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Shervin Pishevar

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And one lesson I learned there is I did the meeting with Ben Because I met him through Jack Abraham, and I had funded Jack when he was 22 in his company Milo. And then he introduced me because he invested in the seed round of Pinterest. I was like, you should take a look at this. And at the time, I was talking about social commerce being the next big wave.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

So it fit perfectly, but I did it as a call instead of an in-person meeting. So the one time I didn't get on the plane, the presentation...

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

So it fit perfectly, but I did it as a call instead of an in-person meeting. So the one time I didn't get on the plane, the presentation...

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

So it fit perfectly, but I did it as a call instead of an in-person meeting. So the one time I didn't get on the plane, the presentation...

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

over the phone wasn't the same than it would have been if we had met in person so i passed on it the presentation just didn't hit it for me but if i had met ben i i would have gotten a sense of his brilliance but over the phone he just didn't present well at the time this was like two dozen i don't know 10 or 11. you can only invest in one fund which fund do you invest in

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

over the phone wasn't the same than it would have been if we had met in person so i passed on it the presentation just didn't hit it for me but if i had met ben i i would have gotten a sense of his brilliance but over the phone he just didn't present well at the time this was like two dozen i don't know 10 or 11. you can only invest in one fund which fund do you invest in

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

over the phone wasn't the same than it would have been if we had met in person so i passed on it the presentation just didn't hit it for me but if i had met ben i i would have gotten a sense of his brilliance but over the phone he just didn't present well at the time this was like two dozen i don't know 10 or 11. you can only invest in one fund which fund do you invest in

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

Honestly, the one I'm really excited about is 1789 that my friend Omid Malik started. Donald Trump Jr. just joined as a partner there. They're going to kill it. I think they're going to do some amazing things. Their thesis early on was to invest in companies that are all pro-America, anti-woke. And that thesis has worked really well.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

Honestly, the one I'm really excited about is 1789 that my friend Omid Malik started. Donald Trump Jr. just joined as a partner there. They're going to kill it. I think they're going to do some amazing things. Their thesis early on was to invest in companies that are all pro-America, anti-woke. And that thesis has worked really well.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

Honestly, the one I'm really excited about is 1789 that my friend Omid Malik started. Donald Trump Jr. just joined as a partner there. They're going to kill it. I think they're going to do some amazing things. Their thesis early on was to invest in companies that are all pro-America, anti-woke. And that thesis has worked really well.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And I think they're in a really amazing position to invest in really incredible companies. So I really believe in them. 1789. What fun do you think is most overhyped? Benchmark. Do you ever speak to girly? No, no. And these were, these were friends of mine. Like Matt Kohler was a dear friend and, you know, and was at his 30th birthday party, his 40th birthday party right before all this happened.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And I think they're in a really amazing position to invest in really incredible companies. So I really believe in them. 1789. What fun do you think is most overhyped? Benchmark. Do you ever speak to girly? No, no. And these were, these were friends of mine. Like Matt Kohler was a dear friend and, you know, and was at his 30th birthday party, his 40th birthday party right before all this happened.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And I think they're in a really amazing position to invest in really incredible companies. So I really believe in them. 1789. What fun do you think is most overhyped? Benchmark. Do you ever speak to girly? No, no. And these were, these were friends of mine. Like Matt Kohler was a dear friend and, you know, and was at his 30th birthday party, his 40th birthday party right before all this happened.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And so you know we've lost dear friendships that were meaningful friendships in our lives because of that battle the uber wars is something that should be studied in order to learn lessons about what to do right and what to you know what to avoid the types of mistakes if you had the uber wars again is there anything you'd do differently

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And so you know we've lost dear friendships that were meaningful friendships in our lives because of that battle the uber wars is something that should be studied in order to learn lessons about what to do right and what to you know what to avoid the types of mistakes if you had the uber wars again is there anything you'd do differently

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And so you know we've lost dear friendships that were meaningful friendships in our lives because of that battle the uber wars is something that should be studied in order to learn lessons about what to do right and what to you know what to avoid the types of mistakes if you had the uber wars again is there anything you'd do differently

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

The strategy of publicly and legally battling was the only strategy that I saw as an effective counter to what was happening at the time. What I wish I had done or had the wisdom to know to do was what Sam and his allies did in getting the employees at OpenAI to back Sam and say, if he doesn't come back, we're going to leave. That was very powerful. It was very powerful.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

The strategy of publicly and legally battling was the only strategy that I saw as an effective counter to what was happening at the time. What I wish I had done or had the wisdom to know to do was what Sam and his allies did in getting the employees at OpenAI to back Sam and say, if he doesn't come back, we're going to leave. That was very powerful. It was very powerful.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

The strategy of publicly and legally battling was the only strategy that I saw as an effective counter to what was happening at the time. What I wish I had done or had the wisdom to know to do was what Sam and his allies did in getting the employees at OpenAI to back Sam and say, if he doesn't come back, we're going to leave. That was very powerful. It was very powerful.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Shervin Pishevar on The Epic Uber War and What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | Raising $15BN to Win China | Why The Traditional Venture Capital Model is Dead | The Future of Quantum and How We Will Cure All Diseases in 10 Years

And if we had done that at Uber, because Travis was beloved, so was Emil. They were beloved by the team. And so, you know, they were smart enough that they turned a few key people like Ryan Graves against Travis and they began collaborating. Do you blame him?