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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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Last Checked: 2025-09-06 05:19:17
Showing episodes 101 to 200 of 1401 total

20VC: Deepseek Special: Is Deepseek a Weapon of the CCP | How Should OpenAI and the US Government Respond | Why $500BN for Stargate is Not Enough | The Future of Inference, NVIDIA and Foundation Models with Jonathan Ross @ Groq

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Ross is the Co-Founder and CEO of Groq, providing fast AI inference. Prior to founding Groq...

20Sales: Why Every Sales Rep Should Do Pipeline Generation & How to Teach Them | Verticalised Sales Playbooks: When and How | How the Best Sales Reps and Leaders Structure Their Time with Carlos Delatorre, CRO @ Harness

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carlos Delatorre is one of the legendary go-to-market leaders of the last 20 years. Today, Carlos is...

20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

Wed, 22 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

George Sivulka is the founder and CEO of Hebbia, is one of the fastest-growing gen AI companies and ...

20VC: Why All AI Companies Are Under-Valued | The Future of Foundation Models: Scaling Laws, Generalised vs Specialised, Commoditised? | From Unable to Afford Rent to Raising $130M From Index and Peter Thiel with George Sivulka @ Hebbia

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

George Sivulka is the founder and CEO of Hebbia, is one of the fastest-growing gen AI companies and ...

20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

Mon, 20 Jan

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Hussein Kanji is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hoxton Ventures, one of Europe’s leading earl...

20VC: Why Large Seed Rounds Increase the Chances of Success | When to Sell in Venture | Why Multi-Stage Firms Do Not Do The Work | Is Europe Totally F****** and Why AI Means London Can Compete with the US with Hussein Kanji

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hussein Kanji is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hoxton Ventures, one of Europe’s leading earl...

20VC: Monday.com: Scaling from $6M to $120M in ARR in 3 Years | How Monday Have Built the Best Performance Marketing Engine in SaaS | Going Upmarket, International and Multi-Product; The Biggest Lessons and Mistakes with Eran Zinman

Fri, 17 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

The story of Monday.com is insane, turned down by most VCs, then scaled from $6M to $120M ARR in jus...

20VC: Monday.com: Scaling from $6M to $120M in ARR in 3 Years | How Monday Have Built the Best Performance Marketing Engine in SaaS | Going Upmarket, International and Multi-Product; The Biggest Lessons and Mistakes with Eran Zinman

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of Monday.com is insane, turned down by most VCs, then scaled from $6M to $120M ARR in jus...

20VC: Why Scaling Laws Will Not Continue | OpenAI vs Anthropic vs X.ai: Who Wins and Why | How Far Will Model Providers Go Into the Application Layer | The End State for Models: Many Specialised or Few Generalised with Victor Riparbelli @ Synthesia

Wed, 15 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Victor Riparbelli is the CEO and Co-founder of Synthesia, the world’s leading AI video communicati...

20VC: Why Scaling Laws Will Not Continue | OpenAI vs Anthropic vs X.ai: Who Wins and Why | How Far Will Model Providers Go Into the Application Layer | The End State for Models: Many Specialised or Few Generalised with Victor Riparbelli @ Synthesia

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Victor Riparbelli is the CEO and Co-founder of Synthesia, the world’s leading AI video communicati...

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

Mon, 13 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber’s Series...

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

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber’s Series...

20VC: The Future of Foundation Models | The Future of AI Consumer Apps and Why OpenAI Did a Disservice to Them | The Future of Music: Spotify vs YouTube & Spotify vs TikTok: What Happens with Mikey Shulman @ Suno

Fri, 10 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Mikey Shulman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Suno, the leading music AI company. Suno lets everyone ma...

20VC: The Future of Foundation Models | The Future of AI Consumer Apps and Why OpenAI Did a Disservice to Them | The Future of Music: Spotify vs YouTube & Spotify vs TikTok: What Happens with Mikey Shulman @ Suno

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mikey Shulman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Suno, the leading music AI company. Suno lets everyone ma...

20VC: Carvana: The Most Wild Story in Public Markets: From $60BN to $400M and Back to $40BN | The Biggest Opportunities, Mistakes and Challenges Ahead for One of the Public Market's Only 100x Investments

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carvana is one of the most wild stories in the public markets. The company IPO’d with a market cap...

20VC: How To Do a 10x Seed Fund in 2025 | Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups an Founders | Lessons from Losing Billions Missing Airbnb and Pinterest & Investing Lessons from Charlie Munger with Mike Maples @ Floodgate

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Maples is one of the OG seed investors of the last two decades. As a co-founding Partner at Flo...

20Sales: Rippling's CRO on Why Founders Should Not Create Sales Playbooks | Why Discounting is BS and How to Create Urgency in Deals | The Biggest Lessons on Pricing and How to Win the Pricing Game with Matt Plank

Fri, 20 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Matt Plank is Rippling's Chief Revenue Officer where he oversees all Sales and Account Management fu...

20Sales: Rippling's CRO on Why Founders Should Not Create Sales Playbooks | Why Discounting is BS and How to Create Urgency in Deals | The Biggest Lessons on Pricing and How to Win the Pricing Game with Matt Plank

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Plank is Rippling's Chief Revenue Officer where he oversees all Sales and Account Management fu...

20VC: UiPath's Daniel Dines on Why Agents Do Not Mean RPA is F***** | Why We Have Reached the Upper End of Scaling Laws | The Future of Work in an Agent World and What Everyone Misunderstands About Enterprise AI

Wed, 18 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Daniel Dines is the Founder & CEO @ UiPath, one of the most incredible journeys in startups. For 10 ...

20VC: UiPath's Daniel Dines on Why Agents Do Not Mean RPA is F***** | Why We Have Reached the Upper End of Scaling Laws | The Future of Work in an Agent World and What Everyone Misunderstands About Enterprise AI

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Dines is the Founder & CEO @ UiPath, one of the most incredible journeys in startups. For 10 ...

20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

Mon, 16 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Reid Hoffman is one of the most impactful people in technology and startups. As a Founder he founded...

20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Reid Hoffman is one of the most impactful people in technology and startups. As a Founder he founded...

20Growth: How to Scale to $30M ARR Bootstrapped through Content and Brand | The Ultimate Equation to Success in Sales and Why Most Founders Suck at Sales | Why You Should Overpay People and What That Means with Guillaume Moubeche @ Lempire

Fri, 13 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Guillaume Moubeche is the Founder of Lempire, a company he has bootstrapped in the most competitive ...

20Growth: How to Scale to $30M ARR Bootstrapped through Content and Brand | The Ultimate Equation to Success in Sales and Why Most Founders Suck at Sales | Why You Should Overpay People and What That Means with Guillaume Moubeche @ Lempire

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guillaume Moubeche is the Founder of Lempire, a company he has bootstrapped in the most competitive ...

20VC: The Future of War: Are We Ready & What Needs to Be Done | China, Russia and Trump: What Happens Now | Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | Torsten Reil, Co-Founder @ Helsing

Wed, 11 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Torsten Reil is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Helsing, a new type of defence company providing artifi...

20VC: The Future of War: Are We Ready & What Needs to Be Done | China, Russia and Trump: What Happens Now | Raising $828M to Build the Defence Champion of Europe | Torsten Reil, Co-Founder @ Helsing

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Torsten Reil is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Helsing, a new type of defence company providing artifi...

20VC: Salesforce Founder Marc Benioff on The Future of LLMs | The Future of Agents | The Future of Labour | Management Lessons from Steve Jobs

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Benioff is one of the iconic founders and visionaries of our time. From the founding of Salesfo...

20VC: From Unsexy Startup to $1.8BN Acquisition | Why VCs and Founders are Fundamentally Misaligned | Why Valuations and Fundraising are BS | Lessons from Josh Kushner and Marc Andreesen | Zac Bookman, OpenGov

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zachary Bookman is Co-Founder and CEO of OpenGov, the GovTech cloud software leader that was acquire...

20VC: Revolut Founder Nik Storonsky on When and Where Revolut Will IPO & What Revolut Need to Do to Hit $100BN Valuation

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nik Storonsky is the Co-Founder and CEO of Revolut, one of the fastest-growing companies in the worl...

20VC: Grindr: The Most Insane Story in Startups | How the Chinese Bought and Lost Grindr | The Successful IPO with $300M Revenues and 40% EBITDA Margins | How Grindr Built a Free Cash Flow Machine

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

George Arison is the CEO of Grindr. The app that results in 40% of lesbian and gay marriages, the av...

20Product: Is an AI Winter Approaching | The Future of AI Software Development: What is Real & What is BS | OpenAI: WTF is Going on & How Far Into Application Layer Do They Go | The Future Role of Software Engineers with Guy Podjarny

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guy Podjarny founded Tessl, Snyk and Blaze. Tessl is reimagining software development for the AI era...

20VC: Why Price Sensitivity is BS | Why "Portfolios" are Merely a Construct to Make LPs Happy | Why the Best Investment Never Happen in "Fundraising Rounds" | What Europe Needs to do to Become a Superpower Again | Klaus Hommels, Lakestar

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Klaus Hommels is one of Europe’s leading start investors of the last decade with a portfolio inclu...

20VC: Discord's Jason Citron on Why Everything We are Taught About Hiring & Management is BS | Do Richer Founders & Gamer Founders Make Better Founders? | Never Before Told Moments Behind Scaling to 200M Users

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Citron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Discord, a voice, video and text platform for friends play...

20Sales: What I Learned Scaling Datadog from $60M to $1BN in ARR | How to do Outbound in 2024 | Why Discounting is Dangerous and Contract Sizes are Misleading with Dan Fougere

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Fougere is one of the most successful sales leaders of the last decade. Most recently, Dan was C...

20VC: Turning $16.5M into $2.1BN; Lessons from the Greatest Venture Investment in European History: UiPath | Why VC is Not Being Commoditised | Why Price Does Not Matter | Lessons on Loss Ratio, Selling and Signalling with Cem Sertoglu

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cem Sertoglu is one of the great venture investors of the last decade. Cem is famed for writing the ...

20VC Alain De Botton on Why Companies Are Not Families | Why Status is Making You Miserable | Why Parents Want Their Kids to Fail | Why We Are Richer Yet More Anxious Than Ever & Why You Should Not Always "Be Yourself"

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alain De Botton is one of the greatest philosophers of our time. His work has had a profound impact ...

20Growth: Inside Perplexity's Growth Machine: What Worked, What Did Not Work | Why Paid Acquisition is a Drug and Brand Marketing is BS | The Good, Bad and Ugly of A/B Tests and Why Micro-Optimisations are Under-Rated with Raman Malik

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Raman Malik is the Head of Growth at Perplexity where he is responsible for growth marketing, onboar...

20VC: Bolt; The Most Insane Story in Startups | Turning a $5K Loan into an $8BN Company | Why Every VC Turned Down One of Europe's Biggest Winners | Competing with Uber & The Future of Micromobility and Self-Driving

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Markus Villig is the Founder and CEO of Bolt, a global mobility platform with more than 200 million ...

20VC: Anduril Co-Founder on How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | What Happens Between China vs Taiwan, Israel vs Palestine, Russia vs Ukraine | How Software Changes War & Why TikTok Should Be Banned with Matt Grimm

Mon, 11 Nov

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Matt Grimm is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Anduril Industries, an American defense ...

20VC: Anduril Co-Founder on How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | What Happens Between China vs Taiwan, Israel vs Palestine, Russia vs Ukraine | How Software Changes War & Why TikTok Should Be Banned with Matt Grimm

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Grimm is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Anduril Industries, an American defense ...

20VC: Sam Altman on The Trajectory of Model Capability Improvements: Will Scaling Laws Continue | Semi-Conductor Supply Chains | What Startups Will be Steamrolled by OpenAI and Where is Opportunity

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, one of the most important companies in history. OpenAI is on a miss...

20VC: Robinhood's Vlad Tenev on Founder Mode | Building 8x $100M Revenue Lines | Lessons from Raising $5BN and the Gamestop Saga | The Future of Artificial Intelligence, Wealth Management and Home Ownership

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vlad Tenev is a Co-Founder and CEO of Robinhood, the commission free stock trading and investing app...

20VC: Linear's Karri Saarinen How to be Grow Capital Efficiently in a World of BS Growth | How to Fundraise with Leverage | How to Select Investors and How to Give Them Homework in the Raise Process & Growth Lessons from Airbnb and Coinbase

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Karri Saarinen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Linear. The company has raised from some of the best in ...

20VC: Why SaaS is Dead | Why AI First Companies Will Win | We are in the Middle of a Cold War for AI Talent | Why Europe is F******* and We Need to Stop Whining with Daniel Khachab, Co-Founder @ Choco

Mon, 28 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Daniel Khachab is the co-founder and CEO of Choco. Today, Choco’s AI platform facilitates half of ...

20VC: Why SaaS is Dead | Why AI First Companies Will Win | We are in the Middle of a Cold War for AI Talent | Why Europe is F******* and We Need to Stop Whining with Daniel Khachab, Co-Founder @ Choco

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Khachab is the co-founder and CEO of Choco. Today, Choco’s AI platform facilitates half of ...

20VC: The Truth About Multi-Stage Firms; Why Portfolio Services are for VCs not Founders | Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | Why Reserves are Bad for Founders & How Boutique Firms Will Win with Mark Goldberg @ Chemistry

Fri, 25 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Mark Goldberg is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Chemistry, a $350M fund announced just yesterd...

20VC: The Truth About Multi-Stage Firms; Why Portfolio Services are for VCs not Founders | Why Politics is Rife & Decision-Making is Broken in Large VCs | Why Reserves are Bad for Founders & How Boutique Firms Will Win with Mark Goldberg @ Chemistry

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Goldberg is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Chemistry, a $350M fund announced just yesterd...

20Sales: Biggest Lessons Scaling Slack from $6M to $1BN in ARR | How to Build a Customer Success Machine and Where Most Go Wrong | The Framework to Hire All Sales Reps: Take-Home Assignments, Hiring Panels and more with AJ Tennant @ Glean

Wed, 23 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

AJ Tennant is the Vice President of Sales & Success at Glean, Glean has more than 20x'd its revenue ...

20Sales: Biggest Lessons Scaling Slack from $6M to $1BN in ARR | How to Build a Customer Success Machine and Where Most Go Wrong | The Framework to Hire All Sales Reps: Take-Home Assignments, Hiring Panels and more with AJ Tennant @ Glean

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AJ Tennant is the Vice President of Sales & Success at Glean, Glean has more than 20x'd its revenue ...

20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Mamoon Hamid on Investing Lessons from Leading Rounds in Figma, Slack and Rippling | Lessons Building a Generational Defining Firm with Kleiner Perkins | AI: Where Value Accrues, Startups vs Incumbents & Scaling Laws

Mon, 21 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Mamoon Hamid is a General Partner @ Kleiner Perkins and one of the greatest venture investors of our...

20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Mamoon Hamid on Investing Lessons from Leading Rounds in Figma, Slack and Rippling | Lessons Building a Generational Defining Firm with Kleiner Perkins | AI: Where Value Accrues, Startups vs Incumbents & Scaling Laws

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mamoon Hamid is a General Partner @ Kleiner Perkins and one of the greatest venture investors of our...

20Growth: Revolut's Chief Growth Officer on The Growth Playbook Revolut Used to Scale to $2.2BN in Revenue | How Revolut Launch and Grow Products | Why the Best PMs Don't Need A/B Tests & Why CAC is a BS Metric with Antoine Le Nel

Fri, 18 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Antoine Le Nel is the Chief Growth and Marketing Officer at Revolut, one of the fastest growing fint...

20Growth: Revolut's Chief Growth Officer on The Growth Playbook Revolut Used to Scale to $2.2BN in Revenue | How Revolut Launch and Grow Products | Why the Best PMs Don't Need A/B Tests & Why CAC is a BS Metric with Antoine Le Nel

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Antoine Le Nel is the Chief Growth and Marketing Officer at Revolut, one of the fastest growing fint...

20VC: Why Founder Mode is Dangerous & Could Encourage Bad Behaviour | Why Fundraising is a Waste of Time & OKRs are BS | Why Angel Investing is Bad for Founders to Do and the VC Model is on it's Last Legs with Zach Perret @ Plaid

Wed, 16 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Zach Perret is the CEO and Co-Founder of Plaid, a technology platform reshaping financial services. ...

20VC: Why Founder Mode is Dangerous & Could Encourage Bad Behaviour | Why Fundraising is a Waste of Time & OKRs are BS | Why Angel Investing is Bad for Founders to Do and the VC Model is on it's Last Legs with Zach Perret @ Plaid

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Perret is the CEO and Co-Founder of Plaid, a technology platform reshaping financial services. ...

20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

Mon, 14 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

David Frankel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Founder Collective, one of the best seed fir...

20VC: Investing Lessons from FC Seeding Uber, Airtable and Coupang | Why Pro Rata is the Original Sin in VC | Why Liquidity Has Died in 2024 | Why LPs are Pissed with VCs | The Hard Truth About Seed Fund Economics with David Frankel @ Founder Collective

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Frankel is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Founder Collective, one of the best seed fir...

20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

Fri, 11 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Eoghan McCabe is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Intercom, one of the largest private software companies in...

20VC: Why Most AI Investments Will Do Worse than the S&P 500 | Why Early Stage VC is F******* | The Danger of Kamala Harris and Why Trump and Vance are Best | Freedom of Speech, Censorship and Government Control with Eoghan McCabe @ Intercom

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eoghan McCabe is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Intercom, one of the largest private software companies in...

20VC: Sequoia Capital's $9BN Global Equities Fund on The Future for NVIDIA, Google & Meta | How to Play AI in the Public Markets | China & Europe: Is the Future Bleak | The Opportunity for Crossover Funds with Jeff Wang, Managing Partner @ SCGE

Wed, 09 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Jeff Wang is the Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities (SCGE), a public/private crosso...

20VC: Sequoia Capital's $9BN Global Equities Fund on The Future for NVIDIA, Google & Meta | How to Play AI in the Public Markets | China & Europe: Is the Future Bleak | The Opportunity for Crossover Funds with Jeff Wang, Managing Partner @ SCGE

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Wang is the Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities (SCGE), a public/private crosso...

20VC: Raising $500M To Compete in the Race for AGI | Will Scaling Laws Continue: Is Access to Compute Everything | Will Nvidia Continue To Dominate | The Biggest Bottlenecks in the Race for AGI with Eiso Kant, CTO @ Poolside

Mon, 07 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Eiso Kant is the Co-Founder and CTO of Poolside.ai, building next-generation AI for software enginee...

20VC: Raising $500M To Compete in the Race for AGI | Will Scaling Laws Continue: Is Access to Compute Everything | Will Nvidia Continue To Dominate | The Biggest Bottlenecks in the Race for AGI with Eiso Kant, CTO @ Poolside

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eiso Kant is the Co-Founder and CTO of Poolside.ai, building next-generation AI for software enginee...

20Product: How the Best Teams Do Product Reviews | What Everyone Gets Wrong in Hiring Product Teams | Product Lessons Leading Facebook App Monetisation Team to Billions in Revenue with Maria Angelidou, CPO @ Personio

Fri, 04 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Maria Angelidou is a seasoned product leader, having spent close to a decade at Meta where she was ...

20Product: How the Best Teams Do Product Reviews | What Everyone Gets Wrong in Hiring Product Teams | Product Lessons Leading Facebook App Monetisation Team to Billions in Revenue with Maria Angelidou, CPO @ Personio

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maria Angelidou is a seasoned product leader, having spent close to a decade at Meta where she was ...

20VC: Bret Taylor: The AI Bubble and What Happens Now | How the Cost of Chips and Models Will Change in AI | Will Companies Build Their Own Software | Why Pre-Training is for Morons | Leaderships Lessons from Mark Zuckerberg

Wed, 02 Oct

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Bret Taylor is CEO and Co-Founder of Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses. Previousl...

20VC: Bret Taylor: The AI Bubble and What Happens Now | How the Cost of Chips and Models Will Change in AI | Will Companies Build Their Own Software | Why Pre-Training is for Morons | Leaderships Lessons from Mark Zuckerberg

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bret Taylor is CEO and Co-Founder of Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses. Previousl...

20VC: How SHEIN Got So Big So Fast: Behind the Scenes at One of the Fastest Growing Companies in History with Donald Tang, Executive Chairman @ SHEIN

Mon, 30 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Donald Tang is the Executive Chairman of SHEIN, with oversight of public affairs, business strategy...

20VC: How SHEIN Got So Big So Fast: Behind the Scenes at One of the Fastest Growing Companies in History with Donald Tang, Executive Chairman @ SHEIN

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Tang is the Executive Chairman of SHEIN, with oversight of public affairs, business strategy...

20Sales: Scaling Hubspot from $3M to $1BN in ARR | How to Hire and Ramp Sales Teams | How to Scale Customer Success Successfully | How and When to Go International and Crush It with Jeetu Mahtani

Fri, 27 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Jeetu Mahtani was an early member of the HubSpot team. Under his leadership and the sales organizat...

20Sales: Scaling Hubspot from $3M to $1BN in ARR | How to Hire and Ramp Sales Teams | How to Scale Customer Success Successfully | How and When to Go International and Crush It with Jeetu Mahtani

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeetu Mahtani was an early member of the HubSpot team. Under his leadership and the sales organizat...

20VC: Benchmark's Eric Vishria on Where is the Value in AI: Chips, Models or Apps | Why Nvidia Will Not Be The Only Game in Town | The Commoditisation of Foundation Models | Which AI Apps Have Sustaining Value vs Hype and Short Term Revenue

Wed, 25 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Eric Vishria is a General Partner @ Benchmark Capital, one of the world's leading venture firms. At...

20VC: Benchmark's Eric Vishria on Where is the Value in AI: Chips, Models or Apps | Why Nvidia Will Not Be The Only Game in Town | The Commoditisation of Foundation Models | Which AI Apps Have Sustaining Value vs Hype and Short Term Revenue

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Vishria is a General Partner @ Benchmark Capital, one of the world's leading venture firms. At...

20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

Mon, 23 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Dmitry Gurski is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flo Health, the leading women's health app and the first...

20VC: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health: Scaling to $1BN Valuation, 75M Users & Getting 100s of No's From Investors Along the Way with Dmitry Gurski

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dmitry Gurski is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flo Health, the leading women's health app and the first...

20Growth: The 7 Core Levers to Win at Consumer Subscription: Growth Loops, CAC + LTV Benchmarks, Pricing, Packaging, Notifications, Discounts, Paywalls | The Breakdown with Phil Carter

Fri, 20 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Phil Carter is one of the best growth leaders of the last decade helping world-class companies like...

20Growth: The 7 Core Levers to Win at Consumer Subscription: Growth Loops, CAC + LTV Benchmarks, Pricing, Packaging, Notifications, Discounts, Paywalls | The Breakdown with Phil Carter

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Phil Carter is one of the best growth leaders of the last decade helping world-class companies like...

20VC: Notion's Founder on "Founder Mode": When it Works & When it Doesn't | Why The Way Startups Fundraise & Construct Boards is Broken | Raising at a $10BN Valuation in Peak Bubble Times and How Notion Has More Money Than Ever Before with Akshay Kothari

Wed, 18 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Akshay Kothari is Co-Founder at Notion, one of the fastest-growing companies of the last decade. Ak...

20VC: Notion's Founder on "Founder Mode": When it Works & When it Doesn't | Why The Way Startups Fundraise & Construct Boards is Broken | Raising at a $10BN Valuation in Peak Bubble Times and How Notion Has More Money Than Ever Before with Akshay Kothari

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Akshay Kothari is Co-Founder at Notion, one of the fastest-growing companies of the last decade. Ak...

20VC: Index's Shardul Shah on Why Market Size is a Trap | Biggest Lessons on Pricing from Leading Rounds in Wiz & Datadog | Why Benchmarks & Averages in VC are BS | How Index Makes Decisions and Why Growth & Early are the Same Investing Style

Mon, 16 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Shardul Shah is a Partner at Index Ventures and one of the greatest cyber security investors of the...

20VC: Index's Shardul Shah on Why Market Size is a Trap | Biggest Lessons on Pricing from Leading Rounds in Wiz & Datadog | Why Benchmarks & Averages in VC are BS | How Index Makes Decisions and Why Growth & Early are the Same Investing Style

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shardul Shah is a Partner at Index Ventures and one of the greatest cyber security investors of the...

20Product: What Facebook, Monzo and Deliveroo Do and Do Not Do To Build Great Products | How to Structure Product Teams For Success | Is Simple Always Better in Product and The Art vs Science of Product Design with Mike Hudack

Fri, 13 Sep

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Mike Hudack is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sling, a peer-to-peer payments app whose vision is to simp...

20Product: What Facebook, Monzo and Deliveroo Do and Do Not Do To Build Great Products | How to Structure Product Teams For Success | Is Simple Always Better in Product and The Art vs Science of Product Design with Mike Hudack

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Hudack is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sling, a peer-to-peer payments app whose vision is to simp...

20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Wed, 11 Sep

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David Schneider is a General Partner @ Coatue and one of the great operators of the last 20 years. ...

20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Schneider is a General Partner @ Coatue and one of the great operators of the last 20 years. ...

20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

Mon, 09 Sep

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Sean Rad is the Founder and former CEO of Tinder. Sean has made more romantic connections between h...

20VC: Tinder Founder Sean Rad on Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | Leadership Lessons Scaling Tinder | The Future of Love, Dating and Social Media | The Secret to Your Relationship with Money and Marriage

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Rad is the Founder and former CEO of Tinder. Sean has made more romantic connections between h...

20VC: Why VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today | Why Most VCs are Bankers | Why Big VCs Ruin Startups | Why Incentives in VC are Broken | Why American Dynamism is a Tool for VCs to Raise Money with Nick Chirls, Asylum Ventures

Fri, 06 Sep

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Nick Chirls is the Founder of Asylum Ventures, a new venture firm dedicated to the creative act of ...

20VC: Why VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today | Why Most VCs are Bankers | Why Big VCs Ruin Startups | Why Incentives in VC are Broken | Why American Dynamism is a Tool for VCs to Raise Money with Nick Chirls, Asylum Ventures

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Chirls is the Founder of Asylum Ventures, a new venture firm dedicated to the creative act of ...

20VC: OpenAI's Newest Board Member, Zico Colter on The Biggest Bottlenecks to the Performance of Foundation Models | The Biggest Questions and Concerns in AI Safety | How to Regulate an AI-Centric World

Wed, 04 Sep

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Zico Colter is a Professor and the Director of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon U...

20VC: OpenAI's Newest Board Member, Zico Colter on The Biggest Bottlenecks to the Performance of Foundation Models | The Biggest Questions and Concerns in AI Safety | How to Regulate an AI-Centric World

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zico Colter is a Professor and the Director of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon U...

20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

Fri, 30 Aug

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Scott Gorlick was employee #99 at Uber. Over 6 years, Scott built Uber in Atlanta and helped the co...

20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Gorlick was employee #99 at Uber. Over 6 years, Scott built Uber in Atlanta and helped the co...

20VC: AI Scaling Myths: More Compute is not the Answer | The Core Bottlenecks in AI Today: Data, Algorithms and Compute | The Future of Models: Open vs Closed, Small vs Large with Arvind Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science @ Princeton

Wed, 28 Aug

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Arvind Narayanan is a professor of Computer Science at Princeton and the director of the Center for...

20VC: AI Scaling Myths: More Compute is not the Answer | The Core Bottlenecks in AI Today: Data, Algorithms and Compute | The Future of Models: Open vs Closed, Small vs Large with Arvind Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science @ Princeton

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Arvind Narayanan is a professor of Computer Science at Princeton and the director of the Center for...

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

Mon, 26 Aug

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Imran Khan is the OG of IPOs having taken some of the biggest companies public including Alibaba, S...

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

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Imran Khan is the OG of IPOs having taken some of the biggest companies public including Alibaba, S...

20Sales: How Snowflake Built a Sales Machine | Why You Have to Hire a CRO Pre-Product | Why Most Sales Reps Do Not Perform | Why Hiring Panels are BS in Interviews | Why Remote Sales Reps Do Not Care About Their Development with Chad Peets

Fri, 23 Aug

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Chad Peets is one of the greatest sales leaders and recruiters of the last 25 years. From 2018 to 2...

20Sales: How Snowflake Built a Sales Machine | Why You Have to Hire a CRO Pre-Product | Why Most Sales Reps Do Not Perform | Why Hiring Panels are BS in Interviews | Why Remote Sales Reps Do Not Care About Their Development with Chad Peets

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chad Peets is one of the greatest sales leaders and recruiters of the last 25 years. From 2018 to 2...

20VC: Five Lessons Scaling Toast to $14BN Market Cap | The Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in Fundraising, Hiring and Selling with Aman Narang, CEO @ Toast

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aman Narang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Toast, one of the best-in-class vertical SaaS companies of ...