Beezer is one of the few LPs who shares her thoughts publicly on social media. She continues in much the same vein here, sharing her perspectives in an entertaining chat with Harry Stebbings, on how LPs view the venture market post the end of the go-go years of ’20 and ’21. What I found interesting in Beezer’s comments: a) funds that returned 3x+ …
Sarah Paine is a Professor of History and Strategy at the US Naval War College, as well as the author of several acclaimed books on Military History. This was an extraordinary podcast. Grateful to Dwarkesh Patel for reading Prof Sarah Paine’s books and interviewing her. Riveting exposition of military strategy or specifically grand strategy by Prof Paine, Grand Strategy is the coordination of all instruments of national power incl economic …
Really candid episode where a founder Liz Zalman, and her investor Jerry Neumann discuss the challenges of being a startup founder, fundraising and venture capital from their distinct perspectives, as a founder and as a VC. Liz doesnt hold anything back, talking abt her investors who dont get into the nitty gritties with her, or dont really come prepared to board meetings, …
Enjoyed this wide-ranging chat between Nikhil (NBT) and Harry Stebbings. Having enjoyed Nikhil’s writing previously, this was a concentrated dose of NBT that I was happy to have. What stood out for me from the convo – his perspectives on how he prioritises traction (or early signs of PMF) over the market when it comes to picking, how he tries to avoid getting …
If you are a GP or an aspiring GP (or even just a venture nerd) you will enjoy this podcast episode. There was so much I learnt from this one; a lot of it being very tactical advice around fundraising from LPs, such as on how to segment the LP market, how to construct your top of funnel, and ensuring that your discussions …
Good fun chat between fintech investor Sheel Mohnot, also one of the more colourful personalities on startup twitter, and 20VC host Harry Stebbings. Sheel is forthright with his takes and perspectives covering topics such as why he thinks there is no right way in venture (many paths work per him), why the venture industry would be better off with reduced fund sizes …
Rob Go is a co-founder and Partner at NextView, investors in Attentive, Devoted Health, Whoop etc. Before co-founding NextView, Rob was a VC at Spark Capital and a PM at ebay.
This is a terrific podcast giving you the inner mechanics and dynamics of raising a venture fund. It goes behind the scenes of what it is to raise a VC fund from LPs …
This is an edited transcript of an onstage chat between Christina Cacioppo, founder & CEO of Vanta, and Andrew Reed from Sequoia, who led the Series A into Vanta. Covers a bunch of useful themes around product-market fit (PMF) and early phase of launching, including how they worked with design partners and didn’t start coding till they saw strong resonance with the MVP …
Sajith Pai: Relevant excerpts & highlights from the transcript I helped organise below (the podcast publisher didn’t have a transcript for this episode). Loved her observations on hiring for strengths (and not worrying about their weaknesses), how going public (and the process of doing so) helped her relook at her business in the right light and reorganise the costs, why she …
Sajith: Bessemer Venture Partners is one of the OGs of the venture industry. Lots here to learn for a venture nerd like me, from this podcast where Patrick O’Shaughnessy hosts three of the senior partners at Bessemer including the legendary Jerermy Levine. I got to learn a lot about how they work together and the Bessemer OS. What i found particularly …