The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Remote Work is White Collar Fraud | Why Revenge and Patriotism are the Best Founder Traits | Two Questions Every Founder Needs to Ask | The Wild Story of Raising $1BN from Masa Son in an Hour Long Meeting with Ryan Peterson, Founder @ Flexport
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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Ryan Peterson is the Founder & CEO @ Flexport, the logistics darling of the venture capital world that has raised $900M+ with the last round valuing the company at $8BN. Today, the company does $450M in revenue growing 30% YoY.
AGENDA:
— Why Does Ryan Petersen Call Remote Work "White Collar Fraud"?
— Does Having More Money Actually Make You a Better Founder?
— When Will Flexport IPO? What Price Would It Go Out At?
— Can AI Actually Automate Entire Companies or Is the Productivity Boom Overhyped?
— Which Jobs Will Exist in 5 Years That Don't Exist Today?
— OpenAI vs Anthropic: If Ryan Could Only Own One, Which Would He Buy?
— Are Chinese Open-Source Models a National Security Threat—or Is Silicon Valley Overreacting?
— The $500M Fundraising Mistake Ryan Wishes He Never Made
— Why Flexport Abandoned San Francisco & Remote Work Damaged Flexport's Culture
— Why Marketing Is the Hardest Executive Hire in Startups
— Do Great CEOs Hate HR?
— Why Most Startup Founders Hire Executives Too Early
— What Ryan Learned Investing Alongside the Greatest YC Founders
— The Single Biggest Mistake Founders Make When Fundraising
— Does Founder Brand Actually Drive Enterprise Value?
— What Makes a Great Board Member—and Why Most Boards Add Negative Value
— The Sports Team Ryan Dreams of Buying Just to Troll His Biggest Competitor
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