20VC: The First ICO Blockchain Incubator Ever, Why ICO's Will Change The World of Venture As We Know It & How The M&A Market Will Respond To ICO's with Mike, Jones, Co-Founder @ Science Inc
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Jones is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Science Inc, one of America's most successful incubators with...
20VC: Nuzzel's Jonathan Abrams on Why The Top VCs Do Not Have A PlayBook For Startup Success, Why Most Boards Are Not Successful & Why He Is Bored Of Hearing "I Fell Into VC"
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Abrams is the Founder and CEO @ Nuzzel, the startup that offers personalised news discove...
20VC: What Are The Big Questions Entrepreneurs & VCs Must Ask Corporate VCs, Why Corporate VCs Are Not Your Best Lead For Series A & Why The "You Have To Network Your Way To Us' Is Wrong with Allison Goldberg, Managing Director @ Time Warner Investments
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Allison Goldberg is a Managing Director & Senior Vice President @ Time Warner Investments, focusi...
20VC: YC's Daniel Gross on How YC Can Democratise AI & Reduce Incumbency Advantages, Why ML Enabled Software Will Eat The Software That Ate The World & Whether AI Will Produce Independent Companies or Be Technology within Incumbents
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Gross is a Partner @ Y Combinator, the world's most successful accelerator with alumni tha...
20VC: What Larry Paige, Mary Meeker and Ben Horowitz All Have In Common, Why You Have To Build A Movement Not A Brand & Why This Really Is A Great Time To Be An Entrepreneur with Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder @ Allbirds
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Zwillinger is the Founder @ Allbirds, the startup that makes the world's most comfortable s...
20VC: How To Design Investment Decision Making That Allows For Outliers, Why Personal Voice Computing Is The Next Big Platform & The Challenges That Could Prevent It with David Beisel, Founding Partner @ NextView Ventures
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Beisel is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, one of the East Coast's leading ear...
20VC: Jason Calacanis on The 4 Questions Investors Must Ask Founders, Whether YC Have Scaled Their Process Successfully & Why Early Founder Liquidity Is Good Not Bad
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Calacanis is arguably one of the world's greatest angel investors, as he says he has "got lu...
20VC: Why Not Every Element of A Scalable Business Has To Scale, Why You Should Be Bearish on Retail & Why Fewer Businesses Are Getting Started Today Since The Great Depression with Brad Hargreaves, Founder & CEO @ Common
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Hargreaves is the Founder & CEO @ Common, the startup that provides shared housing for those ...
20VC: The 7 Requirements For Startup Scaling, Why VCs Must Approach Every Conversation with A Yes Mentality & Why We Will See The Humanisation of Technology with Renata Quintini, Partner @ Lux Capital
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Renata Quintini is a Partner @ Lux Capital, one of the leaders in the rise of deep tech investing ...
20VC: Why We Will Continue To See An Explosion In Deep Tech Financing, Why Much of Silicon Valley's Talent Is Going To Waste & How Fund Cycles Need To Be Adjusted To Work With Deep Tech with Seth Bannon, Founding Partner @ Fifty Years
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Bannon is a Founding Partner at Fifty Years, a San Francisco seed fund that backs entreprene...
20VC: Coinbase's Brian Armstrong on The Rise & Short Term Correction in ICOs, The Regulatory Framework Required For Blockchain To Succeed & How The Rise of Blockchain Disrupts The VC Industry
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Armstrong is the Founder & CEO @ Coinbase, the startup that provides the world's most popula...
20VC: When Should CEOs Ask Their VC For Help, When Do Companies Really Need A Board & What The Series A Expansion Means For Startups with Max Gazor, General Partner @ CRV
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Max Gazor is a General Partner @ CRV, one of the nation’s oldest and most successful VC firms n...
20VC: What Metrics LPs Really Use To Measure Manager Success, Why 10 Year Fund Structures Really Do Not Work & Why Venture Is So Similar To The Movie Business with Will Porteous, General Partner @ RRE Ventures
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Will Porteous is the General Partner & COO @ RRE Ventures, one of New York's leading venture funds...
20VC: Construct Your Fundraising Process To Get 3 Term Sheets in 36 Hours, Why Slow and Steady Can Be Best For Startups & Why All Startups Must Know Their Zero Cash Day with Nathan Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Wenzel is the Founder & CEO @ SimpleLegal, the startup that helps legal operations reduce l...
20VC: Why YC Is The Exact Opposite of Proprietary Deal Flow, Why Having No Follow On Dramatically Aligns Incentives & Why Founders Do Not Have To Be Passionate About Their Idea From The Start with Michael Ma, Founding Partner @ Liquid 2 Ventures
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ma is a Founding Partner @ Liquid 2 Ventures, one of San Francisco's younger and more exci...
20VC: Investing $200m In Facebook, The 3 Stages of Founder Development & Why Creating A New User Behaviour Can Be Unit Economics Inefficient with Rahul Mehta, Managing Partner @ DST
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rahul Mehta is a Managing Partner @ DST, one of the world's leading late stage venture funds with...
20VC: The 2 Types of Sexism & How They Play Out In Tech, Why You Should Not Always Get Customers To Pay For Your Product Immediately & Why You Must Ask Operator VCs Different Questions To Non-Operator VCs with Jenna Brown, Founder & CEO, Shipamax
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Brown is the Founder & CEO @ Shipamax, a data driven communications platform for brokers and...
20VC: Why It Is BS That You Never Regret Paying A High Price To Get Into A Good Company, Why There Are Only 2 Price Points That Work in SaaS and Why eSports Will Be Bigger Than Traditional Sports in 5 Years Time with Jason Pressman @ Shasta Ventures
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Pressman is a Managing Director @ Shasta Ventures who have made investments in the likes of...
20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsten Green is the Founding General Partner @ Forerunner Ventures, where she has raised over $25...
20VC: Max Levchin on What Makes A Truly Great CEO, Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Trait For Entrepreneurs & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Max Levchin is the Founder & CEO @ Affirm, the company that aims to remake consumer finance from t...
20VC: The Blurring of Early & Late Stage, Why Your Go To Market Strategy Is More Important Now Than Ever & Why Venture Is The Academia Of Tech with Roseanne Wincek @ IVP
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Roseanne Wincek is an investor with IVP, one of the leaders in growth financing with a portfolio i...
20VC: Benchmark's Mitch Lasky on The Snapchat Journey From Series A to IPO, Why Small Is Beautiful In Venture Partnerships & Why Venture Is Very Much Like Hollywood
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch Lasky is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the world’s leading VC funds with a portfo...
20VC: Why Radical Candor Is Crucial in Workplaces, Why 85% of Work Relationship Mistakes Happen and Why You Should Not Try and Be More Likeable with Kim Scott, Co-Founder @ Candor Inc
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Scott is the Co-Founder @ Candor, the startup that allows you to become a better leader. Prio...
20VC: How To Get Back To 200 Tech IPOs Per Year, Why We Are In A 'Bulge" Not A Bubble & The Impending Flat & Down Rounds To Come with Barry Schuler, Partner @ DFJ Growth
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Schuler is a Partner @ DFJ Growth, the team that seeks out companies that have gone through ...
20VC: Kleiner Perkins GP, Eric Feng on How The Best Funds Use Tech and Data To Find Companies, Why Entrepreneurs Start The Fire and VCs Add The Rocket Fuel & Why Consumer Is Harder Than Ever Today
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Feng is a Partner @ Kleiner Perkins, one of the world's leading venture capital firms with pr...
20VC: Why You Do Not Want Diversity Of Thought, Why You Have To Build A Sports Team and Not A Family & Why Extreme Cultures Are Easier For People To Understand with Ari Mir, Founder @ Clutter
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ari Mir is the Founder @ Clutter, the startup that provides simple, painless solutions to your sto...
20VC: Bessemer's Ethan Kurzweil on How To View Pattern Recognition and Deal With The Anti-Portfolio, The Next Frontier In Developer Focussed Businesses & Why eSports Is Interesting Again
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Kurzweil is a Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners, one of the world leading venture funds wi...
20VC: Bessemer's Jeremy Levine on Why We Are In A Fallow Period For Consumer, Why It Is Bogus That Operational VCs Can Add More Value & 2 Golden Rules To Always Tell Entrepreneurs Pre-Investment
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Levine is a Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners, one of the world's leading venture funds w...
20VC: Why Every CEO's Goal Should Be To Be The Laziest CEO, The Benefits of Being Both Founder and Investor At The Same Time & Why Every CEO Should Try A CEO Coach with Bart Lorang, Founder & CEO @ Full Contact
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bart Lorang is the Founder & CEO @ FullContact, the leading contact platform for professionals, t...
20VC: Elad Gil on Becoming One of Silicon Valleys Top Angels, Why Most People Get Market Sizing Wrong & Should VC Services Always Be Bundled Together?
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elad Gil is the Founder of Color Genomics, however, Elad is also one of the most prominent angel ...
20VC: Benchmark's Peter Fenton on How To Differentiate Between Good & Great VCs, Why Ownership Is A Bigger Determinant Of Returns Than Valuation & What Makes A Truly Exceptional Board Member
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Fenton is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the world's leading VC funds with a portfoli...
20VC: Is Series B Really The Hardest To Raise? Should The Only Limiting Factor Post Series B Be Cash & When Is The Right Time To Move To The US with Nicolas Dessaigne, Founder & CEO @ Algolia
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolas Dessaigne is the Founder & CEO @ Algolia, the most reliable platform for building search i...
20VC: Tony Conrad on Straddling The Role Of Founder & Investor, What True Founder/Product Fit Looks Like & The Dangers of Party Rounds
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Conrad is a Partner @ True Ventures, one of the leading early stage funds on the West Coast w...
20VC: Kevin Rose on Putting The Entire Fund Into Uber, The Future For Mobile & Whether Angels Should Have Super Pro-Rata Rights?
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Rose is a Venture Partner @ True Ventures, one of the leading early stage funds on the West ...
20VC: Evernote CEO on Why You Play For The Front of Your Jersey Not The Back, Why Success Is A Team Sport & Why Leadership Should Accept The Negative Consequences In All Situations
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chris O'Neill is the CEO @ Evernote, the productivity powerhouse allowing millions of users around t...
20VC: Why Cheque Size & Follow On Decision-Making Does Not Matter, Why Intelligence Is Overrated & Why You Should Do Everything You Can To Make Other People Successful with Anthony Pompliano, Founding Partner @ Full Tilt Capital
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Pompliano is the General Partner @ Full Tilt Capital, the firm that wants to reinvent fri...
20VC: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on Why VC Is About Upside Maximisation Not Downside Minimisation, Why There Is No Right Way To Do Venture and Why They Do Not Have Monday Morning Partner Meetings At Founders Fund
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Singerman is a Partner @ Founders Fund, one of the world’s most prestigious and successful ...
20VC: Trivago Founder on Why Incumbents Have Lost Their Main Business Model, Why You Have To Destroy Everything Ego Related & Why Transparency Is The Key To Capital Flow
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rolf Schrömgens is the Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Trivago, the world's top hotel price comp...
20VC: How Both Founders & GPs Should Construct Their Pitch, Why VCs Are Eternal Optimists & What Makes The Best Post-Investment VC/Founder Relationship with Brian Ascher, Partner @ Venrock
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Ascher is a Partner @ Venrock, a leading fund with prior investments including Nest, Dollar Sh...
20VC: Kleiner Perkins' MZ Zaveri on Why Success In Venture Is About The 3 F's, How VCs Can Manage Deal Heat & Is There Too Much Venture Dollars At Seed
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
MZ Zaveri is a Partner @ Kleiner Perkins, one of the world's most prestigious venture funds with pri...
20VC: Tinder's Sean Rad on Why Humility Is The Key Trait For Founders To Have, Why Today's Incumbents Are Stronger Than Any Before Them & How Leaders Need To Scale With The Scaling Of Their Company
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Rad is the Founder & Chairman @ Tinder, the world's most popular app for connecting with new an...
20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mar Hershenson is a Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc alongside Pejman Nozad. After earning a Ph...
20VC: Founders Fund's Kevin Hartz on Why Investing In Silicon Valley Is Broken & Why Fearlessness Is What Makes The Truly Great Investors
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Hartz is a Partner @ Founders Fund, one of the world's most prestigious and successful VC fund...
20VC: The Future Business Model For Drones & Why Enterprise Drones Need To Be As Boring As Possible with Jonathan Downey, Founder & CEO @ Airware
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Downey is the Founder & CEO @ Airware, the startup that allows you to make better-informed ...
20VC: Why It Is Good Company Funding Has Been Down 6 Quarters In A Row, Why Unanimity Does Not Work In VC Decision-Making & Why It Is Dangerous To Be A Spreadsheet Investor with Scott Raney, Partner @ Redpoint Ventures
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Raney is a Partner @ Redpoint Ventures, one of the valley's leading multi-stage funds with ov...
20VC: Khosla's Keith Rabois on How To Create Sustainability Behind Growth, How To Assess The Potential Of Individuals & Teams & The Biggest Takeaways from LinkedIn, Paypal & Square
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Rabois is an investment partner at Khosla Ventures where he has led investments in Stripe, Th...
20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Harley Finkelstein is the COO @ Shopify, the e-commerce platform that has allowed a generation of pe...
20VC: The 3 Forms Of Edge A Founder Can Have, Lessons From Being on A Board With Bill Gates & Why There Are A Lot Of Tourist VCs Who Are Going To Lose A Lot Of Money, with Josh Wolfe, Co-Founder @ Lux Capital
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Wolfe is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Lux Capital, the fund that supports scientists a...
20VC: Harry Stebbings on The Biggest Takeaways From Interviewing The World's Best Investors, What Makes A Truly Great Interview & Some Big News... with Mattias Ljungman, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Atomico
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mattias Ljungman is a Co-Founder and General Partner @ Atomico, one of Europe's leading VC funds whi...
20VC: Why We Are Still In The Very Early Days For Fintech, Why Your Company Has To Have An Opinionated Culture & Why The CEO Should Not Be The Sole Point Of Contact With The Board with Bill Clerico, Founder & CEO @ WePay
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Clerico is the Co-Founder & CEO @ WePay, the most complete payments solution for platforms. To ...
20VC: How LPs Can Add Strategic Value To Portfolio Companies & Why Real Estate Is On Every Whiteboard In Silicon Valley with Brendan Wallace, Co-Founder @ Fifth Wall
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Wallace is a Co-Founder of Fifth Wall, the fund that specializes in technology for the buil...
20VC: Explosion of First Time Funds, Only 1 Mega Fund Raised: What The Heck Happened in Q1 Venture Markets with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Beezer Clarkson is Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures where she leads Sapphire’s investments i...
20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Brown is the Founder & CEO @ Tally, the startup that is building a better credit card experien...
20VC: 2 Signs That A Company Is Ready For IPO, Why Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Management Teams Do Not Want To Go Public with Gene Frantz, General Partner @ CapitalG
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gene Frantz is a Partner of CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth investment fund which has investments in t...
20VC: Inside Google's Growth Fund & The 3 Criteria They Look For With Potential Investments with Laela Sturdy, General Partner @ CapitalG
24 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Laela Sturdy is a Partner @ CapitalG, Alphabet's growth investment fund that have invested in the li...
20VC: Back To Back Female Led IPOs & Why It's Harder To Be A Female CEO Than A Male CEO with Leura Fine, Founder & CEO @ Laurel & Wolf
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leura Fine is the founder and CEO of leading online interior design service Laurel & Wolf. Driven b...
20VC: Investing; A Game Of Access Or Picking, Why Technical DD At Seed Is Irrelevant & Why A Contrarian Mindset Does Not Always Lead To Optimal Returns with Leo Polovets, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Susa Ventures
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leo Polovets is a Co-Founder and General Partner @ Susa Ventures, one of the west coast's most excit...
20VC: Can Founders Really Trust Their VC & How To Navigate The Acquisition Process Successfully with Josh Felser, Co-Founder @ Freestyle.vc
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Felser is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Freestyle, one of SF's leading early stage seed f...
20VC: How Investors Can Get Into The Best Deals & Why Founders First Point Of Contact Should Be With The Investment Decision-Maker with Spencer Kimball, Founder & CEO @ Cockroach Labs
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Kimball is the Founder & CEO @ Cockroach Labs, the open-source database for building global...
20VC: Why Young VCs Must Have Cheque Writing Ability & Why Corporate VC Is The Best Training Ground For New VCs with Nagraj Kashyap @ Microsoft Ventures
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nagraj Kashyap is the Head of Microsoft Ventures, the early stage investment arm of Microsoft. They ...
20VC: AngelList's Naval Ravikant on The Secrets To Success At Seed, Why Micro VC Is The Return of Traditional Series A & Why We Will See The Unbundling Of Traditional VC Brands
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Naval Ravikant is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList, where the world meets startups either to ...
20VC: How To Create FOMO For Investors, How To Manage VC Conversations & A Repeatable Process For Learning New Things with Anna Shedletsky, Founder & CEO @ Instrumental.ai
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Shedletsky is the Founder & CEO @ Instrumental, the startup that helps consumer electronics com...
20VC: Why Spray & Pray Investing Is Wrong, Why Data-Informed VC Beats Data Driven VC & What To Look For When Investing In A Marketplace with Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Breinlinger is a Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures where he has made investments in ...
20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk on Why There Is No Series A Crunch, How To Package Portfolio Companies For The Next Round & Why The Bridge Round Is Not Always A Negative Sign?
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter Walk is a founding partner @ Homebrew, one of Silicon Valley's breakout seed funds of the las...
20VC: Why Every Founder Should Bootstrap Their Startup, How To Solve Information Asymmetry Between Founders and VCs & Living In A Cupboard For Two Years To Fund StyleSeat with Melody McCloskey, Founder & CEO @ StyleSeat
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melody McCloskey is the Founder & CEO @ StyleSeat, the largest and fastest growing marketplace in th...
20VC: How Investors Can Get Into The Best Y Combinator Startups & How YC Startups Should Choose The Right Investors with Jared Friedman, Partner @ YC
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Friedman is a Partner @ Y Combinator, the world's most successful accelerator with portfolio c...
20VC: How Investors Can Build Relationships with Founders In Organic, Non-Transactional Ways & How VCs Should Handle Founder Disputes with Saar Gur, General Partner @ CRV
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Saar Gur is a General Partner @ CRV, one of the nation's oldest and most successful VC firms now on ...
20VC: How To Raise $200m In Any Economic Climate, Scale From Garage To Global In Record Time & The Biggest Startup You Have Not Heard About with Christian Lanng, Founder & CEO @ Tradeshift
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Lanng is the Founder & CEO @ Tradeshift, the startup with the vision to transform the way...
20VC: How Every VC Firm Is A Marketplace, Why A Large Amount of Promise in AI Today Is Impossible & Entrepreneurs 3 Main Pain Points of Fundraising with Alex Mittal, Founder & CEO @ Funders Club
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Mittal is the Founder & CEO @ Funders Club, the company that uses software and networks to prov...
20VC: SaaStr's Jason Lemkin on The 3 Things You Want From Your LPs, Why Most VCs Do Not Add Value & Why The Best VCs Know How To Package Startups For The Next Round
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Lemkin is the Founder @ SaaStr, now with the $70m SaaStr Fund, Jason has paved the way for the...
20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Chou is co-founder and CEO of Kabam, a world leader in mobile free-to-play games. At Kabam, Ke...
20VC: Sequoia Partner, Carl Eschenbach on Building and Scaling High Performace Teams and The Common Mistakes In Scaling A Go-To-Market Strategy
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carl Eschenbach is a Partner @ Sequoia Capital, one of the world's leading funds with investments in...
20VC: Sequoia Partner, Pat Grady on Why Data Is The New Oil, Why We Will See The Return of The Apprenticeship Model in VC & The Defining Characteristics of The Next Generation of Great Software
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Pat Grady is a Partner @ Sequoia Capital, one of the world's leading funds with prior investments in...
20VC: Wealthfront and Benchmark's Andy Rachleff on Why Delight Is The Greatest Form Of Virality, Why Competition Does Not Matter & What The Future Holds For Automated Personal Finance
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From 1995 until 2004 Andy Rachleff was a co-founder and General Partner of Benchmark Capital, who ha...
20VC: Why Valuation Is Of Critical Importance At Seed, How To Understand Innovation Cycles & Having 3 CEOs and Burning $10m a Month with Lee Hower, Co-Founder @ NextView Ventures
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Hower is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, one of the East coast's leading early st...
20VC: Betaworks' John Borthwick on Why The VC Model Is So Inefficient, Why Venture Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Frontier Tech Could Only Have Been Disappointing Over The Last Year
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Borthwick is the Founder & CEO @ Betaworks, the New York-based startup platform combining 3 are...
20VC: Why Product Market Fit Is Like Porn, How The Entrance of Facebook and Google Into Enterprise Software Effects Traditional Enterprise Companies & The Future Pricing Model For The Enterprise with Dennis Mortensen, Founder @ X.ai
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Mortensen is the CEO and Founder of X.ai, the artificial intelligence driven personal assist...
20VC: The Power Of A Concentrated Seed Portfolio, Why Operational Value Add Models At Seed Do Not Make Sense & Why We Will See A Shakeout Of Growth Stage Investors with Roger Ehrenberg, Founder & Managing Partner @ IA Ventures
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Ehrenberg is the Founder and Managing Partner @ IA Ventures, one of New York’s leading early...
20VC: Benchmark's Scott Belsky on What Makes Truly The Best VCs? Why Entrepreneurs Must Focus on 'The First Mile' & The Key Ingredients To The Perfect Onboarding Process
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Belsky is a Venture Partner @ Benchmark, one of the world's leading VC funds. As an early-stag...
20VC: Raising $24m From The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Why EdTech Is So Misunderstood & Why The Future Of Work Is Decentralised with Andela's Jeremy Johnson
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Johnson is the Founder & CEO @ Andela, the startup that aims to bring a scientific approach t...
20VC: Why Venture Is A Service Product? Why There Is No Such Thing As Product Market Fit & Why Startups Need To Be More Design Orientated with Ben Blumenfeld, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Designer Fund
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Blumenfeld is the Co-Founder & General Partner @ Designer Fund, they invest in startups co-found...
20VC: Pejman Nozad: Tech's Most Unlikely VC: From Yoghurt Shop To Investing In Startups Now Worth $20Bn+
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Pejman Nozad is the Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc, one of the leading seed stage funds in the ...
20VC: Why Founders Should Not Focus On Top Line Valuation, Why Capital Efficiency Is Key To Returns And Investment Success & Why Despite Popular Thought, $100m Is An Exciting Exit For VC with Micah Rosenbloom, Managing Partner @ Founder Collective
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Micah Rosenbloom is Managing Partner @ Founder Collective, one of the leading seed funds in the worl...
20VC: Why We Are Valuation & Ownership Insensitive, Why We Do Not Take Board Seats & The Effects Of The Series A Crunch with Topher Conway, Co-Managing Partner @ SV Angel
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Topher Conway is a Co-Managing Partner of SV Angel, one of Silicon Valley's leading seed funds with ...
20VC: How Startups & VCs Can Build Relationships with Potential Corporate Acquirers? The Challenge Of Operating Both A B2B & B2C Business Model & Why Fundraising Is The One Element Founders Cannot Control with Gautam Gupta, Founder & CEO @ NatureBox
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gautam Gupta is the Founder & CEO at NatureBox, the startup that allows consumers to discover new & ...
20VC: The Radical Changes In Public Market Expectations, The Right Way To Assess Valuation & What It Means To Be A Disciplined & Diligent Investor with Randy Glein, Partner @ DFJ Growth
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Randy Glein is a Co-Founder & Partner @ DFJ Growth where he looks to partner with entrepreneurs that...
20VC: What Does It Take To Gain A Late Stage Cheque Today? The Fundamental Mistakes CEOs Make In The Scaling Process & The Importance Of Building The Next S Curve For Founders with Jules Maltz, General Partner @ IVP
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jules Maltz, is a General Partner @ Insight Venture Partners (IVP) where he has made investments in ...
20VC: Why I Do Not Regret Taking 'Peter Thiel Money', What Is The Difference Between Leadership & Management & What Conversations Are For The Founding Team Only with Tim Junio, Founder & CEO @ Qadium
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Junio is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Qadium, the startup that creates and organizes knowledge abou...
20VC: The Fundamentals To Creating A Successful Venture Partnership & The Optimal Investment Decision Making Process with Ryan McIntyre, Co-Founder @ Foundry Group
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan McIntyre is a Co-Founder @ Foundry Group, one of the leading VC funds of the last decade with i...
20VC: How 50% Of VCs Hurt Entrepreneurs, How To Build A Relationship Of Trust With Your VC and How Entrepreneurs Can Detect VC BS with Jason Mendelson, Co-Founder @ Foundry Group
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Mendelson is Co-Founder @ Foundry Group, one of the leading VC funds of the past decade with i...
20VC: Why You Should Build Your Investor Team Like A Sports Team & How To Leverage The Abilities Of Your Investors Effectively with Ted Blosser, Founder & CEO @ WorkRamp
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Blosser is the founder and CEO of WorkRamp, the startup that is transforming how the best compan...
20VC: Preparing For The Next Big Trend, Why Conversational Will Be The Next Big Thing & How Entrepreneurs Should View Market Size with Sarah Guo @ Greylock Partners
25 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Guo is an investor @ Greylock Partners, which she joined in 2013. Prior to Greylock, Sarah was...
20VC: Greylock's John Lilly on How Greylock Continues To Invest In The Next Big Markets, The Importance Of Building Tribes & Why There will Be Another Boom In Mobile
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Lilly is a Partner at Greylock Partners, one of the world's leading venture funds of the past d...
20VC: Biggest Takeaways From Working With Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston, Why You Should Put Off Hiring For As Long As Possible & Why Seed Stage Investing Is All About Optimising The Top Of The Funnel with Harj Taggar, Founder & CEO @ Triplebyte
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Harj Taggar is the Founder & CEO @ Triplebyte, the startup that is changing the world of engineerin...
20VC: How To Test The Strength Of Co-Founder Relations, The Dangers Of Raising A Large Series A & Why The Biggest Challenge For Consumer Companies Is Finding The Second Big Hit with Rishi Garg, Partner @ Mayfield Fund
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rishi Garg is a General Partner @ Mayfield Fund, where he focuses on new media platforms, disruptive...
20VC: Why We Will See A Big Series B Crunch? Why Proprietary Data Pools & AI Talent Will Be The New Limited Natural Resources? Why Now Is The Closest Thing To A New Normal with Tim Chang, Managing Director @ Mayfield Fund
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Chang is a Managing Director @ Mayfield Fund and Tim was referred to me by many other VCs as 't...
20VC: Building An AI Company For The Long Term? How Humans & Machine Learning Can Work Together? What Applications Are The Conversational Interface Best Suited To with Maran Nelson, Founder & CEO @ Clara Labs
13 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maran Nelson is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Clara Labs, the truly human interface that uses conversationa...
20VC: Why You Should Not Invest From Patterns, Why No Good Business Was Built As An Analogy Of Another & Why The Rise Of The 'Celebrity Investor' Is Concerning with Emily Melton, Partner @ DFJ
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Melton is partner at DFJ, where she focuses on consumer and mobile technology, as well as heal...
20VC: DFJ's Josh Stein on Why VCs Must Adapt To Their Founders, The Major Transition Points For Aaron Levie @ Box & Why SaaS Startups Are Growing At A Rate Never Seen Before
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Stein is Partner @ DFJ where his current board responsibilities include Box (NYSE: BOX), Chartb...
20VC: eShares' Henry Ward on Why Portfolio Theory Is Wrong? Why Investors Will Never Take Market Risk & Why You have To Have A Line of Sight To A $Bn Outcome
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Ward is the Founder & CEO @ eShares, the No 1 cap table management platform providing equity m...