at that point was number of people and what's the revenue per person you can generate on the internet transaction that's going to create your internet economy.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

It's a funny story. You know, I'm an immigrant. I came to this country as an immigrant and I came from Bangladesh and I saw this internet thing is not a US thing. Ultimately, you know, it's going to empower everybody. And so to me, at that point was number of people and what's the revenue per person you can generate on the internet transaction that's going to create your internet economy.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

So I was really interested about the global opportunities of these internet companies. So in 2004, I go to China because they have a billion plus people and internet is very nascent. So I took a group of investors, my clients, public market investors to go visit all these Chinese companies. And Alibaba was one of the company, but that was private at that time.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

So I was really interested about the global opportunities of these internet companies. So in 2004, I go to China because they have a billion plus people and internet is very nascent. So I took a group of investors, my clients, public market investors to go visit all these Chinese companies. And Alibaba was one of the company, but that was private at that time.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

So I was really interested about the global opportunities of these internet companies. So in 2004, I go to China because they have a billion plus people and internet is very nascent. So I took a group of investors, my clients, public market investors to go visit all these Chinese companies. And Alibaba was one of the company, but that was private at that time.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

The only reason we wanted to meet with them because Yahoo made that investment and all of my clients were interested in Yahoo. So I met Joe Chai, who's the co-founder and now chairman of Alibaba, in Shanghai. And we really hit it off. And over time, we became friends. And in 2010, I became very bored with my research job. It was the same day, you cover the same companies, talk to the same clients.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

The only reason we wanted to meet with them because Yahoo made that investment and all of my clients were interested in Yahoo. So I met Joe Chai, who's the co-founder and now chairman of Alibaba, in Shanghai. And we really hit it off. And over time, we became friends. And in 2010, I became very bored with my research job. It was the same day, you cover the same companies, talk to the same clients.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

The only reason we wanted to meet with them because Yahoo made that investment and all of my clients were interested in Yahoo. So I met Joe Chai, who's the co-founder and now chairman of Alibaba, in Shanghai. And we really hit it off. And over time, we became friends. And in 2010, I became very bored with my research job. It was the same day, you cover the same companies, talk to the same clients.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

I'm like, I need something more to do with my life. And I was like, hey, should I go to move to China? Seems like a lot of happening. My wife was working for L'Oreal. And Joe's like, no, why don't you go become a banker and help these companies? Three days later, he called me, said, hey, can I introduce you to some banks?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

I'm like, I need something more to do with my life. And I was like, hey, should I go to move to China? Seems like a lot of happening. My wife was working for L'Oreal. And Joe's like, no, why don't you go become a banker and help these companies? Three days later, he called me, said, hey, can I introduce you to some banks?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

I'm like, I need something more to do with my life. And I was like, hey, should I go to move to China? Seems like a lot of happening. My wife was working for L'Oreal. And Joe's like, no, why don't you go become a banker and help these companies? Three days later, he called me, said, hey, can I introduce you to some banks?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

And that's how I ended up going to Credit Suisse to run the internet banking. So Joe not only made the introductions, but then also, you know, when I became a banker, he hired me to help buy back 20% of his stake from Yahoo, help finance the transaction. What was that process like? That was a pretty wild M&A. I think it's the day Carol Bartz got fired. You know, Carol Bartz was Yahoo's CEO.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

And that's how I ended up going to Credit Suisse to run the internet banking. So Joe not only made the introductions, but then also, you know, when I became a banker, he hired me to help buy back 20% of his stake from Yahoo, help finance the transaction. What was that process like? That was a pretty wild M&A. I think it's the day Carol Bartz got fired. You know, Carol Bartz was Yahoo's CEO.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why the IPO Market is not Closed | Why Revenue Multiples are BS and Founders Need to Change | Advice From Jack Ma, Jamie Dimon and Evan Spiegel | Lessons from Taking Snap & Alibaba Public with Imran Khan

And that's how I ended up going to Credit Suisse to run the internet banking. So Joe not only made the introductions, but then also, you know, when I became a banker, he hired me to help buy back 20% of his stake from Yahoo, help finance the transaction. What was that process like? That was a pretty wild M&A. I think it's the day Carol Bartz got fired. You know, Carol Bartz was Yahoo's CEO.