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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

So once I invest, joined, you know, I told him that I joined. He said, listen, we would love to invest.

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 once I invest, joined, you know, I told him that I joined. He said, listen, we would love to invest.

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 relatively easy because number one, we had developed relationship with public market investors in advance. They were in our cap table. So Fidelity invested, Tito invested. So they knew the story, they knew our numbers, they saw the ramping. So it's not like they were not familiar with that. So that's one thing.

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 relatively easy because number one, we had developed relationship with public market investors in advance. They were in our cap table. So Fidelity invested, Tito invested. So they knew the story, they knew our numbers, they saw the ramping. So it's not like they were not familiar with that. So that's one thing.

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 relatively easy because number one, we had developed relationship with public market investors in advance. They were in our cap table. So Fidelity invested, Tito invested. So they knew the story, they knew our numbers, they saw the ramping. So it's not like they were not familiar with that. So that's one thing.

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 second thing with Snap, you know, while many of them didn't use the product, their children used it. 100% of their children used it. You know, the true story is when the day I got the call to go meet Evan for the job, I was not a Snap user. True story. I was 35, I think, at that time. How was the interview? It was great. He's an incredibly talented guy. We went for a walk.

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 second thing with Snap, you know, while many of them didn't use the product, their children used it. 100% of their children used it. You know, the true story is when the day I got the call to go meet Evan for the job, I was not a Snap user. True story. I was 35, I think, at that time. How was the interview? It was great. He's an incredibly talented guy. We went for a walk.

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 second thing with Snap, you know, while many of them didn't use the product, their children used it. 100% of their children used it. You know, the true story is when the day I got the call to go meet Evan for the job, I was not a Snap user. True story. I was 35, I think, at that time. How was the interview? It was great. He's an incredibly talented guy. We went for a walk.

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

My only struggling was he walks really fast and I'm a little heavier. I had to give up with him. Trying not to be out of breath. That was the toughest part. But yeah, Evan is an, people who knows him knows that he is one of the nicest person in the world.

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

My only struggling was he walks really fast and I'm a little heavier. I had to give up with him. Trying not to be out of breath. That was the toughest part. But yeah, Evan is an, people who knows him knows that he is one of the nicest person in the world.

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

My only struggling was he walks really fast and I'm a little heavier. I had to give up with him. Trying not to be out of breath. That was the toughest part. But yeah, Evan is an, people who knows him knows that he is one of the nicest person in the world.

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 a big believer that market likes to make fool of the greatest number of people. So everything that everybody believes, take account, at least question that belief. And that's the right thing to do. You know, sometimes, you know, people are right, but in general, market likes to make fool of the greatest number of people.

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 a big believer that market likes to make fool of the greatest number of people. So everything that everybody believes, take account, at least question that belief. And that's the right thing to do. You know, sometimes, you know, people are right, but in general, market likes to make fool of the greatest number of people.

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 a big believer that market likes to make fool of the greatest number of people. So everything that everybody believes, take account, at least question that belief. And that's the right thing to do. You know, sometimes, you know, people are right, but in general, market likes to make fool of the greatest number of people.

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 think it's a mistake. I think public market investors should not go deep into private investment. I've been in the business for now 24 years. Early days, nobody would do it. And then, like in 2007, the first deal I saw crossover was MercadoLibre IPO. Believe it or not, I was the IPO analyst. I took MercadoLibre public. No.

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 think it's a mistake. I think public market investors should not go deep into private investment. I've been in the business for now 24 years. Early days, nobody would do it. And then, like in 2007, the first deal I saw crossover was MercadoLibre IPO. Believe it or not, I was the IPO analyst. I took MercadoLibre public. No.

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 think it's a mistake. I think public market investors should not go deep into private investment. I've been in the business for now 24 years. Early days, nobody would do it. And then, like in 2007, the first deal I saw crossover was MercadoLibre IPO. Believe it or not, I was the IPO analyst. I took MercadoLibre public. No.

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

way i didn't know that marcos is a friend and he's a great dude great dude uh 800 million dollar ipo that today is 90 billion dollar market cap and phenomenal ceo and another example great business built in public market that was in 2007 august of 2007 and general atlantic which is not public market but uh tiger came in they wrote they were anchor investors on the deal they wrote a check and i think they signed a lock up

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

way i didn't know that marcos is a friend and he's a great dude great dude uh 800 million dollar ipo that today is 90 billion dollar market cap and phenomenal ceo and another example great business built in public market that was in 2007 august of 2007 and general atlantic which is not public market but uh tiger came in they wrote they were anchor investors on the deal they wrote a check and i think they signed a lock up

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

way i didn't know that marcos is a friend and he's a great dude great dude uh 800 million dollar ipo that today is 90 billion dollar market cap and phenomenal ceo and another example great business built in public market that was in 2007 august of 2007 and general atlantic which is not public market but uh tiger came in they wrote they were anchor investors on the deal they wrote a check and i think they signed a lock up