20VC: Evernote's Phil Libin on The Pros and Cons Of Moving To VC, The Future For Bots & Having Marc Benioff & Reid Hoffman As Mentors
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Libin is Managing Director @ General Catalyst and Founder and Executive Chairman @ Evernote. At...
20VC: Why Companies Going Bust Is Part Of The Plan, Why Most VCs Are Later Stage Than They Think & Why Venture Capital Is Humbling with Charlie O'Donnell, Founder @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie O’Donnell is the Founder and Sole Partner @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the first venture c...
20VC: How AI Can Enhance Not Replace Humans? What Will Differentiate Between The Winners & The Losers In AI? Why AGI Is Further Away Than We Think with Nitesh Banta, Founder & CEO @ B12
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nitesh Banta is the Founder and CEO @ B12, the startup that uses AI to superpower their team of worl...
20VC: Using Valuation As A Litmus Test, Why Valuation Does Not Matter At Seed Stage & How Seed Funds Can Serve Founders Better with Kent Goldman, Founder @ Upside Partnership
28 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kent Goldman is the Founder of Upside Partnership, one of the leading seed-stage investment firms i...
20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Politis is the Founder & CEO @ Bettercloud, the first ever unified SaaS management platform. B...
20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Parker Thompson is a Partner @ AngelList and creator of popular parody Twitter Account, Startup L Ja...
20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Lynn is a Partner @ Canvas, where she focusses on Fintech, Digital Health, SaaS and mobile. ...
20VC: Qualtrics' Ryan Smith on Building A $Bn Company & Raising The Largest Series A Since 2008 From Sequoia & Accel
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Smith is the Founder & CEO @ Qualtrics, an online survey company with 1,200 employees and a val...
20VC: Garry Tan on The Biggest Takeaways From Advising 700 Companies @ Y Combinator & Why Now Is The Golden Age For The Early Stage?
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Garry Tan is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Initialized Capital, one of Silicon Valleys leadin...
20VC: Reddit's Alexis Ohanian on How It All Started With Paul Graham @ YC, The Biggest Surprises About Making The Move Into VC & Why Alexis Believes All The Best Investors Have Operating Experience
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alexis Ohanian is co-founder of Reddit & Initialized Capital. After graduating from UVA in 2005, A...
20VC: The Future For 3D Printing? Why European VCs Are More Conservative Than US VCs & How 3D Printing Truly Changes The Manufacturing Process with Peter Weijmarshausen, Co-Founder & CEO @ Shapeways
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Weijmarshausen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shapeways, the world’s leading 3D printing mark...
20VC: How To Assess Founder Psychology, Why Talking About Financial Returns In The First Meeting Is Always Wrong & How To Allocate Time Amongst A VC Portfolio with Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront Ventures
07 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Nortman is a Partner @ Upfront Ventures, one of LA's leading venture funds. Kara is also co-fou...
20VC: Lessons Learnt From Marc Benioff & Selling To Salesforce For $2.7bn, What Product Market Fit Really Looks Like & Why Pricing Is Startup's Biggest Problem with Scott Dorsey, Managing Partner @ HighAlpha
05 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Dorsey is the Managing Partner @ High Alpa, the startup studio that both builds and invests in...
20VC: Flexport's Ryan Petersen on Why Investor Relations Are Overrated, Why Boards Have To Be Rethought & Why MBAs Do Not Make Bad Entrepreneurs
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Petersen is the Founder and CEO of Flexport, the freight forwarder for the internet age. Flexpo...
20VC: Why There Is A Revolution In VC, Why Boards Are Inherently Inefficient & Why Data Will Be Central To VC In The Future with Chris Farmer, General Partner @ SignalFire
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Farmer is a General Partner @ SignalFire, as he describes, 'the most quantitative fund in the ...
20VC: Why Market Is More Important Than Team, The 4 Key Roles of A Board Member & Why Founders Get Market Sizing So Wrong with Rory O'Driscoll, Founding Partner @ Scale Venture Partners
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rory O’Driscoll is a founding member and Partner at Scale Venture Partners. An active investor for...
20VC: a16z's Balaji Srinivasan on Why There Is A Financial Incentive For Truth In VC & Why The Best VCs Invest In Founder To Make Them Richer Than Themselves
25 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Balaji Srinivasan is the Founder & CEO @ 21.co, the company that believes for bitcoin to succeed we ...
20VC: Venture Capital Is One Hell Of A Drug, What VCs Expect From Founders Once They Have Raised & Why Customers Validate Your Business Not Venture Capital with Eric Paley, Managing Partner @ Founder Collective
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Paley is the Managing Partner at Founder Collective, one of the world’s most successful see...
20VC: Data Collective's Matt Ocko on The Dark Side Of AI & What Happens When 3-4m People Become Unemployed Overnight
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Ocko is the Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder @ Data Collective and has over 3 decades of expe...
20VC: Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory on What Is Missing In EdTech? What Does The Integration Of AI & Education Look Like & The Core Pillars Of Optimising Memory
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Cooke is the Founder & CEO @ Memrise, the app that makes learning languages joyful and they have...
20VC: Investing In Sectors That Were Cool 2 Years Ago, What Accel's Facebook Fund Taught a Generation of LPs & Why LPs Need A New Discovery Process with Paul Martino, Founding Partner @ Bullpen Capital
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Martino is a Co-Founder and General Partner @ Bullpen Capital, the fund that finds overlooked c...
20VC: Rick Marini on Lessons Leant From Naval Ravikant, Why You Need To Make 30 Investments Before You Know What You Are Doing & Why You Have To Earn The Right To Good Dealflow
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Marini is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over 45 investments in early stage star...
20VC: VC / Founder Fit with 3 Things Founders & VCs Must Agree Pre-Investment & Why Having No Company Budgets Creates Internal Entrepreneurs with Jay Desai, Founder & CEO @ PatientPing
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Desai is Co-Founder and CEO of PatientPing, a company that connects health care providers acros...
20VC: Who Will Own The Data? Is There An Incumbency Advantage in AI? When Will Artificial Super Intelligence Come To The Forefront with Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Director @ Glasswing Ventures
09 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, Boston's own AI focussed fund. ...
20VC: Binary's Justin Caldbeck on Specialisation Being Key To Success In VC, The Biggest Problem In VC Today and Why The Future Is A Moneyless Barter Economy
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Caldbeck is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Binary Capital, one of Silicon Valley's lead...
20VC: CEO Whisperer Jerry Colonna on How Investors Mimic Aggressive Behaviour To Cover Insecurity and Why Vulnerability is Key To Success In VC
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry Colonna is a Founder @ Reboot, the coaching company that helps some of the world's greatest en...
20VC: Why You Have To Be A Good Long Term Actor To Succeed in VC & How Owning An Esports Team Could Be A $Bn Outcome with Clinton Foy, General Partner @ Crosscut Ventures
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Clinton Foy is General Partner @ Crosscut Ventures, one of LA's leading VC funds. Prior to Crosscut,...
20VC: Social Capital's Mamoon Hamid on Disrupting The Venture Model & Advancing Humanity By Solving The World's Toughest Problems
31 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mamoon Hamid is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Social Capital, a firm he co-founded in 2011 wi...
20VC: Hootsuite's Ryan Holmes on Optimising Productivity in Meetings, Creating An Ownership Culture & Lessons From Running A Pizzeria!
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Holmes is the founder and CEO of Hootsuite. He started the company in 2008 and has helped grow ...
20VC: Why You Don't Have To Have Operational Experience To Be A Good VC, Why There Is No Optimal Stage To Invest & Why VCs Should Focus on Reputation Ahead of Cash On Cash Returns with Lyon Wong, General Partner @ Spectrum 28
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lyon Wong is the Founding General Partner @ Spectrum 28, a $170m Silicon Valley fund that invests i...
20VC: More $ Raised This Year Than The Past 15, War Chests Being Built & Decline In First Time Funds: So What The Heck Is Happening In Venture with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Beezer Clarkson is Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures where she leads Sapphire’s investments i...
20VC: Why Adaptability Is Key To Fundraising, Why Supply Is Always The First Priority In Marketplaces & Why Sometimes You Have To Hire Fast & Fire Fast with Nav Athwal, Founder & CEO @ RealtyShares
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nav Athwal is the Founder & CEO @ RealtyShares, a curated marketplace connecting real estate develop...
20VC: Greenfield Opportunities For Machine Learning, Why Massive Corporates Finally See It's Potential & Why VC's Investment Decision Making Process Needs To Change with James Cham, Partner @ Bloomberg Beta
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
James Cham is a Partner @ Bloomberg Beta and one the pre-eminent thinkers in the machine learning sp...
20VC: Investing Lessons From Fred Wilson & Brad Feld and Why Fundraising Is An Art & Not Everyone Can Be An Artist with Howard Lindzon Founder @ Stocktwits & Managing Partner @ Social Leverage
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Lindzon is the Managing Partner @ Social Leverage, where he has made investments in the likes...
20VC: How You Can Learn To Be A Great Business Leader & Why All Successful Business Must Be Loved or Needed with Moisey Uretsky, Founder @ Digital Ocean
14 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Moisey Uretsky is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Digital Ocean, the second largest and fa...
20VC: Why Many VCs Fail To Raise, Why LP Compensation Is A Massive Problem & Why Fund of Funds Will Become More Prominent with Lindel Eakman, Managing Director @ Foundry Group
12 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lindel Eakman is a Managing Director @ Foundry Group and is a nationally recognized leader in the LP...
20VC: Floodgate's Mike Maples on What Makes Category Kings, What Most Venture Funds Do Wrong When Hiring & 'The Dance Of Product Market Fit'
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Maples is a Founding Partner @ Floodgate, one of the leading early-stage venture funds in the v...
20VC: What Makes A Great marketplace Founder, The Key Metrics Marketplace Success Is Centred On & 3 Ways To Prove To Investors You Are A Domain Expert with Karthik Sridharan, Founder & CEO @ Kinnek
07 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Karthik Sridharan is the Founder & CEO @ Kinnek, the platform which empowers small business owners t...
20VC: The Secret To Building Pattern Recognition, Why MBA Does Not Always Equal Great Founder & What Are The Right Reasons To Start A Company With Hardi Meybaum, General Partner @ Matrix Partners
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hardi Meybaum is a General Partner @ Matrix Partners and similar to Josh Hardi is a natural born en...
20VC: Why The Best CEO's Are The Best Capital Allocators, How You Can Build A Business In A Space You Are Not Passionate About & When Is The Right Time To Put The Pedal To The Metal with Josh Hannah, General Partner @ Matrix Ventures
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Hannah is a General Partner @ Matrix Partners where he has led investments in the likes of Canv...
20VC: Why The Evolution of Digital Media Presents A Multi $Bn Opportunity with Brit Morin, Founder & CEO @ Brit + Co
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brit Morin is the Founder & CEO @ Brit + Co the online media and e-commerce platform that provides...
20VC: Dave Morin on Why Building A Fund Is Like A Company, Why Venture Is A Craft & The Journey To Establish Slow Ventures
28 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Morin is Founder & Partner at Slow Ventures, the leading valley venture fund with investments i...
20VC: The 3 Things LPs Want To See From VCs & Why The Table Stakes For VCs Is Higher Than Ever with Judith Elsea, Co-Founder @ Weathergage Capital
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Elsea is a Co-Founder @ Weathergage Capital, one of the world's leading fund of funds with ov...
20VC: Intercom's Eoghan McCabe on What Makes A Truly Great CEO & What Founders Should Look For In Their Investors
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eoghan McCabe is the CEO and co-founder of Intercom. The customer communications platform that has ...
20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Skok is a Founding Partner @ Underscore VC. Michael started his first software business as...
20VC: Index's Ilya Fushman on The Key Lessons From Scaling Dropbox To 400m Users, Is Excessive Amounts Of Capital Driving Valuations Too High In The Valley & Why Venture Is Like Being On A Swim Team Not A Soccer Team
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ilya Fushman is a Partner at Index Ventures where he has made investments in the likes of Slack, Int...
20VC: Eero's Nick Weaver on Why You Have To Grow One Stage Ahead of Where Your Business Is At and Why If You Want A Great Customer Experience, You Have To Own All The Parts
16 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Weaver is the Founder & CEO @ Eero. The company that makes your wifi hyper fast, super simple a...
20VC: Do VC's Really Hustle Enough? The Takeaways From Watching Twitter Scale From 30 to 2,500 & Why Chris Sacca Is Like Yoda with Ryan Sarver, Partner @ Redpoint
14 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Sarver is a Partner @ Redpoint where he focuses on early stage consumer startups. He sits on ...
20VC: Redpoint's Tom Tunguz on Winning with Data: How To Gain A Competitive Advantage & Dominate Markets with Data and 5 Steps To Create A Data Driven Company
12 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Tunguz is a Partner @ Redpoint Ventures, where he has invested in the likes of Axial, Dremio, ...
20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Leibsohn is the Founder and COO @ Giphy, the company that brings you joy and laughter through g...
20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brett DeMarrais is a Partner @ Ludlow Ventures, who have investments in the likes of ProductHunt, Sp...
20VC: Lerer Hippeau's Ben Lerer on 'Investing With Imagination', Strategies To Avoid Fomo & Develop Pattern Recognition As An Investor and Why We Have Seen The Rise of Direct To Consumer Business & Will This Continue With Further M&A
05 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Lerer is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures and co-founder & CEO of Thrillist Media Gr...
20VC: How To Win The Strategic Process Of Fundraising and Optimising Co-Founder Relationships and Break Ups with Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO @ The Muse
02 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn Minshew is the Founder & CEO @ The Muse, named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media and Inc.’...
20VC: Why Great Founders Are Both Visionary & Stubborn, The Investment Mindset Shift From Angel To VC & How To React When The 'S*** Hits The Fan?' with Jesse Middleton, General Partner @ Flybridge Capital Partners
31 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Middleton is a General Partner @ Flybridge Capital Partners. Prior to joining Flybridge, Jesse...
20VC: Science Inc's Peter Pham on Why The Battle Between Entrepreneurs & VCs Is Unfair, How To Even The Playing Field & How To Tell When A VC Really Is Interested
29 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Pham is a Co-Founder at Science, the startup studio that helps incubate companies co-buildi...
20VC: Maximising Engagement and Retention on Mobile & Why There Should Always Be Availability To A Free Product with Sean Brecker, CEO @ Headspace
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Brecker is the CEO @ Headspace where he is the driving force behind all financial and commercia...
20VC: Why Raising A Fund Is Like Raising A $25m Seed Round with No Product & Why Not All LP Money Is Equal with Chad Byers, General Partner @ Susa Ventures
24 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chad Byers is a General Partner @ Susa Ventures and very exciting news, Susa last week announced th...
20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Bettinelli is a Partner at Upfront Ventures where he specialises in businesses at the juncture...
20VC: How Entrepreneurs Should Manage Their Board & Why Time Constraints Are Always The Key To Progress with Paul Berberian @ Sphero
19 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Berberian is the CEO of Orbotix, the company that created Sphero, the robotic ball controlled ...
20VC: Why Hardware Is Actually Software Wrapped In Plastic & "Of Course Hardware Is Hard, Everything Is Hard" with Ben Einstein, Founder & General Partner @ Bolt VC
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Einstein is Founder and General Partner @ Bolt, Bolt is a fund designed to address the unique ne...
20VC: 500 Startups' Dave McClure on Whether Unicorns Are Necessary For Venture Returns & Why Ownership Is Not The Math To Think About When Investing
15 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dave McClure is the founding partner of 500 Startups, who have made over 1500 investments in the lik...
20VC: Wealthfront's Adam Nash on What Makes Great CEO's & Why Humans Suck At Investing
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Nash is the President and CEO of Wealthfront, where he is on a mission to put the client firs...
20VC: Dollar Shave Club's Series A & B Lead Investor, David Pakman on The Requirements For A Successful Subscription Business & Why A Lot of Investors Do Not Like Consumer
10 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock and the man behind Venrock’s leading of the Series A and B ro...
20VC: Data Collective's Matt Ocko on Why "All Fund Size Models Are Wrong" and The Lifecycle of Current Venture Funds Is Inefficient?
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Ocko is the Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder @ Data Collective and has over 3 decades of expe...
20VC: Turning Down Apple & Getting Funded By Chamath @ Social Capital with Dhananja Jayalath, Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos
05 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dhananja Jayalath is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Athos, creating the new standard for fitness by changing...
20VC: From Seed To Series A: The Due Diligence, The Valuations, The Investment Decision Making Process with Steve Schlafman @ RRE Ventures
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Schlafman is an early stage investor @ RRE Ventures, where he specialises on marketplaces, mob...
20VC: YC's Justin Kan on The 3 Qualities All Successful Investors Have & Why 'VCs Don't Really Do Any Real Work'?
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Kan is a Partner @ world renowned, Y Combinator. The birthplace of the likes of Airbnb, Reddi...
20VC: Why People Should Never Be Surprised If Fired, Subscription E-Commerce Is Hot & People Never Give True and Direct Feedback with Amir Elaguizy, Co-Founder @ Cratejoy
29 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Amir Elaguizy is the Founder & CEO @ YC backed, Cratejoy, the website builder and backend for sub...
20VC: Mythbuster: Is Mobile Dying? Is AR/VR Overhyped? Is The Excitement Around Bots Justified with Sean Flynn, Partner @ Shasta Ventures
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Flynn is a Managing Partner @ Shasta Ventures where he invests in mobile-enabled consumer I...
20VC: Semil Shah on Why The Most Important Thing An Investor Can Do Is Attract Follow On & The Fundamentals of VC Branding
25 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Semil Shah is the founder of Haystack, an early stage investment firm now investing out of it’s ...
20VC: Unity 3D's David Helgason on Building a $bn Business, Getting Funded By Sequoia and Powering The Pokemon Revolution
22 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Helgason is the Founder and Board Member @ Unity 3D. The company that recently announced a ne...
20VC: Why The Whole Industry Is Backward Looking, The Best Funds Are Entrepreneur Led and Venture Is All About Access with Alex Bangash, Founder @ Trusted Insight
20 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Bangash is a Managing Director @ Rumson Group where he helps his clients invest in some of the...
20VC: Flybridge's Jeff Bussgang on Why It Is Not All About Unit Economics & Why VCs Are Big Data Decision Makers
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Bussgang is a Co-Founder and General partner @ Flybridge Capital, where has made investments in...
20VC: Why Every Employee Should Re-Apply For Their Job Every Year & The Strategies To Prepare For A Successful Fundraise with Kyle Hill, Founder & CEO @ HomeHero
15 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Hill is the Co-Founder & CEO @ HomeHero, one of the largest providers of non-medical home ca...
20VC: USV's Brad Burnham on Co-Founding USV with Fred Wilson, What They Look For In Potential Partners & Whether We Are Entering a Period of Consolidation or Expansion
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Burnham is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Union Square Ventures. I feel Brad is far better...
20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment Phase
11 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures, one of the world's leading VC firms with inve...
20VC: When To Transition From Growth to Profitability & The KPI's of The On Demand Economy with Frank Mycroft @ Booster Fuels
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Mycroft is the Founder & CEO @ Booster Fuels, the on-demand fuel delivery service backed by ...
20VC: What It Takes To Raise A VC Fund & Investing in First Time Fund Managers with Michael Kim @ Cendana Capital
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Kim is the founder and Managing Partner of Cendana Capital, a fund of funds which invests ...
20VC: The 4 Required Powers For A Startup To Be A $500m Business with "The Most Powerful Woman in Startups", Ann Miura Ko, Co-Founder @ Floodgate
04 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ann Miura-Ko has been called "the most powerful woman in startups" by Forbes and is the Co-Founder ...
20VC: Why Great VCs Know The Opportunity In Hardware, Physical Stores Will Not Disappear and The Importance of Consumer Brand with Josh Udashkin @ Raden
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Udashkin is the Founder and CEO @ Raden, essentially making the unsexy sexy with a design-fo...
20VC: Felicis' Wesley Chan on The Rise of IoT, Getting Recruited by Larry Page & Creating Google's Biggest Success Disaster
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Chan is a Manging Director @ Felicis Ventures where he has led investments in the likes of...
20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
27 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Cohen is the founder and managing partner at Techstars, so a few amazing stats on techstars ...
20VC: X.ai's Dennis Mortensen on Why There Is No Incumbency Advantage in Artificial Intelligence
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Mortensen is the CEO and Founder of X.ai, the artificial intelligence driven personal ass...
20VC: Why Bots Are The New Black, Conversational Interface Is The Next of For Consumerisation and The Determinants Of A Successful Marketplace with Annie Kadavy, General Partner @ CRV
22 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Kadavy is a General Partner @ Charles River Ventures. The prestigious VC fund that is now on...
20VC: Andy Rachleff, Founder @ Benchmark & Wealthfront on What Makes The Best CEO & Board Member & Why Ivy League Endowments Are The Best Managed Capital In The World
20 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
From 1995 until 2004 Andy Rachleff was a co-founder and General Partner of Benchmark Capital, who ...
20VC: Raising $150m, Meeting Yuri Milner & Revolutionising Mobile Finance with Sasha Orloff @ LendUp
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sasha Orloff is the CEO and Co-founder of LendUp, a fintech startup offering online and mobile p...
20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
15 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Douvos is Managing Director @ Venture Investment Associates (VIA) where he is a member of ...
20VC: What LP's Want In VCs with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
13 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Beezer Clarkson is Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures where she leads Sapphire’s investment...
20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO at Canva the disruptive online platform allowing anyone to create ...
20VC: Spark's Nabeel Hyatt on Investing in Oculus and Cruise & What It Takes To Invest Ahead Of The Curve
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nabeel Hyatt is a venture partner at Spark Capital where he invests in entrepreneurs using that ...
20VC: Spark's Bijan Sabet on Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare & Why First Time Founders Are So Exciting
06 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bijan Sabet is General Partner @ Spark Capital where he primarily invests in digital canvases and...
20VC: inDinero's Jessica Mah on Why Angel Money Is Better Than Institutional Money and Boards Should Work For Founders
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Mah is Founder and CEO of inDinero, which she started back in 2010 to help entrepreneurs ...
20VC: The Future For Autonomous Vehicles & How Software Is Eating Cars with Nikhil Basu Trivedi, Investor @ Shasta Ventures
01 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nikhil Basu Trivedi is an early stage investor with Shasta Ventures, where he focuses on consumer...
20VC: Is Big Data Still A Thing with Matt Turck, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Turck is Managing Director of FirstMark Capital where he invests across a broad range of e...
20VC: The Information's Jessica Lessin on The Future For Online Journalism & The Benefits Of A Subscription Based Business Model
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Lessin founder and Editor in Chief of The Information. Prior to The Information, she cover...
20VC: Sam Lessin on Why Bots Will Change Business & The Internet Has Mostly Failed
25 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Lessin is a Partner at Slow Ventures who have made investments in the likes of Facebook, Twit...
20VC: K9's Manu Kumar on His Approach To Risk, Valuation & Believing What Other People Don't
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Manu Kumar founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage micro-VC fun...
20VC: Xero's Rod Drury on IPO on Day 1 To Hedge Fund to VC & Doing Startups Backward
20 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rod Drury is the Founder & CEO @ Xero, essentially beautiful accounting software for small busines...
20VC: How Startups Should React To Today's Funding Environment & Why Big Markets Are More Forgiving with Jenny Lefcourt, Partner @ Freestyle.vc
18 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Lefcourt is a Partner @ Freestyle where she invests in early stage tech companies. Prior to...
20VC: Rob Go @ NextView on WTF Is Seed Investing Today and Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Go is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures, Next View are hands on, high conviction t...