Beste Minute VC Podcasts (2024)

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217. CFOs Help You Understand Your Business feat. Karyn Miller, Principal at AVL Growth Partners 3:05

13h ago3:05

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It's invaluable having a CFO that can provide meaning and actionable business insights. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organiza…

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20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap on The Future of Foundation Models: Will They Be Commoditised | How to Solve the Problem of Compute | Open vs Closed: Which Dominates and Why | Which Companies ... 49:39

22h ago49:39

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Sam Altman is the CEO @ OpenAI, the company on a mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is one of the fastest-scaling companies in history with a valuation of $90BN and $2BN+ in revenue. Prior to OpenAI, Sam was the President and CEO @ Y Combinator and made angel investments in the likes of Airbnb…

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216. What You Can and Can't Control feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House 3:47

4d ago3:47

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There's so much in fundraising that you cannot control. Focus on what you can control and it will help what you can't control fall into place. About Guest House Guest House is the first company to automate home staging for agents and enable commerce for homebuyers across the US real estate market. Their proprietary technology makes the furnishing p…

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20Sales: The Biggest Sales Lessons Scaling Brex to $400M ARR, Why Startups are Doing Outbound Wrong and How to Fix It & Why Demand Gen is the Bottleneck for all Startups and How to Solve it with Sam Blond ... 1:14:25

4d ago1:14:25

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Sam Blond is the former CRO at Brex, where he led the company from near $0-$400M in ARR and a $12.5B valuation. Before Brex, Sam was VP of Sales at Zenefits, where he led the company from $0-$70M ARR in 2 years and a $4.5B valuation. Sam joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2022 and recently left to focus more on operating. In Today's Episode with …

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215. Mental Game of Fundraising feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House 1:53

5d ago1:53

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By making fundraising into a game, you can change your mindset around it. About Guest House Guest House is the first company to automate home staging for agents and enable commerce for homebuyers across the US real estate market. Their proprietary technology makes the furnishing process as simple as ordering groceries online, with every home instal…

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214. Time-wasting VCs feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House 1:34

6d ago1:34

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Advice to founders to avoid time-wasting VCs: ask in the first call if a fund is actively investing. About Guest House Guest House is the first company to automate home staging for agents and enable commerce for homebuyers across the US real estate market. Their proprietary technology makes the furnishing process as simple as ordering groceries onl…

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20VC: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers, Are the Best Founders Insiders or Outsiders to a Problem, Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC & The Biggest Lessons Scaling MongoDB to $26BN Market Cap ... 1:03:40

6d ago1:03:40

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Kevin Ryan is one of the leading serial entrepreneurs and investors in New York. Previously he co-founded MongoDB, Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, Nomad Health, Pearl Health, and was the CEO of DoubleClick (Acquired by Google for $3.1B). Today, Kevin is the founder and CEO of AlleyCorp, a venture capital firm that incubates and invests in tran…

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213. Raising During a Downturn feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House 2:35

7d ago2:35

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A year after the boom-times, raising another funding round was a different story. About Guest House Guest House is the first company to automate home staging for agents and enable commerce for homebuyers across the US real estate market. Their proprietary technology makes the furnishing process as simple as ordering groceries online, with every hom…

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212. Raising During Boom Times feat. Alex Ryden Founder & CEO of Guest House 4:05

8d ago4:05

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Unsure of whether or not he wanted to raise, Alex found himself with term sheets for both venture funding and an acquisition in mid 2021. About Guest House Guest House is the first company to automate home staging for agents and enable commerce for homebuyers across the US real estate market. Their proprietary technology makes the furnishing proces…

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20VC: Postmates Founder Basti Lehmann on How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN, Why Great VCs Add No Value and VC Value Add is BS Marketing & Why The Biggest Companies in ... 59:26

8d ago59:26

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Basti Lehmann is the co-founder and former CEO of Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that raised over $900M from the likes of Tiger Global, Founders Fund, Spark Capital and Andreesen Horowitz. Following Uber’s $2.65BN acquisition in 2020, Basti founded TipTop, a platform for fast tech sales which Marc Andreesen led the $20M seed round for. I…

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211. The Pitch Deck is YOUR Story 2:39

10d ago2:39

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Tell a story that is genuine to you and your startup. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, delivering transparent, stra…

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20VC: Oscar Health: How to Deal with a 94% Decline in Market Cap, "Why I Stood Aside as CEO" and The Rebound Journey to $5.8BN in Revenue with Mario Schlosser, Co-Founder @ Oscar Health 1:09:43

11d ago1:09:43

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Mario Schlosser is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Oscar Health. The public company that went public with a market cap of $7.1BN. Following a tumultuous time in the markets, their stock price dropped 94%. Today, the company has rebounded and has a market cap of $3.2BN with an astonishing $5.8BN of revenues. Before co-founding Oscar, …

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210. The Real Reason Long Pitch Decks Are A Red Flag 1:58

12d ago1:58

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I didn't have time to make a short deck, so I made a long one instead. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, delivering …

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209. Send the Update! 2:19

13d ago2:19

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Consistently sending investor updates maintains awareness, opens opportunities for serendipitous introductions, and demonstrates transparency about the company's progress and challenges. Follow more of Allyson's writing on the VC Minute Substack: https://vcminute.substack.com/ About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the l…

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20VC: Founders Fund's Trae Stephens on Why The Most Competitive Deals are the Worst, Why No Company is Successful Because of their VC, Why We are Making ZIRP Mistakes Again Today, Why Loss Ratio is BS ... 1:12:52

13d ago1:12:52

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Trae Stephens is a Partner at Founders Fund, one of the world's leading funds where he has worked with some of the best and backed the likes of Palmer Luckey with Oculus and Ryan Peterson @ Flexport since the very early days. Trae is also Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company focused on autonomous sys…

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208. Honing Your Target Customer 2:04

14d ago2:04

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Focusing on a well-defined target customer profile is crucial for rapid growth and investor confidence. Follow more of Allyson's writing on VC Minute Substack: https://vcminute.substack.com/ About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from…

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207. Why now? 3:25

15d ago3:25

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The longer an investor has been around, the more likely they've seen someone attempting to solve the same problem you're tackling. Convince them "why now" to get their attention. Read more of Allyson's work on our Substack: https://vcminute.substack.com/ About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finan…

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20VC: The Memo: The $23BN Company You Might Not Have Heard Of: Tradeweb, The Story of 27 Years of Compounding Growth Leading to the Market Leader with $1.4BN in Revenue and 50% EBITDA Margins 51:13

18d ago51:13

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Billy Hult is Chief Executive Officer of Tradeweb Markets (Nasdaq: TW), as Billy puts it, they are the "electronic interface that connects Citadel and Goldman". They are also one of the most under the radar but incredible businesses of the last 20 years. Through no glitz acquisitions or specific moments, TradeWeb has compounded organic growth for t…

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20VC: a16z's Chris Dixon on Who Will Win the Next Generation of Venture, The Two Ways to Make Great Venture Investments and Find the Best Entrepreneurs & Why AI Will Strengthen the Position of the Incumbents ... 55:12

20d ago55:12

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Chris Dixon is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade with investments in Oculus (acquired by Facebook), Coinbase, and many more. Chris also founded and leads a16z crypto, a division of the firm that he has grown from $300 million in 2018 to more than $7 billion of committed capital. Due to his…

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20VC: Lessons from 32 Years of Fund Investing | Why Exits Will Be Larger & Funds Sizes Bigger | Top Reasons to Turn Down Potential Fund Investments | Fees, Carry, Deployment Pace; What Do LPs Inspect When ... 1:10:47

22d ago1:10:47

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David Clark is the CIO of Vencap, one of the leading fund of funds in the venture landscape. David has been at Vencap for 32 years and has been an LP his entire career. In Today's Episode with David Clark We Discuss: 1. From Unemployed Student in Love to Leading LP: How did a girlfriend lead to David taking his first steps into the world of fund in…

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206. Lessons Leading: Why Most Venture Funds Don't Lead 3:23

25d ago3:23

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Ever wonder why so few funds lead? There are real risks for a small fund. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, deliveri…

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20VC: Bryan Johnson on Why Humans Are No Longer Qualified to Manage Our Own Affairs, How Algorithms Will Run our Bodies and How to Process New Ideas and Challenge Conventional Beliefs 52:06

25d ago52:06

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Bryan Johnson is the founder of Blueprint, the man is at war with death and is mastering longevity. Bryan is on a mission aimed at enhancing human intelligence and being respected by people in the 25th century. Before starting Blueprint, Bryan also founded Braintree (acquired by PayPal for $800M) and OS Fund – a $100M venture capital fund investing…

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205. Lessons Leading: Momentum 3:20

26d ago3:20

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I made a critical mistake underestimating the importance of momentum. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your organization, delivering t…

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204. Lessons Leading: The Business Agreement And Back To Relationships 2:05

27d ago2:05

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Coming back around to the first lesson, the relationship between the founder and lead VC is the most important part of the whole process. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of C…

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20Product: Why Process is Killing Your Product Team and How to Remove it | Three Product Decisions Every Team Needs to Make | Why the Best Companies Build Movements and Lessons from Shopify and Atlassian ... 1:04:56

27d ago1:04:56

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Jean-Michel Lemieux is one of the OGs of engineering and product having been the CTO at Shopify and the VP Engineering at Atlassian. Jean-Michel helped grow both Shopify and Atlassian from single-product to multi-product companies and led the building of their platforms. In Today’s Episode with Jean-Michel Lemieux We Discuss: From band class to Sho…

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203. Lessons Leading: Manage Legal Depth 2:07

28d ago2:07

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Clearly define the depth of legal scrutiny required on each issue to streamline the process. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Controllers, and Accountants to your org…

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202. Lessons From Leading My First Round: Relationships & Lawyers 3:12

29d ago3:12

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This past December, SpringTime Ventures led a complicated priced equity round. It was the first round that I ever led and I learned a ton of lessons. The first two are that the relationship between the lead VC and the founder is the single most important thing. Second, have great lawyers who know the unknowns. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth P…

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20VC: 19 Company Portfolio: 1 Decacorn, 7 Unicorns, 4 Acquisitions; One of the Best Seed Investors of All Time on How to Pick Generational Defining Founders, Why Nothing but the Founder Matters & Why the ... 57:49

29d ago57:49

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Gili Raanan is the Founder of Cyberstarts and one of the most successful seed investors ever. In his 19 company portfolio, Gili has invested in a decacorn (Wiz), seven unicorns and had three others acquired. Prior to Cyberstarts, Gili spent over 15 years as a General Partner @ Sequoia Capital investing in some of the world's best cyber security com…

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201. It's Supposed To Be Hard feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona 3:02

1M ago3:02

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"Knowing that it is supposed to be hard is oddly freeing because it kind of alleviates that feeling of, oh, so and so makes it look so easy." About Soona soona is a self-serve content creation platform and home of the virtual shoot. create high-quality photo and video content from anywhere. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in …

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20VC: Bending Spoons: The Most Untold Success Story in Startups: Lessons Scaling to 500M Downloads, $360M in Reported 2023 Sales and a $2.55BN Valuation... Bootstrapped with Luca Ferrari, Co-Founder and ... 53:23

1M ago53:23

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Luca Ferrari is Co-Founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, one of the most incredible but untold success stories in startups. Luca has scaled Bending Spoons to 100M monthly active users, $380M in sales in 2023 and aiming to reach $500M in EBITDA by the end of 2026. The company’s products include Evernote, Meetup, Remini, and Splice and their products ha…

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200. Fundraise Process feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona 3:16

1M ago3:16

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The best fundraisers run a process. It's no surprise that Liz has a rigorous for building and executing her fundraise. About Soona soona is a self-serve content creation platform and home of the virtual shoot. create high-quality photo and video content from anywhere. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fr…

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199. The Deck Stands Alone feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona 1:33

1M ago1:33

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Your pitch deck should be able to tell the story without voiceover. VCs are going to send it around externally and internally at a fund. Everyone needs to understand it without you presenting it. About Soona soona is a self-serve content creation platform and home of the virtual shoot. create high-quality photo and video content from anywhere. Abou…

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20Growth: Top Five Lessons from Leading Analytics at Facebook and Data Science at Sequoia Capital, The Two Skills Required to do Analytics Well, The Three Types of Execs within Companies and When and How ... 1:15:04

1M ago1:15:04

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Chandra Narayanan is one of the growth and analytics OGs having spent 7 years at Facebook leading analytics for the Facebook App and for Instagram. After Facebook, Chandra became Chief Data Scientist @ Sequoia Capital, helping Sequoia, find, select and help the best entrepreneurs in the world. Today, Chandra is the Founder & CEO @ Sundial, building…

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198. Master Three Pitches feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona 1:45

1M ago1:45

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To grow your skill in fundraising, master these three pitches: elevator pitch, the hero story, and your fit in greater market. About Soona soona is a self-serve content creation platform and home of the virtual shoot. create high-quality photo and video content from anywhere. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the le…

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197. Fundraising Is A Core Skill feat. Liz Giorgi, Co-Founder & CEO of Soona 3:07

1M ago3:07

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Liz believes that fundraising is not "on your to do list" but a core skill of a startup CEO, a deeply integrated part of your job. About Soona soona is a self-serve content creation platform and home of the virtual shoot. create high-quality photo and video content from anywhere. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is th…

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20VC: The Future of TikTok; Is it a Danger to US National Security| Why the "Woke Mind Virus" is a "Post-Modern Religion" and Is it Too Late to Reverse | Why the Education System is Broken | Investing ... 58:19

1M ago58:19

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Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies. Since then, he has founded over a dozen companies, including Addepar, a wealth management platform helping investors manage over $5 trillion, and OpenGov, recently sold for $1.8…

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196. Startup Maxims: Do Things That Don't Scale 2:54

1M ago2:54

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This is probably my favorite startup maxim of all. It ties in with the Lean Startup Methodology, and is core to figuring out what you should be building and for whom. Here is Paul Graham's original article: https://paulgraham.com/ds.html And maxim I quote, this one from Reid Hoffman: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/arent-any-typos-essay-we-launched-…

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20Sales: Outbound Sales is Dead Today, Why Demand Generation Will Move Back Under Marketing, "Wisdom" that Everyone Needs to Unlearn About Sales & Why You Should Never Hire Someone You Do Not Know in Your ... 42:29

1M ago42:29

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Brendon Cassidy is one of the OG of enterprise sales of the last decade, having advised the likes of Gong.io, Pipedrive, Showpad. Previously Brendon was first Head of Sales at LinkedIn and VP of Sales at Talkdesk. In Today's Episode with Brendon Cassidy We Discuss: 1. From Recruiter to Sales OG and Linkedin's First Head of Sales: How did recruiting…

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195. Not ABF. Instead, Always Be Cheerleading feat. Liz Giorgi, CEO & Co-Founder of Soona 2:01

1M ago2:01

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Last episode on ABF. I promise. Maybe. But we're definitely missing the founder perspective on this one, which is why I was glad to have Liz Giorgi's input. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an ex…

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194. Startup Maxims: Invest in Lines, Not Dots? Investors Invest In Relationships. 2:29

1M ago2:29

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What's really at the core of the "lines, not dots" maxim? Relationships. Mark Suster's classic post: Invest in Lines, Not Dots. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, Contr…

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20VC: 27 Years of Investing Lessons on Picking Founders, Price Discipline, Reserves and Selling Positions | Can Seed Investors Compete with Multi-Stage Venture Firms | Why Returns Will Not Worsen Moving ... 55:52

1M ago55:52

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Peter Wagner is a Founding Partner of Wing. Peter has led investments in dozens of early-stage companies including Snowflake, Gong, Pinecone, and many others which have gone on to complete IPO's or successful acquisitions. Prior to founding Wing, Peter spent an incredible 14 years at Accel, starting as an associate in 1996 and scaling to Managing P…

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193. Startup Maxims: Always Be Fundraising. Really? 2:22

1M ago2:22

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ABF. Always Be Fundraising. Should you really always be fundraising? Here are some tips on how to evaluate if this is right for you. About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm supporting organizations in pivoting from growth to scale. AVL brings an experienced team of CFOs, …

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192. Startup Maxims: Ask for Money, Get Advice 2:57

1M ago2:57

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This week I'm covering startup maxims — those little phrases we all repeat to each other as common wisdom but may or may not be true, helpful, or relevant. Today's maxim: "Ask for money, get advice. Ask for advice, get money." About AVL Growth Partners AVL Growth Partners, founded in 2009, is the leading fractional Finance and Accounting firm suppo…

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20VC: Managing the Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the World: $1.55 Trn of Assets & Owning 1.5% of all Listed Companies with Nicolai Tangen, CEO @ Norges Bank Investment Management 45:34

1M ago45:34

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Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world with $1.55 Trn in assets, owning on average, 1.5% of every listed company. Tangen was previously Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer in AKO Capital, which he founded in 2005. Prior to this, Tangen was a partner and senior …

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191. The Purpose of the First Meeting feat. Eric Marcoullier 3:12

2M ago3:12

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Just as the purpose of the deck is not to get a check, it's to get the first meeting, the purpose of the first meeting is... About Eric Marcoullier Eric coaches first- and second-time tech CEOs, keeping their companies alive long enough to get lucky, figure out their business, find product/market fit and replace his ass with someone who knows how t…

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20VC: Are IPO Windows Shut? Has Regulation Killed the M&A Market? M&A OG Frank Quattrone on Lessons from 650 M&A Deals Worth Over $1TRN and Taking Amazon, Cisco and Netscape Public 58:07

2M ago58:07

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Frank Quattrone is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Qatalyst and served as its CEO from the Firm’s founding until January 2016. Over more than four decades, Frank and the teams he has led have advised on more than 600 mergers and acquisitions with an aggregate transaction value over $1 trillion and on more than 350 financings that raised over …

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190. A VC's Job Is NOT To Write Checks feat. Eric Marcoullier 3:36

2M ago3:36

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A VC's job is to say "no." Now knowing that, how do you adjust your approach? About Eric Marcoullier Eric coaches first- and second-time tech CEOs, keeping their companies alive long enough to get lucky, figure out their business, find product/market fit and replace his ass with someone who knows how to scale companies beyond $5M in ARR. His work p…

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189. Features Don't Sell Products feat. Eric Marcoullier 2:01

2M ago2:01

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If you aren't getting positive feedback from the market, don't start adding things. Strip the product down to its core basic value prop. About Eric Marcoullier Eric coaches first- and second-time tech CEOs, keeping their companies alive long enough to get lucky, figure out their business, find product/market fit and replace his ass with someone who…

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20VC: Startups Only Fail When Founders Stop Trying, Why the Two Weeks Following Our IPO Were the Worst of my Life & Why Tieing Your Identity to Your Company is the Most Dangerous Thing and How to Avoid ... 1:01:30

2M ago1:01:30

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Sami Inkinen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Virta Health, the company reversing type 2 diabetes. Before Virta, Sami was the Co-Founder of Trulia, steering the company to a successful IPO and its eventual sale to Zillow Group. Outside of the boardroom, he launched Fat Chance Row, a daring venture to row 2,750 miles across the Pacific, unsupported with…

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188. #1 Killer of Startups feat. Eric Marcoullier 2:47

2M ago2:47

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Founders are efficiency-seeking missiles, which is what compels them to start businesses, but it's a double-edged sword. About Eric Marcoullier Eric coaches first- and second-time tech CEOs, keeping their companies alive long enough to get lucky, figure out their business, find product/market fit and replace his ass with someone who knows how to sc…

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