The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Inside Accel's $4BN Growth Investing Machine | Cursor is Dead is Total BS: Here is Why | What Missing Rippling and ElevenLabs Taught Us | Are $2BN-$10BN IPOs Dead | Why Now is a Great Time to be Thoma Bravo with Miles Clements
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.
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Miles Clements is a Partner @ Accel where he helps to lead their growth fund. At Accel, Miles has led or invested in Atlassian, Cursor, Linear, and more.
AGENDA:
Where is True Alpha and Value in a World of AI
Why it is Total BS that Cursor is Dead
Why Cursor Were Not Wrong to Build Their Own Models
What is the Upside When Investing in Cursor at $27BN?
Do Sub $10BN Outcomes Even Matter to a Fund the Size of Accel?
Losing ServiceTitan: Investing Lesson Learned…
Missing Rippling: What We Learned
What is Accel's Win Rate
How VCs Approach Ownership Has Changed
Does Miles Feel Happier or Sadder to be an Anthropic Investor Post Pentagon Debacle
What Happens to Companies Like Miro and Snyk with High Prices to Live Upto?
Why it is a Great Time to Be Thoma Bravo and Vista
Why Founder-Led Companies Are Always Better
Why Would Any Founder Go Public Today
When is the Right Time to Take Chips Off The Table?
Should VC Firms Have Evergreen Funds and Be Responsible for Public Positions
You Can Pick Any VC to Join Accel, Who Does Miles Choose…
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