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

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and more.

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

Fri Jul 26 2024

20Growth: How Transferwise Acquired Their First 5M Customers: The Two Types of Content All Companies Must Create, How to Crush Competition With Performance Marketing, What Growth Hacks Worked and Did Not with Nilan Peiris, CPO @ Wise

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This episode covers various aspects of product marketing and growth strategies in the fintech industry. It explores the importance of bridging the gap between perceived and actual product value, the role of word of mouth in customer acquisition, effective messaging and market impact strategies, team structure and marketing focus, evolving marketing strategies in the fintech industry, hiring and growth strategies, and startup growth strategies. The episode provides insights into successful approaches and challenges faced by companies like Wise and Wyze.

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

Wed Jul 24 2024

This Week in SaaS: Should Wiz Have Accepted Google's $23BN Acquisition Offer, Crowdstrike: WTF Happens From Here: The Bull and the Bear Case & $1BN into Legal Tech in a Day with Clio and Harvey with Jason Lemkin

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This episode covers various topics in the tech industry, including venture industry dynamics, acquisitions, going public challenges, incident management, future outlooks, success stories, differentiation strategies, challenges in venture capital, and recruiting talent. Key insights include the importance of liquidity in the venture industry, considerations for acquisitions, challenges of going public, the impact of incidents on companies' performance, differentiation strategies in competitive spaces, concerns about revenue sustainability in venture capital, and the significance of recruiting top talent.

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

Mon Jul 22 2024

20VC: How I Lost Airbnb at Seed Because of an Exploding Term Sheet | Investing Lessons from Roelof Botha & Peter Thiel | Why VC is Less Collaborative Than Ever and Great Companies Are Being Destroyed by Too Much Cash with Kevin Hartz @ A*

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This episode covers various topics related to venture capital, including the early stages of a bubble, influential figures and mindset, serial entrepreneurs and non-obvious ideas, investment strategies and team quality, venture investing insights, deal assessments and value drivers, long-term success and taking risks, Founders Fund and tough love, neurological disorders and future venture returns, and personalized AI chatbots and democratizing venture capital.

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

Fri Jul 19 2024

20Product: How Canva Builds Products: Lessons Learned, What Works? What Flopped? The Top 5 Product Lessons in Scaling to 185M Monthly Active Users with Canva Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Cameron Adams

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Canva's success is attributed to launching exciting products, democratizing design, and providing a well-crafted user experience. The integration of AI has led to innovation and competition among providers. Canva focuses on developing a better interface for AI and rolling out features based on user feedback. The company invests heavily in R&D and aims to bring design to the masses. The founders emphasize the importance of vision, sustainability, and impactful conversations. Overall, Canva prioritizes innovation, empowering users, and making a global impact.

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

Wed Jul 17 2024

20VC: Brex CEO Pedro Franceschi on What Brex Needs to do to be a Public Company | Brex vs Ramp: Who Wins and How Does it Play Out | Battling Founder Mental Health and The Importance of Secondaries for Founders

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This episode covers various aspects of building a company, including the importance of mental health, designing lives to endure challenges, Brex's journey and authenticity, enterprise product and leadership bandwidth, marketing strategies and brand perception, single roadmap and business model, cash flow and customer value, founder's perspective and staying motivated, as well as insights from the podcast host and venture funds.

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

Mon Jul 15 2024

20VC: Why We Are in a Bubble & Now is Frothier Than 2021 | Why $1M ARR is a BS Milestone for Series A | Why Seed Pricing is Rational & Large Seed Rounds Have Less Risk | Why Many AI Apps Have BS Revenue & Are Not Sustainable with Saam Motamedi @ Greyloc

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The episode covers various aspects of the venture capital landscape, with a focus on investments in AI and enterprise SaaS companies. It discusses the frothy market for seed rounds, high valuations in early-stage companies, and the impact of AI on CRM systems. The importance of founder qualities, thoughtful investments, and market size are also explored. Key insights include the need to back iconic founders, evaluate market dynamics, and build expertise within a firm.

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

Fri Jul 12 2024

20Sales: Biggest Lessons Scaling Hubspot from $0-$100M in ARR, The Framework for How Startups Should Scale into the Enterprise, How to do Channel Partnerships Right and How to Construct Sales Comp Plans Early On with Mark Roberge

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Mark Roberge, the founding CRO at HubSpot, shares insights on scaling the company from $0 to $100 million in ARR. Topics covered include transitioning from founder-led sales to a team-led approach, assessing sales skills during hiring, structuring sales team compensation plans, unit economics, go-to-market strategies, and the importance of customer quality over volume. The episode also discusses the challenges and benefits of channel partnerships with larger companies, using Salesforce.com as a case study.

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

Wed Jul 10 2024

20VC: ServiceTitan: The $7BN Company That Did Not Want to Raise VC Funding, How to Build a $7BN Vertical SaaS Business, How to Master Going Into Enterprise, When & How to Launch Second Products with Ara Mahdessian, Co-Founder @ServiceTitan

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This episode covers various topics including building a startup, success stories and business strategies, increasing revenue and profit, customer success and product development, leadership and team management, personal growth and work-life balance, and striving for more. Key insights include the importance of great leadership, dedication in building a successful business, the impact of customer success on financial success, and the challenges of personal growth and work-life balance.

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

Mon Jul 08 2024

20VC: The Sequoia Investment Process | Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha & Alfred Lin | Sequoia's Framework for Analysing Founders | The True Benefit of Having Sequoia on a Cap Table & Sequoia's Biggest Threat with Pat Grady

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This episode covers the importance of founder market fit and vision, success and mistakes in venture capital, inspecting activities and behaviors, strategic decisions and founder evaluation, harvesting in venture capital, adapting to changing market dynamics, hiring process and harvesting investments, distributing positions and Sequoia's pricing power, exceptional founders and investment decisions, futuristic point of view, democratizing venture capital, and trusted partners.

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

Wed Jul 03 2024

20VC: Turning a $15M Investment in Monday into $1.5BN in Cash | The Strategy Behind a 37x DPI $45M Fund | The Three Step Process to Selling Positions that has Netted Top Percentile Returns with Avi Eyal, Co-Founder @ Entrée Capital

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This episode covers key insights from a guest who turned a $15 million investment into $1.5 billion, the importance of conviction in investments, strategies for successful investing, the challenges and successes of startups, the role of venture capitalists, the need for honest conversations, the balance of risk-taking, personal growth, and the importance of taking a stand against anti-Semitism. The episode also includes information about The Information as a trusted news source and Squarespace as an all-in-one website platform.

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