20VC: HitRecord's Joseph Gordon-Levitt on How Show Business Prepared Him For Life As An Entrepreneur, What Founders Should Look For Most In Their Investor Base & Why The Current Ad Model of Social Is Harming The World's Creative Spirit
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the Founder @ HitRecord, the startup that allows you to be creative, toget...
20VC: Bessemer’s Byron Deeter On Lessons From Investing in 14 $Bn Companies, What The Heck Is Going On In Cloud Today and Why Cloud IPO Floodgates Are About To Burst Open
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Byron Deeter is a Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners where he has established himself as one of ...
20VC: Why Self-Driving Is Still Under-Hyped in The Medium To Long Term, What Will The Ownership Mechanism Be Both In Physical Assets & Data and How To Assemble A World Class Exec Team As A Young Founder with Alex Rodrigues, Founder & CEO @ Embark
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Rodrigues is the Founder & CEO @ Embark, the world's leading developer of self-driving truck...
20VC: Sequoia's Pat Grady on What Sequoia Is Focused On Today, How Sequoia Think About Investment Decision-Making Processes & Why It Is Important To Trade A Few Points of Efficiency for Culture When It Comes To Attribution
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pat Grady is a Partner @ Sequoia, one of the world's leading and most renowned venture firms with ...
20VC: Cameo's Steven Galanis on Why You Must Fall In Love With Your Mission Not Your Product, How To Extract As Much Value From Your Investor Base As Possible & Should You Really Hire For 6 Months Ahead of What You Need?
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Galanis is the Founder & CEO @ Cameo, the startup that allows you to book personalised shou...
20VC: Benchmark's Bill Gurley on 5 Traits Benchmark Look For When Adding To The Partnership, Why The Abundance of Capital Is Today's Biggest Challenge in VC & The Right Way To Think About Market Size When Assessing Opportunities
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Gurley is a General Partner @ Benchmark Capital, one of the most successful funds of the last...
20VC: Justin Kan on Why We Have To Normalize Vulnerability in Startups Today, Why Attaching Happiness To Future Outcomes Will Only Lead To Suffering & Why It Is Total BS That You Have To "Suffer" When Doing A Startup
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Kan is the Founder and CEO @ Atrium, the startup providing a full-service corporate law fir...
20VC: Why Historical Loss Ratios Are Simply Too High, Why Data Is The #1 Most Important Piece When Evaluating Effective Reserve Allocation & Why Nothing Is Truly Defensible Today with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Tribe Capital
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Hsu is Co-Founder & General Partner @ Tribe Capital, one of Silicon Valley's newest funds...
20VC: Lime CEO Brad Bao on How Lime Assess The Micro-Mobility Landscape and Competition Today, What It Takes To Launch and Win A New City & Why Lime Have Spent $0 on Marketing To Date
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Bao is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Lime, the startup that provides distribution of shared scooters...
20VC: a16z's Scott Kupor on The Biggest Learnings From Scaling a16z from $300m to $7Bn AUM, The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching VCs & Why VC Is Simply A Customer Service Business
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Kupor is Managing Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz, one of the world's most renowned venture fu...
20VC: Plaid's Zach Perret on Why You Have To Hire For Spikes and What That Really Means, Fintech Predictions From Incumbent Entrants To The Rise of Europe & The 2 Big Questions That CEOs Should Ask Themselves
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Perret is the Founder & CEO @ Plaid, the startup providing the easiest way for users to conn...
20VC: Why Portfolio Construction Is Inefficient, Why The Only Thing That Matters In Venture Is Pricing & The Future of Venture; Bundled or Unbundled with Zach Coelius
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Coelius is Managing Partner @ Coelius Capital and in his own words, "a pretty eclectic inves...
20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus Living
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kulveer Taggar is the Founder & CEO @ Zeus Living, the startup providing a home of your own for bu...
20VC: Y Combinator's New President, Geoff Ralston on The Single Most Important Perspective An Investor Can Provide A Founder, The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside Paul Graham & Why You Will Lose As An Investor If You "Profile Invest"
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff Ralston is President @ Y Combinator, the world's leading accelerator with a portfolio that i...
20VC: Front's Mathilde Collin on Why Discipline Is More Important Than Vision, The Right Way To Approach Investor Updates and Director Reports & How To Effectively Structure 1-1s
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mathilde Collin is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Front, reinventing the email inbox with new workflows a...
20VC: Softbank Managing Partner, Jeff Housenbold on How Softbank Approach Portfolio Construction, Their Optimal Investment Decision-Making Process and What Excites Softbank Most In Opportunities Today
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Housenbold is a Managing Partner @ Softbank Vision Fund, the leading and most influential fir...
20VC: How To Build True Human Relationships with VC Pre-Investment, Why Valuation Is Not The Only Term and When To Take Lower Offers & How To Approach Mental Health As A Founder with Jon Dishotsky, Founder & CEO @ Starcity
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Dishotsky is the Founder & CEO @ Starcity, the startup on a mission to make cities more afford...
20VC: Kleiner Perkins' Mamoon Hamid on The Strategy Behind The New $600m "Back To The Future" Fund, The Truth To Price Sensitivity at Series A & Why Venture Team Building Is Like Basketball Team Building
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mamoon Hamid is a Partner @ Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture firm...
20VC: Clearbanc's Michele Romanow on Why 40% of VC $ Raised Today Goes To Google and Facebook, How To Create A Financing Mechanism For The Repeatable Parts Of Your Business & Why We Need To Stop Celebrating Fundraises
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michele Romanow is the Founder & CEO @ Clearbanc, the startup that provides entrepreneurs capital ...
20VC: Why Consumer Brands Must Embrace Physical Retail To Avoid Inflated Online CACs, How To Alter Fund Strategy When Investing In Consumer Retail & Why The Era of The 1,000 Store Brand Is Over with Brendan Wallace, Founder and Managing Partner @ Fifth Wa
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Wallace is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Fifth Wall, the fund with the core thesis...
20VC: Okta Founder Frederic Kerrest on Why You Want To Be A Monopolist In A Small Market, The Biggest Challenges in Scaling Okta To IPO and Being a16z's First Ever Fund Check
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frederic Kerrest is the Founder & COO @ Okta, the independent and neutral platform that securely ...
20VC: Why Lead Lime's Series D Funding Round, Why Engineers Are Underpaid & Why 74% of US Venture Firms Still Do Not Have Female GPs
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Smith is a Partner @ Bain Capital Ventures, a leading US venture fund with a portfolio that ...
20VC: Why Startup Founders Have One Core Job, How To Reduce Risk & Increase Probability In Your Startup & Why You Should Not Send A Pitch Deck Pre-Investor Meeting with David Rogier, Founder & CEO @ Masterclass
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Rogier is the Founder & CEO @ Masterclass, the startup that brings you online classes taught...
20VC: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on Why It Is More Important To Be Right Than Contrarian, The Most Common Mistakes Made By Hyper-Growth Companies & 3 Characteristics That Make An Individual Incredible At Sourcing
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Liew is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the leading firms of the last deca...
20VC: Figma Founder Dylan Field on The Biggest Mistakes Young Founders Most Often Make, How To Go Slow To Go Fast With Venture Dollars & How The Design Process Will Fundamentally Change Over The Next 5-10 Years
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Field is the Founder & CEO @ Figma, the startup that provides a better way to design, protot...
20VC: So You Want To Be Acquired? Instacart VP of Corp Dev, Dave Sobota on His Biggest Lessons From 10 Years in Google's M&A Team Working on The Acquisitions of Motorola, Waze & Android
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Sobota is the Vice President of Corporate Development @ Instacart, the company that delivers ...
20VC: Carta Founder Henry Ward on Why The Best Companies Are Not Product Led But Distribution Led, 3 Requirements Needed For A New Market/Investment To Be Exciting and Why Small Markets Are So Attractive
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Ward is the Founder & CEO @ Carta, the startup that helps private companies, public companie...
20VC: NEA Partner, Dayna Grayson on Sourcing, Picking, Winning, Gut vs Data in Investment Decision-Making & The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Expectations of Venture
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dayna Grayson is a Partner @ NEA, one of the leading venture firms over the last 4 decades with a ...
20VC: One Question Founders Must Ask Themselves When Approaching Investor Selection, Why Series B Is One Of The Most Challenging Phases & What Makes For A Successful CEO Transition with Jeff Russakow, CEO @ Boosted
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Russakow is the CEO @ Boosted, the startup producing vehicle grade electric skateboards rethi...
20VC: Initialized's Garry Tan on The Most Important Thing A Seed Investor Can Do For Founders, How Ownership Requirements Change With Evolution of Funds & Why There Is Not Too Much Capital Chasing Too Few Deals
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Garry Tan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Initialized Capital, one of the West Coast's le...
20VC: Buffer's Joel Gascoigne on The Moment The Founder Is No Longer The Boss, The Questions Founders Must Ask Their VCs and Why We Need A Spectrum of Different Financing Mechanisms Other Than VC
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Gascoigne is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Buffer, the social media management tool that makes it ea...
20VC: Spark Capital's Alex Clayton on How The Best Growth Investors Source, Evaluate and Win Deals, Why Market Depth Is Crucial When Analysing Markets & Why Capital Is Only A Temporary Competitive Advantage
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Clayton is a Partner @ Spark Capital, one of the leading firms of the last decade with a port...
20VC: The Acceptable vs Unacceptable Risks To Take When Seed Investing, Why Loss Ratio Is Not A Consideration & Why Series A Is The Right Time To Establish A Board with Mike Hirshland, Co-Founder @ Resolute Ventures
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Hirshland is the Co-founder of Resolute Ventures, one of the leading pre-seed and seed stage ...
20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Pritzker is the Chairman & CEO @ Assembled Brands, a holding company providing working capi...
20VC: What It Takes To Be The Most Effective Coach To Startup Founders, The Biggest Surprises and Challenges About Transitioning To Venture From Operations & 3 Trends Shaking The World of Consumer Today with Victoria Treyger, General Partner @ Felicis Ven
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Treyger is a General Partner & Managing Director @ Felicis Ventures, one of the leading v...
20VC: Lambda School Founder, Austen Allred on Why Unemployment Is An Optimisation Problem That Will Be Solved Over The Next 20 Years, Why The Speed and Quality of Decisions Are Not Mutually Exclusive & The 1 Question All Founders Must Ask Themselves Befor
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Austen Allred is the Founder & CEO @ Lambda School, a 9 month, immersive program that gives you t...
20VC: The Transition From Founder To CEO, How To Determine When To Stretch On Price in Venture & The Benefits of Attribution for Partnership Dynamics with Jeff Richards, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Richards is Managing Partner @ GGV Capital, one of the leading venture firms of the last deca...
20VC: How To Optimise Decision-Making Frameworks, How To Really Get The Most Out Of Your Board and When Your Brother Is Also Your Co-Founder; The Secret To Working with Family with Rob Sadow, Founder & CEO @ Scoop
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Sadow is the Founder & CEO @ Scoop, the startup that dramatically improves your commute provid...
20VC: a16z Partner Frank Chen on The Future of Car Ownership, Whether The High Employee Attrition Rate in The Valley Is A Feature or A Bug & His Biggest Lessons From Netscape, Loudcloud & Opsware
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Chen is a Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz, one of the world's most prestigious venture firms w...
20VC: Superhuman's Rahul Vohra on How To Measure Product Market Fit, How To Construct A Process To Increase It & How To Implement A Strong Feedback and Reporting Cycle To Sustain It
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rahul Vohra is the Founder and CEO @ Superhuman, the fastest email experience in the world. Fun f...
20VC: AOL Founder, Steve Case on Why The Best Venture Investments of The Next 10 Years Will Likely Not Be In The Valley, Why The CEO Must Be The Shock Absorber For Company Morale and Why Vision Without Execution is Hallucination
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Case is Chairman and CEO of Revolution with the mission being to establish themselves as t...
20VC: Brex Founder Henrique Dubugras on Why Being Mission Driven Is Not The Only Way To Build A Massive Business, Why You Should Not Associate Fundraising with The Cash Needs of Your Business & Why You Don't Have To Follow Startup Theory When It Comes To
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Henrique Dubugas is the Founder & CEO @ Brex, the first corporate card for startups offering inst...
20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Cohen is the Founder and co-CEO of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneur...
20VC: What Makes The Best Venture Firms Today So Special, The 3 Structural Impediments That Face Venture Today and Why The Debate on AR vs VR is BS with Anjney Midha, Founder & CEO @ Ubiquity6
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anjney Midha is the Founder & CEO @ Ubiquity6, the startup that allows you to edit reality togethe...
20VC: Slow Ventures' Sam Lessin on How VC Forces Certain Companies To Exist and Makes It Difficult To Finance Others, Why Cities Won't Let Scooter Companies Be Profitable and Why Dapps Are A Concern and Where Emphasis Should Be Placed In Crypto
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Lessin is a Founding Partner @ Slow Ventures, one of the leading early-stage funds on the Wes...
20VC: How To Build Meaningful Relationships With Your Investors, 4 Key Elements CEOs Must Focus On In Scale Mode & How Top Optimise Leadership Team Dynamics with Joel Flory, Founder & CEO @ VSCO
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Flory is the Founder & CEO @ VSCO, the startup that allows you to take your photography to th...
20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Kopelman is Founder & Partner @ First Round, one of the world’s leading seed funds with a po...
20VC: The 3 Stages of Denial For Founders When Scaling, Why You Will Likely Be Unable To Hire Through Your Network & The Interview Question All Founders Must Ask with Olof Mathé, Founder & CEO @ Mixmax
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Olof Mathé is the Founder & CEO @ Mixmax, the startup that provides powerful analytics, automatio...
20VC: The Framework LPs Use To Assess Emerging Managers, What Concerns and Excites LPs in Potential Opportunities & The Current State of Seed Today with Hunter Somerville, Partner @ Greenspring Associates
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter Somerville is a Partner at Greenspring Associates, a leading venture firm and fund of funds...
20VC: Why Every Company Looks One Round Earlier Than It Should Be, Why Investors Don't Understand Term Sheet Psyche & How The Brand Behind The Investor Can Overweight The Attention Their Opinion Is Given with Assaf Wand, Founder & CEO @ Hippo
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Assaf Wand is the Founder & CEO @ Hippo, a new kind of insurance company that provides smart cover...
20VC: Stride's Fred Destin on The Acceptable vs Non-Acceptable Risks When Investing, How Startup Founders Can Improve The Quality of Their Decision-Making and Must Play for Batting Average & Why Plans Do Not Matter and No Board Member Should Bash An Entre
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fred Destin is a Founding Partner @ Stride.VC, one of Europe's newest seed funds with a portfolio ...
20VC: How Founders Can Really Get The Most Out of Their Board, Why Culture Fit At The Board Level Is Not Discussed Enough & Why Growth and Culture Are 2 Sides of The Same Coin with Avi Meir, Founder & CEO @ TravelPerk
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Avi Meir is the Founder & CEO @ TravelPerk, the startup that allows you to book, manage and report...
20VC: Scott Belsky on Why We Must Challenge Our Faith In The Strength of Resources, Why We Must Rethink The Product Creation and Design Process & How To Determine Between The Good and The Truly Great When Assessing Individuals
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Belsky is an executive, entrepreneur, author, and investor. He currently serves as Adobe's Ch...
20VC: Most Downloaded Founder Episode of 2018: Andrew Dudum, Founder & CEO @ Hims
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Dudum is the Founder & CEO @ Hims, one of the fastest growing consumer brands of our time ...
20VC: A Framework For Approaching Risk and How It Affects Portfolio Construction | Lessons and Advice From Working with Dropbox's Drew Houston | Why Being A Learning Animal Is The Most Important Factor For Success with Ted Wang, Partner @ Cowboy Ventures
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Wang is a Partner @ Cowboy Ventures, one of Silicon Valley's leading early-stage funds with th...
20VC: Why Founders Should Not Always Be Raising, How To Build Relationships with VCs In A Condensed Timeframe, Why The Founder To VC Relationship Is Not Like A Marriage with Dave Vasen, Founder & CEO @ Brightwheel
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Vasen is the Founder & CEO @ Brightwheel, the child management software solution you need an...
20VC: Top 3 Considerations When Evaluating Consumer Businesses Today | 700 Meetings, 70 LPs, 2 Years, What It Takes To Raise a First Time Fund| The Power of The Female Network In Action Today with Anu Duggal, Founding Partner @ Female Founders Fund
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anu Duggal is the Founding Partner @ Female Founders Fund, a leading early-stage fund investing i...
20VC: CB Insights' Anand Sanwal on The Most Dangerous Myth Some Investors Have Promoted, Why Most B2B Content Is Crap and How To Make It Successful & Why Predigree Is Overrated and The Right Way To Scale Teams
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anand Sanwal is the Founder & CEO @ CB Insights, the tech market intelligence platform that ingest...
20VC: Index's Danny Rimer on His Biggest Lessons On Price, Ownership, Board Dynamics & Building Consumer Businesses from Backing The Likes of King, Skype, Farfetch, Glossier and more...
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Rimer is a Partner @ Index Ventures, one of the world's leading venture funds with a portfol...
20VC: Monzo's Tom Blomfield on The 3 Phases of Startup Scaling, The Secret To Building a 1.2m Community with No Advertising & How To Use Boards As A Tool To Instil Operational Excellence
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Blomfield is the Founder & CEO @ Monzo, in it's simplest words, the bank of the future allowin...
20VC: Why Raising A First Time Fund Is Like Raising A Seed Round, Why We Need New and Different Fund Models & Why Longevity Is The Most Rewarding Place To Invest with Laura Deming, Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Deming is Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund, the first VC firm dedicated to funding hig...
20VC: Investing Lessons From Observing Doug Leone and Bill Gurley, Why It Is Easier To Be Contrarian As A VC Than As An Angel & What It Takes To Run Tinder's Product and Revenue Alongside A Seed Fund with Jeff Morris Jr, Founder @ Chapter One
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Morris Jr is the Founder of Chapter One, an early stage seed fund investing in blockchain ass...
20VC: Why Warm Intros Are Mostly Dumb, Why Ownership is Built On First Check and 4 Crucial Elements To Make Cold Inbound Attractive with Leo Polovets, General Partner @ Susa Ventures
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leo Polovets is a General Partner @ Susa Ventures, one of the valley's leading early-stage seed fu...
20VC: Being A Wartime Leader in a Time of Peace, Why Marketing Channel Diversification Is Like The Life of A Scientist and Why Small and Mighty Beats Loud and Weak with Ooshma Garg, Founder & CEO @ Gobble
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ooshma Garg is the Founder & CEO @ Gobble, the startup that allows you to cook a fresh homemade di...
20VC: Why The Engineer Will Replace The MBA As CEO, Why The Peace Dividends From The Autonomous Car Wars Will Generate More Value Outside of Transport & Why Old and Boring Industries Are The Most Exciting To Build In with Avidan Ross, Founding Partner @ R
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Avidan Ross is the Founding Partner @ Root Ventures, one of Silicon Valley's most exciting newer g...
20VC: Ryan Caldbeck on Why The Business Model of VC is Broken, Who is To Blame, How The Best Funds Will Use Data Intelligently Moving Forward & Whether We Are In A Consumer Bubble Or Not?
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Caldbeck is the Founder & CEO @ CircleUp, the startup creating a transparent and efficient ma...
20VC: The 2 Core Roles Played By The Best Seed Investors Today, What To Look For In Potential Co-Investors & Why Seed Funds Can Grow Ownership in Their Best Companies Across Rounds with Ron Bouganim, Founder @ Govtech Fund
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Bouganim is the Founding Partner @ Govtech Fund, the first-ever venture capital fund dedicate...
20VC: Phil Libin on Why The Concept of A Silicon Valley Style Startup Is Made To Benefit VCs, Why The Very Structure of Companies Is Outdated and Inefficient & What It Means To Build The Netflix of Product
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Libin is the Co-Founder & CEO @ All Turtles, the startup that believes they have a better way...
20VC: Scalar Capital's Linda Xjie on Who Will Win The Smart Contract War, The Future of Exchanges: Centralised or Decentralised & The Pros and Cons of Differing Privacy Coins
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Xie is a Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Scalar Capital, one of the leading crypto asset fu...
20VC: Why Too Many People Give Up Too Quickly, Why You Should Never Start A Venture Without Owning The Underlying Data & Why We Have Over-Estimated The Ability of Automation with Dennis Mortensen, Founder & CEO @ X.ai
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Mortensen is the Founder & CEO @ X.ai, the startup that realises scheduling sucks and provi...
20VC: First Round's Phin Barnes on How The Best Founders Optimize for Learning Per Dollar Spent, What Makes A Truly Special Founder/VC Relationship and Why Pattern Recognition is Another Term For Intellectual Laziness
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Phin Barnes is a Partner @ First Round Capital, one of the most prestigious and successful early-s...
20VC: 7 Key Themes To Building A Great Company To IPO, The Right Way To Assess Market Timing & How To Balance Between Speed and Inspection When It Comes To Decision-Making with Patrick Morley, CEO @ Carbon Black
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Morley is the President and CEO @ Carbon Black, the company that combines unfiltered data ...
20VC: Learnings From Backing The Likes of Spotify and Airbnb, The World of Growth Investing Today and The Right Way For Investors To Think About Liquidity with Woody Marshall, General Partner @ TCV
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Woody Marshall is a General Partner @ TCV, one of the most successful growth funds of the last dec...
20VC: Why Entrepreneurs Should Let Everyone Rip Apart Their Business Idea, How To Construct Frameworks for Success & Why You Should Not Always Test Your MVP with Afton Vechery, Founder & CEO @ Modern Fertility
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Afton Vechery is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Modern Fertility, the startup that guides you through your...
20VC: USV's Rebecca Kaden on Whether Venture Returns Can Be Made At Scale In Consumer Today & How To Navigate Consumer Investing In A World of Amazon
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Kaden is a General Partner @ Union Square Ventures, one of the most successful funds of th...
20VC: How The Best Founders Approach Bet The Company Decisions, How to Put Your Board to Work & How To Optimise Strategic Thinking on Boards with Maynard Webb, Founder @ Webb Investment Network & Everwise
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maynard Webb is truly unique, he has worn 3 different hats and excelled in all of them. First, he ...
20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Why Investing Success Lies In Small Markets Adjacent To Very Large Ones, Why You Have To Be Judicious On When To Pay Up vs Be More Price Sensitive & Why Crypto Investing Is Like The Early Days of AdTech Investing
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Tavel is a General Partner at Benchmark, one of the world’s leading VC funds with a portfo...
20VC: How To Build Credibility with Investors, Employees and Customers, How To Determine When A Stretch VP is A Stretch Too Far and The Right Way For Founders To Think About Dilution with Amol Deshpande, Founder & CEO @ Farmers Business Network
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amol Deshpande is the Co-Founder and CEO at Farmers Business Network, the farmer-to-farmer agronom...
20VC: Lessons Learned Scaling PillPack from Seed to Amazon Acquisition, Why Investors Should Spend More Time Assessing Human Capital Risk Taken by Founders & The Right Way To Think About Capital Efficiency in Scaling with David Frankel, Managing Partner @
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Frankel is Managing Partner @ Founder Collective, one of the leading seed funds of the last ...
20VC: Behind The Scenes of a $Bn IPO Process, What Startups Can Learn From Teddy Roosevelt's "Five Minute Meetings" and What John Lennon Teaches Founders About Storytelling with Howard Lerman, Founder & CEO @ Yext
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Lerman is the Founder & CEO @ Yext, the company that allows you to control your brand exper...
20VC: The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside John Doerr, How To Optimize The Speed of Investment Decision-Making & Why Saying No Graciously Is The Most Important Thing with Shabih Rizvi, Founding Partner @ Gradient Ventures
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shabih Rizvi is the Founding Partner @ Gradient Ventures, Google’s new AI-focused venture fund,...
20VC: The Mindset The Best Investors Assume When Assessing Opportunities, Why So Many Hardware Startups Fail Today & The Right Way To Think About Employee Retention with Andrew Farah, Founder & CEO @ Density
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Farah is the Founder & CEO @ Density, the startup that measures real-time occupancy of eve...
20VC: What It Takes To Found and Scale A Global Venture Firm Like Lightspeed, 3 Ways Firms Do Not Succeed in Generational Transition & What Makes The Truly Special Board Members Like Jim Goetz with Barry Eggers, Founding Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partn
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Eggers is a Founding Partner @ Lightspeed, one of the world’s leading venture funds with a...
20VC: Casper Founder Philip Krim on The Right Way To Think About Marketing Channel Diversification, When To Accept Strategic Investors & How To Successfully Build Out Your Exec Team
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Krim is the Founder & CEO @ Casper, the global sleep company that launched in 2014 offeri...
20VC: The Commonalities In The Makings Of Truly Great People, How Silicon Valley Will Become The Home For Crypto and Frontier Tech Once Again & Why Games Are Such A Good Tool To Understand Human Motivation with Daniel Gross, Founder & Pioneer, Head of AI
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Gross is the Founder @ Pioneer and the Head of AI @ Y Combinator. Taking them in turn, Pi...
20VC: Lessons From Scaling Trulia to IPO, How To Maximise Your Impact within Your Organisation and Why No One Is Ever 100% Ready For The Next Job with Heather Fernandez, Founder @ CEO @ Solv
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Fernandez is the Founder & CEO @ Solv, the startup that simplifies everyday healthcare by...
20VC: The 2 Core Areas Value Will Accrue In Crypto, Why Crypto Will Drive The Re-Centralisation of Talent Back Into Silicon Valley & Why Regulation Is The Opposite of What We Should Be Concerned By in Crypto with Avichal Managing Partner @ Electric Capita
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Avichal Garg is the Managing Partner @ Electric Capital, one of the leading crypto asset managemen...
20VC: Why Founders Must Use VCs as a Barometer, How to Make Distributed Teams Work Successfully & The Biggest Mistake People Make Early In Their Career with Dylan Serota, Founder @ Terminal
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Serota is the Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Terminal, the startup that helps you create...
20VC: Why Partners Are There To Save Each Other From Themselves, Why Effective Reserve Allocation Is The Hardest Question In Venture & What Makes The Truly Special Board Members with Jeff Fagnan, Founding Partner @ Accomplice
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Fagnan is Founding Partner @ Accomplice, one of the East Coast's leading early-stage funds wi...
20VC: Why Founding Your First Company Is Like Learning Through A Thousand Paper Cuts, The 3 Core Phases to Product Adoption and Why Valuation Obsession Must Change In The Valley with Armon Dadgar, Founder & CTO @ Hashicorp
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Armon Dadgar is the Founder & CTO @ Hashicorp, the open-source software company that provides con...
20VC: 3 Core Considerations When Investing In Physical Product Co's, Are We In A Direct-To-Consumer Bubble & Why Many Sub $100m Funds Are Moving Earlier and Earlier with Nick Brown, Managing Partner @ Imaginary
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Brown is Managing Partner @ Imaginary, founded alongside Net-A-Porter founder, Natalie Massen...
20VC: Lightspeed Partner Adam Goldberg on Why There Remains No Mass Market Crypto Consumer Product, The Future For The Token Economy, The Good and Bad of Telegram's ICO and Why The Rate of Founder Learning is The Most Important Element A VC Can Assess
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Goldberg is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the world's leading funds with a ...
20VC: GOAT's Eddy Lu on Pivoting From Failing Social Dining App To The World's Largest Sneaker Marketplace, How The Best Founders Pick Their Investors & Why It Is Better To Be Hated than Unknown
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Eddy Lu is the Co-Founder & CEO @ GOAT, the largest marketplace in the world for buying and sellin...
20VC: The Metrics That Matter In Early-Stage Consumer, Why Moats Matter More Than Brand Today and How VCs Deal with S*** Hit The Fan Moments with Jason Stoffer, Managing Partner @ Maveron
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Stoffer is Managing Partner @ Maveron, the consumer-only venture fund backing a new breed of...
20VC: ClassPass CEO Fritz Lanman on Betting His Career Facebook Would Be A $10Bn Company, Lessons From Travis and Uber on Scaling A Global Marketplace & Whether Growth and Capital Efficiency Are Mutually Exclusive
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fritz Lanman is the CEO @ ClassPass, the startup that provides the most flexible fitness membershi...
20VC: Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook on The Commonalities of The Truly Great CEOs, How To Hire The Very Best Execs, Why Cash is A Defensible Moat Today & The Pros and Cons of M&A and IPOs
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Elad Gil is the Founder @ Color, the startup that shows you your genes can help you make better hea...
20VC: Why Fundraising Is Like Dating and How to Play The Game Successfully & How To Increase The Flexibility of Your Burn When Growth is Ambiguous with Rachel Blumenthal, Founder & CEO @ Rockets of Awesome
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Blumenthal is the Founder & CEO @ Rockets of Awesome, the startup that is reinventing the w...
20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Flint is a Managing Partner @ NFX, one of Silicon Valley's newest and most exciting funds wi...
20VC: Why Serial Entrepreneurship is Overrated, Why You Will Get Fired If You Listen To Your Board & How To Construct Investor Update Emails The Right Way with Joe Fernandez, Founder & CEO @ Joymode
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Fernandez is the Founder & CEO @ JoyMode, the startup that allows you to lend everything you n...
20VC: Why Most The Value In Crypto Will Accrue in Governance, When Institutional Capital Will Enter The Space and How To Think About Liquidity In Crypto with Joel Monegro, Founding Partner @ Placeholder.VC
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Monegro is Founding Partner @ Placeholder.VC, one of the new venture capital partnerships tha...