The Twenty Minute VC
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The Twenty Minute VC is the worlds leading independent VC podcast featuring the likes of Peter Fenton and Brad Feld https://t.co/gNBvTsLMLR
London, England
Joined January 2015
Honored to release ep w/ @peterfenton @benchmark on valuations, boards and the best founders thanks to intro @abrams
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Hear @SatoshiLite biggest concerns on the future for #ICO what are your thoughts @prestonjbyrne agree? #bitcoin #vc
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Stoked 2 release ep w/ @SatoshiLite @coinbase on holy grail of crypto & scaling thanks 2 intro @brian_armstrong #vc
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Myth:. AI will kill employment. Truth:. "AI is going to bring a new Renaissance for humanity, because AI is going to amplify everybody's intelligence. This is gonna create as many jobs as it makes disappear.". @ylecun
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What post did you think would do well, but didn’t? -@HarryStebbings . “The Apple Game” -@waitbutwhy. Let’s bring new life to Tim Urban’s Apple Game here! 🍎
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“Investors that are waiting around for pure perfect information are not going to last.” . @briansin of @foundersfund explains to @HarryStebbings why he trusts his gut when investing👇
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Is there a format for the perfect cold email? 🥶📫 . @jasonlk asked four legendary investors (@DavidSacks, @rabois, @aileenlee, and @satyap) what the ideal cold email looked like, and he got four radically different answers. See how their answers differed 👇
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Incredible to hear this from @naval @AngelList and reminds me of many conversations with @AlexBangash #startup #vc
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So proud to release latest ep w/ @naval @AngelList thanks to kind intro @rmarini @kamalravikant so grateful! #vc
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Excited to release ep w/ @jonathanhsu @tribecap on why historical loss ratios are too high, why data becomes #1 most important piece of evaluating effective reserve allocation & why nothing is truly defensible. Thanks to Q's @collinmathilde @arjunsethi #vc
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Excited to release ep w/ @skupor @a16z on the biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make when pitching VCs, why the majority of bridge rounds are bridges to nowhere and why VC is simply a customer service business thanks to Qs @withfries2! #startup #founder
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“In this business, you get incentivized to pound the table with these pronouncements from on high - and a lot of the time, we’re wrong. The best ones are wrong more than half the time.” 🙊. -@Sacca with @HarryStebbings 👇
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Fascinating to hear @sasmith4 @BainCapVC discuss her conviction building process that led to the Series D @limebike deal. Love to hear your thoughts on the potential for capital to be a moat today @lpolovets @dafrankel @infoarbitrage? #startup #vc
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🗣️ @typesfast: #1 lesson in the logistics business. “The absolute truth in logistics is that almost all inefficiency comes from bad quality. You can never quantify the loss of trust that a mistake like that will bring to your customer. The more a company in logistics focuses
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.@AngelList was founded in 2010 . Today it is valued at over $4 Billion. @naval explains to @HarryStebbings why his company is so valuable to startups and founders 👇
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Love this quote from @bfeld and fascinating to hear @bartlorang perspective on self-development & optimization! #vc
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Proud to release ep w/ @zoink @figmadesign on the 4 year journey to launch, how it is possible to go slow to go fast with VC & the biggest mistakes young founders most often make, thanks to Qs @dannyrimer @mamoonha @johnolilly @andrew__reed @drose007! #vc
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Proud to release ep 2/ @Austen @LambdaSchool on why unemployment is an optimisation problem that'll be solved over next 20 years & why the speed & quality of decisions are not mutually exclusive. Thanks to Qs @justGLew @jrichlive @collision @shaunmmaguire.
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Absolutely love this quote from my hero @karaswisher @Recode with the fantastic @LaurenGoode @verge #startups #vc
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One of the most inspiring and moving #podcasts ever with @bhorowitz @ShakaSenghor #mustlisten #startup #entrepreneur.
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Incredible to hear Olaf Carlson-Wee at Polychain Capital analyse the crop of emerging crypto managers, what he would look for in potential crypto-managers and how competition dynamics differ between crypto and VC! #vc #startup #founder #entrepreneur
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Hear @ryan_caldbeck @CircleUp discuss why the business model of VC and the use of data within VC is fundamentally broken. Given your incredible experience @m2jr @mcgd love to hear your thoughts and perspectives on this? #startup #founder #entrepreneur
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Excited to release w/ Adi @YouNow on impending digital media revolution thanks to intro @aweissman @pakman @orenzeev
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Stoked to release ep w/ @marannelson @claralabs thanks to questions @shivon @kentgoldman @saranormous for questions!
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@bhorowitz i have asked 10 VCs now what their favourite book is! 9 out of 10 have cited #hardthingabouthardthings #thebestbook.
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So proud to release latest ep w/ @rabois @khoslaventures @Opendoor thanks 2 kind intro @timechange @jasonlk #startup
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Proud to release round 2 w/ @collinmathilde @FrontApp on why discipline is more important than grand vision, how to properly structure 1-1s & the right way to approach investor updates & direct reports thanks to Qs! @eladgil @hnshah @gralston @arjunsethi
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Proud to release ep w/ @garrytan @Initialized on the most important thing a seed investor can do above all else & why there isn't too much capital chasing too few deals today! Thanks to @alexisohanian @typesfast @AlexBangash @danielgross @snowmaker for Qs!
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Hear @Austen @LambdaSchool discuss how he thinks on iterating all aspects of the business at speed and why the quality and speed of decision-making are not mutually exclusive. Love to hear your thoughts on this @satyap @joshelman? #startup #vc
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Fantastic to hear @htaneja discuss the secret sauce to @gcvp expansion to the west coast and how to accelerate reputation building. Would love to hear your thoughts on how you did this so successfully @rebeccak46 @eriktorenberg @lpolovets #startup
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Just read most amazing article on outperformance of #angelinvestors in #SiliconValley by the legend @everploeg
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. @paultoo @ycombinator on why #startup #founder must build deep levels of appeal with small numbers of users! #VC
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Extremely exciting surpise coming 4 all @twentyminutevc listeners next week thanks 2 the legend @bfeld @foundrygroup
http://t.co/8JfBcBphSC.
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Proud to release ep w/ @SteveCase @revolution on why best venture investments of the future will not be in Silicon Valley, why the CEO must be the shock absorber for company morale & why vision without execution is hallucination, thanks to intro @bfeld.
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What was it like working with Steve Jobs? 🤔. “He would call us at crazy hours of the night just to tell us there was something wrong with some piece the UI which no one had possibly caught.” 🌙 . -@hbarra @DetectTest with @HarryStebbings 👇
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So excited to say the amazing @Mazzeo @Lowercase will be coming on @twentyminutevc in March! Can't wait! Stay tuned! #startup #vc #business.
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“Postmates may be the worst acquisition done in tech in the past five years. A $3BN company that was going to be a zero within three months.” 📉. Fmr. Uber Exec @emilmichael with @HarryStebbings 👇
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Fascinating to hear @jeremysliew @lightspeedvp discuss why he feels VCs have a responsibility to the founder to respond to every email, regardless of excitement in opportunity. Love to hear your thoughts on this @schlaf @lpolovets? #startup #founder #vc
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Fantastic piece by @joshelman @GreylockVC on the narrative arc required in a deck to tell your startup story!
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Fascinating to hear @eladgil discuss unbundling of #VC services & reminds me of conversation with @naval @AngelList
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Proud to release most downloaded Founder ep of 2018 w/ @AndrewDudum @wearehims discussing the playbook for scaling multi-channel customer acquisition today & raising at a $200m valuation within 1 year. Thanks to @milesgrimshaw @ThriveCapital for intro!
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2 celebrate @thinker featuring us on @mattermarkdaily quote from legend @bfeld @foundrygroup what it takes 2 succeed! http://t.co/2fpDKoLcd9.
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Stoked to release ep w/ @eladgil on unbundling #VC services thanks to kind intro @saranormous @joshuareeves #startup
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Fantastic origin story to @aweissman joining @BradUSV @albertwenger @fredwilson in the team @usv #startup #founder
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No better way to explain VC than this by the incredible @bfeld @foundrygroup in our interview. http://t.co/VklfcIsXv4
http://t.co/jX4StNN0ZB.
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Stoked to release ep w/ @Wayne on getting #VC out the board room and more thanks to intro @jeffseibert @bussgang
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Immensely inspiring to hear origin story for @pejmannozad @pearvc before becoming the legendary #VC he is! #startup
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So excited for next week's amazing feature @foundrygroup featuring @bfeld and @sether #venturecapital #startups
http://t.co/V293WVGqHl.
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Hear @sasmith4 @BainCapVC discuss why the "GP commit" is not only outdated but illogical in principle and should be a proportion of net worth not expected % of fund. Love to hear your thoughts on this @Beezer232 @MKRocks @Samirkaji? #startup #vc
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Fascinating to hear portfolio theory approach from @naval and reminds me of our interview with @davemcclure #startup
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Hear @sytses discuss how they think about hitting deadlines @gitlab and what it takes to achieve super high levels of dev productivity and release cadence. Love to hear your thoughts @davidhornik @DanielleMorrill and your lessons from seeing it first hand?
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Hear @ooshma @gobbleinc discuss why small & mighty is far better than loud and weak and why the power of compunding growth is often under-appreciated. Love to hear your thoughts and other examples from the portfolio @lpolovets @micahjay1? #startup #vc
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Fantastic to hear the the shots on goal approach by @naval @AngelList and reminds me of our chat with @davemcclure
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Proud to release ep w/ @daynagrayson @NEA on data vs gut drive investment decision-making, why VCs place too much emphasis on "signalling" & how entrepreneurial expectations of venture has changed over the last decade! Huge thanks to @rebeccak46 for intro!
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Such an honour and a privilege to release our interview with @bfeld @foundrygroup
http://t.co/VklfcIsXv4
http://t.co/8JngNAYcNz.
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So excited to say we will have the incredible @Mazzeo @Lowercase on @twentyminutevc in exactly 20 mins! Stay tuned peopes! #vc #startup.
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What does @johnolilly @GreylockVC look for in prospective #investments & importance of network effects #startup #vc
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Excited to release ep w/ @ljxie @scalarcapital on the pros, cons and differences between privacy coins, the future of exchanges: centralised or decentralised and who will win the smart contract war thanks to questions @eladgil @albertwenger @avichal!
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Fascinating to hear @SteveCase @revolution discuss what he would most like to see change in the world of venture today. As big advocates for this @jeremysliew @RWong what needs to happen for the rest of the community to follow suit? #startup #founder #vc
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John Doerr @kleinerperkins was famously an early investor in @Amazon and @Google. 💰. But what’s the most under appreciated investment he ever made? 🤔. He put $29 million into @Enphase and turned it into $1 billion. Watch @johndoerr himself tell the story to @HarryStebbings 👇
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Proud to release a special round 2 w/ @jeremysliew @lightspeedvp on what it takes to win the most competitive deals, what makes an individual gifted at sourcing & how to distinguish between good vs great in picking! Thanks to @nik_quinn @ataussig for Qs!
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Proud to release episode w/ @adrianaoun @goforward on the right framework for idea creation, why regulation isn't as scary as people think, why the only thing that matters is how VCs behave in bad times & the core benefits to founders angel investing! #vc
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Thrilled to announce @twentyminutevc will now be using @Mattermark for all data and analysis on the show! Amazing product, can't wait!.
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“You’re going to lose great deals to VC-isms. There was a famous tweet that @DavidSacks had that ‘all the good ideas in SaaS were done.’ . And for a couple years there it seemed like it was done. All the categories had been built out — until maybe 2015.”. -@jasonlk👇
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Immensely inspiring to hear origin story for @pejmannozad @pearvc before becoming the legendary #VC he is! #startup
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Thrilled to announce the 2nd most downloaded episode of 2017 with @kirstenagreen @ForerunnerVC on 2 $Bn exits in a year and why we are still early innings for commerce thanks to intros @karanortman @MKRocks @chriswfarmer #startup
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Fascinating to hear @jmj @Tinder @chapterone discuss his advice when often asked, what is right way to get into investing and learn the trade. Love to hear your thoughts and advice when asked this @eriktorenberg @rrhoover @Nivo0o0? #startup #founder #vc
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We think @BenNader_ was spot on with this! @Jason @TWistartups is the world's most helpful angel investor! #legend
http://t.co/Z9NvGlGldK.
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Fascinating to hear @anuhariharan @ycombinator discuss the most common misunderstandings associated with network effects! Love to hear your thoughts on the ones you hear @JamesCurrier @lpolovets? #startup #founder #vc #entrepreneur
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