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

20Growth: How Revolut Acquired Their First 10M Users: Tips, Tactics and Strategies From the Revolut Product & Growth Playbook with Val Scholz, Former Head of Growth @ Revolut

This podcast episode explores the growth strategies and experiences of Revolut, a disruptive fintech company. The episode covers topics such as optimizing referral programs, overcoming early challenges, utilizing YouTube influencers, customer acquisition strategies, content marketing, hiring strategies, training and fe...

20VC: Foundation Models are the Fastest Depreciating Asset in History, Lina Kahn is a Threat to American Capitalism, PE is Not Coming to Save the M&A Market & How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race with Michael Eisenberg

This podcast episode explores the complex dynamics of AI investing, highlighting the dual nature of AI as a transformational technology and a financial gold rush. The speakers discuss the challenges posed by minute-to-minute updates in financials and stock markets for AI training models, the investment landscape of AI,...

20VC: Index's Danny Rimer on Investing Lessons from Hits like Figma, Discord and Etsy to Missing Snapchat, Airbnb, Facebook & Spotify | Why Valuation is a Trap and Market Sizing, Signalling and Sector/Geo-Specific Funds are all Noise

This podcast episode explores the speaker's perspective on success, decision-making, investment theses, evaluating founders, market timing risk, sector funds, exit strategies, reinvention, recognizing potential, empathy and compassion in leadership, investment strategies, the importance of first founder meetings, and v...

20Product: Loom CPO Janie Lee on Three Core Skills that Make the Best PMs, How to Find, Pick and Train the Best PM Talent and Lessons from OpenDoor and Rippling on Product Breadth, Pricing and Talent Density

This podcast episode explores various aspects of product management, including career development, talent density, customer empathy, product design, writing skills, hiring practices, product reviews, storytelling, and the impact of AI. The speakers discuss the importance of business acumen, accuracy in pricing algorith...

20VC: Scale's Alex Wang on Why Data Not Compute is the Bottleneck to Foundation Model Performance, Why AI is the Greatest Military Asset Ever, Is China Really Two Years Behind the US in AI and Why the CCPs Industrial Approach is Better than Anyone Else's

This podcast episode explores the challenges and advancements in AI models, focusing on the importance of the three pillars of AI progress: compute, algorithms, and data. It discusses the concept of a "data wall" and the need for frontier data to overcome it. The episode also examines the ability to solve reasoning and...

20VC: Reid Hoffman on Foundation Models: Who Wins & How Do Incumbents Respond | The Inflection AI Deal: How it Went Down | Why Trump is a Threat to Democracy | The Future of TikTok | Lessons from Sam Altman, Brian Chesky and the OpenAI Board

This podcast episode explores the state of AI and its impact on objectivity and truth, the importance of validatory sources and balanced perspectives in decision-making, the business model of foundation models and the viability of businesses in the AI revolution, the role of NVIDIA's inventions and chips in the AI tran...

20Sales: How Rippling Built Their Sales Machine: How to Hire, Train and Manage the Best SDRs, What is the Right Comp Package for Sales Teams & The Playbook to Start and Scale Your SDR Team

This podcast episode explores the world of sales development representatives (SDRs) and their role in driving sales growth. It discusses the importance of effective outbound strategies, the complexities of SDR organizations, and the hiring and onboarding processes for SDRs. The episode also touches on the challenges of...

20VC: Perplexity's Aravind Srinivas on Will Foundation Models Commoditise, Diminishing Returns in Model Performance, OpenAI vs Anthropic: Who Wins & Why the Next Breakthrough in Model Performance will be in Reasoning

This podcast episode explores the challenges and potential breakthroughs in the AI industry, with a focus on data curation, reasoning quality, models with memory, commoditization of foundation models, competition, talent retention, monetization strategies, building enterprise products, and startup challenges. The speak...

This Week in SaaS: PluralSight Goes to Zero, Salesforce and Mongo Hit Hard, The Next IPO Candidates and How Do We Solve the Problem of Liquidity in Venture Capital

This podcast episode explores various challenges and trends in the tech and SaaS industry. It discusses the adoption cycle of newer PLG models, the challenges faced by tech companies, the struggles of major players like Salesforce and Twilio, the importance of liquidity in the venture industry, the impact of micro-bran...

20Growth: The Six Channels Startups Need to Dominate to Grow, Why the Best Growth Talent Never Comes from Marketing or Product, Who and How to Hire Growth Leaders and Teams and Why in a World of AI, Growth is More Science than Art with Matt Lerner

This podcast episode explores the concept of growth and its challenges, emphasizing the need for a holistic approach that combines art and science. The speakers discuss the importance of understanding user intent, implementing a growth model, and choosing the right North Star metric. They also highlight the significanc...

20VC: Former Meta CTO, Schrep on Why Climate is a $10TRN Problem, Operating Lessons Scaling Products to Billions at Meta and Why the Best Leaders are Like Music Conductors

20VC: Why Seed is Systemically Broken | Why Pricing is Worse Than Ever and There is More Funding Than Ever | Benchmarks for Churn, Retention and Growth Rates - Good vs Great | Why Last Vintage for Private Equity Will Suck with Jason Lemkin

This podcast episode explores the vital importance of commitment and technical leadership in the startup world. It emphasizes the need for ultra-insane commitment from a binary team that is a hundred and ten percent dedicated to success. Evaluating the CTO early in the investment process is crucial, considering their p...

20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman, Mistral's Arthur Mensch and more discuss: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | Which Startups Are Threatened vs Enabled by OpenAI | Is the Value in the Infrastructure or Application Layer?

This podcast episode explores the value and potential commoditization of foundation models in AI. It emphasizes the importance of personalized models integrated into users' lives and discusses the differentiation in the AI field. The section also touches on the potential profitability of investing in foundation models,...

20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Predictions for the Next Wave of AI: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | How the Business Model of SaaS Changes Forever | Startups vs Incumbents: Who Wins | App vs Infrastructure Layer: Where is the Value?

This podcast episode explores various topics in the evolving technology landscape, focusing on the advancements in AI and its impact on different industries. The discussions highlight key players in the field, such as Cooley and Squarespace, and emphasize the potential for startups to emerge with new use cases. The epi...

20VC: Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage and Defensibility | What Makes Masa Son a Genius Investor of Our Time | How the Best Leaders Communicate and Delegate

This podcast episode explores the importance of scaling and distribution in tech companies, the role of cash as a weapon in company building, the significance of recognizing market opportunities and finding product-market fit, the challenges and learning process in the cybersecurity industry, the strategy of acquiring ...

20Product: How Linktree, Webflow and Airbnb Used Rituals and Product Principals to Guide Product Roadmap, Why All Product Teams Should Have a Scorecard and How to Use it & How to Run the Best "Product Jams" with JZ, CPO @ Linktree

This podcast episode explores the importance of speed, quality, and strategy in product development. The speaker challenges the belief that speed and quality are contradictory, emphasizing the need for companies to find a balance that aligns with the specific needs of their customers. They highlight the significance of...

20VC: Fundraising Wisdom that is Total BS; Dilution, Meeting Associates, Taking the Highest Price, Always Be Raising | Why Second Time Founders Are More Investable & Why Not To Hire People Out of College with Dan Siroker, CEO @ Limitless

This podcast episode explores the journey of entrepreneurs, highlighting the role of perseverance, the challenges faced by first-time founders, the significance of experience and gut instinct, the importance of recognizing market pull, unique perspectives on compensation and liquidity in startup hires, the importance o...

20VC: Behind the Scenes at Y Combinator: The Interview Process | What the Best & Worst Do in the Program | Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | Why the Value is in Application Layer AI with Tom Blomfield

This podcast episode explores the speaker's journey as a founder and investor, highlighting the highs and lows of their experiences. It emphasizes the importance of perseverance, the challenges of fundraising, and the lessons learned in building a successful startup. The episode also delves into the cultural difference...

20Sales: How to Build Vertical Sales Teams, Why No Customer Success is BS and Everyone Needs it, How to Hire, Train and Retain the First Reps and Lessons Scaling to $2.1BN Revenue and 1,300 People with Larry Schurtz, CRO @ Genesys

This podcast episode explores the importance of prioritization in sales leadership, starting playbooks with the desired outcome, having a wide availability of diverse talent, using case studies, onboarding practices, evaluating new sales hires, targeting logos versus quantity of clients, vertical sales playbooks, the d...

20VC: GV's Tom Hulme on Why Investing in Foundation Models is like Investing in "Power Stations", The Conventional Wisdom in VC that is BS & Lessons from a 24x Angel Track Record, 255x on Robinhood and Making Billions on Uber

This podcast episode features a conversation about angel investing and the various aspects that investors need to consider. The speakers discuss deal structuring, the importance of liquidity and regret minimization, the mindset of founders, the transition from angel investing to venture capital, the role of board membe...