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

20VC: Why This Time Will Be Worse Than The Great Financial Crisis, Why Down-Rounds, Firesales and Shutdowns Will Happen & The Ultimate Startup Survival Guide; 7 Steps to Ensure Your Company Survives The Storm

This podcast episode discusses the challenges faced by startups in the current economic climate, including the potential for down rounds, the difficulties in obtaining bridge funding, and the impact of the impending economic downturn. It also explores the strategies that startups can use to navigate these challenges, s...

20VC: Boston Celtics' Steve Pagliuca on The Future of Sports Team Ownership; What Happened with the Chelsea Acquisition | Why More Money is Pouring Into Sport Than Ever & Do These Assets Keep Increasing in Value

This podcast episode delves into the journey of successful individuals, exploring themes such as parental support, learning from diverse experiences, building high-performance teams, and navigating media scrutiny. The speakers emphasize the importance of treating others with respect, learning from failures, and investi...

20VC: Why Salesforce, SAP and Concur Will Die | Scaling 3x and Raising at a $9.2BN Valuation in COVID | How OpenAI is Changing the Travel Industry Forever | Never Before Revealed Margins on Travel and Expense Management with Ariel Cohen, Co-Founder & CEO

This podcast episode explores the challenges and strategies for staying innovative, adapting to change, and driving growth in a rapidly evolving technological landscape, with a focus on the travel and expense management industry. It emphasizes the importance of embracing new technologies like machine learning and AI, a...

20VC: Thoma Bravo's Orlando Bravo on Why Now is The New Normal, Why Every Company in the World is Worth its Future Cashflows, The Three Core Elements Thoma Bravo Need to See in Any Potential Deal & Orlando's Relationship to Risk, Wealth and Parenting

This podcast episode provides insightful perspectives from Orlando Bravo, founder of Thoma Bravo, on successful investing, leadership, overcoming challenges, and navigating economic uncertainties. It explores key traits and lessons learned from his mentors, the importance of value investing and collaboration with manag...

20Product: When to Hire a CPO, The Three Different Types of CPO, How To Know What You Need, How To Structure the Hiring Process, What Are the Must-Ask Questions, What Tests and Case Studies Should Be Used, How Should Their Compensation Package Be Structur

This podcast episode provides varying perspectives on hiring product leaders, emphasizing the importance of understanding the company's stage of development and its specific needs to identify the right type of leader to hire. The speakers draw distinctions between visionary, craftsperson, and operator product leaders, ...

20VC: From $57M in ARR to $297M in Just 12 Months; Why Speed of Execution is the Most Important Factor to Success, Hiring 2,000 People in 3 Years Remotely & Secondaries; Why, When and How Much To Take Out with Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder & CEO @ Deel

This podcast episode delves into the challenges and strategies associated with scaling a startup, with a focus on Deel's remarkable growth journey. The speakers discuss the importance of speed of execution, decisive hiring and firing decisions, and balancing growth with operational stability. They also explore the sign...

20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk and Satya Patel on Why $100M is Not Enough To Execute a Seed Strategy Today | Why They Decided not to Raise New External Funds | Where Are We in the Cycle & What is Truly F***** | Why Founders Should Take Secondaries Earlier

This podcast episode focuses on strategies for successful partnerships, highlights Homebrew's innovative approach to fund size and investment strategy, explores evolving trends in venture capital, and delves into the challenges and opportunities faced by startups. It emphasizes the importance of alignment, communicatio...

20VC: Canva Co-Founder, Cliff Obrecht on The Journey From 100 VC Rejections to a $40BN Company, Why Good Enough is Not Good Enough, The Secret to Hiring Non-Obvious Talent and Relationships to Money and Why They Are Giving Away Billions

This podcast episode follows the journey of Canva, a visual communication platform, offering insights into business growth, decision-making, challenges, and opportunities. The conversation covers team collaboration, resilience in the face of challenges, authentic leadership, and hiring strategies. The speakers emphasiz...

20Sales: Why You Should Not Do PLG and Enterprise Sales at the Same Time | How To Move Into Enterprise Sales Gradually | How To Make a Comp Plan For Sales Teams | Why Discounting is Good and Can Be Used with Stevie Case, CRO @ Vanta

This podcast episode delves into the inspiring journey of a female gamer turned CRO, shedding light on the challenges and motivations of single mothers in the sales industry. It emphasizes the importance of authenticity, grit, and curiosity in successful sales hires, while highlighting techniques to motivate teams and ...

20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on What Elon Musk Should Do with Twitter | The State of Crypto Today; The Impact of SBF and Why Now is the Best Time To Invest in Crypto | Are We Too Late to Save The Climate and Why Civil Disobedience is Required | Will TikTok b

This podcast episode covers various topics, ranging from the transition to the knowledge age and its impact on attention allocation, income inequality, the challenges and potential of technology, the need for educational transformation, climate change and the necessary measures to address it, cryptocurrencies, Elon Mus...

20VC: Turning Canned Water into a $700M Media and Health Company, What Makes Truly Great Brands, How Founders Can Build Their Brand From Day 1 Today & How to Create Viral Content with Little to No Budget with Mike Cessario, Founder and CEO @ Liquid Death

This podcast episode explores the success of Liquid Death and Trader Joe's, uncovering the reasons behind their brand resonance and unique marketing strategies. It delves into topics such as brand differentiation, the importance of creative entertainment over traditional advertising, and the role of sales execution. Th...

20Growth: When To Make Your First Growth Hire? How To Structure the Hiring Process for Growth? Five Core Things the Best Growth Hires Do in the First Week? What to Expect New Growth Hires to Achieve in the First 30 and 90 Days with Hila Qu, Growth Advisor

This podcast episode delves into various aspects of growth marketing, including strategies for channel diversification, differences between B2B and B2C growth teams, and guidance on hiring growth experts and advisors. It emphasizes the importance of experimentation, creative ad testing, and team collaboration in drivin...

20VC: a16z's Jeff Jordan on The Ultimate Guide to Investing in Marketplaces, Two Core Features to Look for in All Marketplace Investments, Why Fragmented Supply is so Important & Lessons from Airbnb, Pinterest and Instacart on What Makes the Best Cohorts

This podcast episode delves into various aspects of investing in marketplaces, highlighting the importance of network effects, efficient acquisition of fragmented supply, capital efficiency, target market specificity, retaining mental plasticity, Instacart's journey to profitability, and the dynamics of a healthy deman...

20VC: WTF is Going On in VC? Are VCs Still Investing? How Has What VCs Want in Investments Changed? Are LPs Investing in New Funds? Why VCs That Invest in Public Markets Are Losers? Dec 2023; Will It Be Better Or Worse with Jason Lemkin

This podcast episode delves into a wide range of topics related to the changing venture capital landscape and the evolving dynamics of investing in tech startups. The speakers discuss the shifting expectations of early-stage investors, the current economic climate's impact on different SaaS segments, and the challenges...

20VC: The Memo: How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund (Part I) | The Core Lessons from Raising $400M Over The Last Four Years| The Biggest Mistakes VCs Make When Fundraising | How To Find and Build Relationships with New LPs

This podcast episode focuses on pivotal aspects of successful fundraising for venture capital funds, emphasizing the significance of determining the minimum viable fund size based on portfolio construction and expected investment check sizes, ensuring a skilled team with an established track record, and aligning fund s...

20VC: From a $5,000 College Fund to a $10BN+ Public Company, How to Beat People Who Are Smarter Than You, Why Happier Teams Outperform and How Software Buying Patterns are Changing in 2023 with Henry Schuck, CEO @ ZoomInfo

This podcast episode emphasizes the significance of hard work, gratitude, and the right team in achieving success. Exploring various aspects of personal and professional life, the speakers discuss the importance of fostering a culture of hard work and practice, balancing work-life responsibilities, and maintaining perf...

20VC: Why Financial Planning and Goals Do Not Work, The Decision to Ban Politics in the Workplace and Losing 1/3 of the Team Overnight & The One Question That Will Drive All Decision-Making for Leaders with Jason Fried, CEO @ 37Signals

This podcast episode, featuring Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, founders of Basecamp, explores their entrepreneurial journey, business strategies, their views on leadership, and decision-making processes. They emphasize the importance of independence, profitability, and personal fulfillment in business succes...

20VC Special: How To Fundraise Like a Pro: How to Size and Price a Round, How to Create FOMO and Urgency in a Fundraise, How to Structure Angel Allocations, The 7 Deadly Sins of Fundraising Decks, The 3 Signs a Potential Investor is Bad News

This podcast episode focuses on providing founders with advice on fundraising strategies. The host structures the advice around stages of the fundraising process, from creating a target list of investors and practicing a concise pitch to selecting a lead investor and allocating the remaining round. Key takeaways incl...

20VC: Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy on Leadership Lessons Learned from Reed Hastings and Daniel Ek, What is Peloton's Competitive Advantage and Why Peloton is a Team and Not a Family

20VC: Leadership Lessons from Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, The Early Days of TheFacebook Advising Mark Zuckerberg and Why Now is Not the Right Time For Startups to Stockpile Cash with Hadi Partovi, CEO @ Code.org