Mitchell Green

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1,004 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 24 Mar

Mitchell Green’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: Why the SaaS Apocalypse is BS | Why China Will Win the AI War | Why 50% of VCs Should Not Exist and are Tourists | Why Stock-Based Comp is the Hidden Sin of the Valley with Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital · 7 Mar 2026 podcast

But you know what?

I gave money back to my investors.

And guess what?

The investor is my client.

I have two clients, entrepreneurs and investors.

Without investors, I don't have any money.

I don't have a business.

And so I think people need to remember who pays the bills.

Investors are very, very, very focused on DPI now.

It is possible with a small early stage fund as a new relative upcomer in the first couple of funds, you can actually generate amazing DPIs.

It's a game you can play.

I don't know if you've ever had like Fabrice Grenda on here or Jose Marin from like FG Labs.

Those guys are like 10, 15 year LPs of ours friends.

Those guys have played the game extremely well.

They understand that not every company goes to the moon, take some chips off the table, give it back to your investors, rinse and repeat.

It's like negative signaling, 100%.

Versus that's what I'm telling younger funds, whether you're in venture, growth, buyouts, younger funds, you can be like to the entrepreneur, hey, you're selling some stock.

I really need to sell some stock here.

Why?

Because if I don't return money back to my investors,

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