The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Why Seed is for Suckers | a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN: What Makes Them So Good | Why Josh Kushner Is the Master of Venture Capital Strategy | Why Extended Private Markets Screw US Citizens with Jason Lemkin and Rory O'Driscoll
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.
If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and more.
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Jason Lemkin is one of the leading SaaS investors of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Algolia, Talkdesk, Owner, RevenueCat, Saleloft and more.
Rory O'Driscoll is a General Partner @ Scale where he has led investments in category leaders such as Bill.com (BILL), Box (BOX), DocuSign (DOCU), and WalkMe (WKME), among others.
In Today's Episode We Discuss:
What is Wrong with Billionaires on Twitter: Are They Depressed?
Why Does product Market Fit Mean Less Than Ever
Why is Venture Capital More Risky Than Ever and No One is Discussing It
Will Private Equity Save a Generation of SaaS Companies and VCs
a16z's $20BN Fund: Seriously?
Why Josh Kushner and Thrive Capital are Masters of the World
Why is Seed Investing for Suckers
Why Are $50 Million Seed Funds Useless
Founders Fund Raises $4.6BN: Analysis
How WIll LPs Change Their Approach to Venture in the Next Five Years
When Will IPOs Comeback?
Why Does it Not Make Sense for the Best Companies to IPO
Lost Ethics and Morals in Founder Secondaries and Term Sheets
Quickfire: OpenAI, Cursor, Deel vs Rippling
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