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Bill Gurley and Chetan Puttagunta – An Update on Consumer & Enterprise Venture Capital - [Invest Like the Best, EP.162]
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My guests today are Bill Gurley and Chetan Puttagunta, both partners at benchmark capital. We review the early stage investing world in the face of coronavirus in a very timely conversation, which is one that will remain valuable once this crisis is done. We discuss enterprise and consumer, funding and growth, and the entrepreneurial spirit in the face of a crisis. Please enjoy.
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Show Notes
– (First question) – Landscape for venture capital ecosystem
– The experience in 2009 and the entrepreneurs that tend to rise to the top
– The relationship between early stage companies and public investors
– How this crisis impacts enterprise businesses vs the broader corporate sector
– Advice for early stage companies in a period like this
– What Chetan was doing during the last downturn and what he learned during it
– Early stage vs late stage companies in this environment
– On the Road to Recap
– Benefits of being small in a period like this
– How portfolio companies are responding and pivoting during this period
– Best practices for remote companies
– Themes that stand out during this period
– Closing thoughts
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