Best Running Man Ventures Podcasts (2025)

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2. Where Are We Now? Dave & Jamal Talk About Life Today (UPDATED!) 23:59

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Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 2: Where Are We Now? Dave & Jamal Talk About Life Today In this episode of Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death, Dave & Jamal reflect on where they are now. What life looks like after loss, what’s changed, and how they are trying to move forward—one day at a time. Its …

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20Sales: How to Layer Enterprise Sales on PLG | How to Sell AI Tools To Enterprises That Are Scared | Should Reps Own Their Own Pipeline | Mistakes All Founders Make When Moving From Founder-Led to Rep ... 1:19:12

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Kim Graves is GM, Americas at Notion, where she oversees all Sales and Customer Success efforts across the region. She brings extensive experience in building and scaling high-performing sales organizations, most notably at Slack where she helped grow revenue from $6M to over $1.5B. In addition to her operational role, Kim serves as a founding part…

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20VC: Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross Bought with Zuck's $100BN AI Budget | Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens | Why Larry Ellison is the Smartest Man in Tech | Substance ... 1:13:57

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Agenda: 04:21 - The Meta Acquisition Bombshell: Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross Join Facebook?! 06:00 - Facebook’s $100 Billion Gamble: Can Zuck Buy the Future? 09:27 - The “Magic Room” Theory: Why Only Insiders Get Billion-Dollar Paydays 11:27 - Is Loyalty Dead in Silicon Valley? The Great Talent Exodus 16:00 - Harvey’s $5 Billion Valuation: Genius or…

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1. What Is the Getting Back Up Podcast? Meet David & Jamal 22:46

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Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death (Season 1) Episode 1: What Is the Getting Back Up Podcast? Meet David & Jamal This is Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death. We kick things off sharing how we met, why we started this podcast, and why every man needs a crew when life gets heavy. Brotherhood, honesty, and healing—it all st…

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Trailer - Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death 0:27

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Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death is a podcast that explores the raw, unfiltered reality of surviving profound personal loss—and finding a way forward. The idea for the podcast was born after David McClain and Jamal Jones met in 2023. Both widowers, who had lost their wives to cancer, quickly found a deep connection through m…

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Full Trailer - Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death 1:44

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Send us a text Getting Back Up: Finding Life After Death is a podcast that explores the raw, unfiltered reality of surviving profound personal loss—and finding a way forward. The idea for the podcast was born after David McClain and Jamal Jones met in 2023. Both widowers, who had lost their wives to cancer, quickly found a deep connection through m…

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🔥Our Season Finale: You Think You’ve Heard It All? Think Again.🔥 11:23

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Text For Some Good Game Sadly, This Is Our Season Finale. This week’s episode is not for the faint of heart. Just when you thought the stories couldn’t get wilder… they did. When 2/3s of the questions come straight from the voicemail section of letmepullyourcoat.com, you know it’s about to get real. From family betrayal to street-level confessions,…

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20VC: The Wild Story Raising $450M From Masa and Softbank | Why My Biggest Mistakes Came From Listening to VCs | Why 100 VCs Turned Us Down | Why European Founders Are Tougher Than US Founders with Johannes ... 1:16:45

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Johannes Reck is the Founder and CEO of GetYourGuide, the $2BN company that started with a holiday to China and nothing to do. For the first two years, GetYourGuide received only 5 bookings. Today the platform is worth $2BN. They have raised from some of the best, including an amazing story with Masa Son and Softbank. In Today’s Episode We Discuss:…

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20Product: How Duolingo Build Product 10x Faster with AI | Duolingo's Biggest Lessons on Paywalls, Push Notifications and In-App Purchases | Why Small Teams are the Future of Product | Why PMs Will Become ... 1:19:24

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Cem Kansu is the Chief Product Officer at Duolingo, where he leads product strategy for over 90 million monthly active learners. Since joining Duolingo, Cem has played a pivotal role in driving record user engagement, revenue growth, and product innovation, including the launch of Duolingo Math and the wildly successful Duolingo Music. Under his le…

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🔥 TRAILER: You Think You’ve Heard It All? Think Again. 🔥 2:06

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Text For Some Good Game (LOW LIT BLUES LICENSE CODE: YRTWXMAPPI6QY8BW) 🔥SEASON FINALE🔥 This week, 2/3s of the wildest questions came straight from the voicemail box at LetMePullYourCoat.com. And the heat? Unmatched. 🎤 A man just found out his ex-girlfriend was abusing his mother — and now he's on the edge of doing something that could cost him his …

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20VC: Scale's $14.8BN Acquisition: Is Scale a Dead Man Walking / What Did Meta Buy | Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever | Ramp Hits $16BN Diluting Only 1% | Salesforce, Slack and Dropbox Falling Behind ... 1:06:44

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Agenda: 00:00 – Meta’s $14.8B Deal for Scale: The Analysis 05:40 – Will Scale Lose Their $800M ARR? Will All Customers Leave? 13:00 – Who is the Winner from All Scale Customers Leaving? 21:30 – Who Made the Most Money From Scale? 24:00 – LPs Just Got $14B Back. Are They Reinvesting? 26:45 – Chime IPO: The Breakdown 29:20 – Ramp Hits $16B Valuation:…

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He Couldn’t Handle a Real Woman — So He Tried to Break Her 9:55

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Text For Some Good Game NEW WEBSITE:WWW.LETMEPULLYOURCOAT.COM This week, it's all about the ladies and it's WOMEN ONLY. It’s all China Doll — raw, real, and straight with no chaser. She’s breaking down what too many women know too well: the pain of loving a man who can’t handle your power. From toxic relationships to fake “alpha males,” insecure lo…

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Why Being a "Nice Guy" Might Be the Worst Dating Strategy Ever (with Dr. Robert Glover) 1:26:03

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🔥 No More Mr. Nice Guy: Why Being 'Nice' Is Ruining Your Relationships – Dr. Robert Glover Unpacks It All! In this powerful episode, we sit down with Dr. Robert Glover, bestselling author of No More Mr. Nice Guy, to dive deep into what it really means to be a "Nice Guy"—and why it's sabotaging your relationships, masculinity, and self-worth. 🎯 Whet…

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20VC: How We Made $800M on Coursera | We Lost Money on Uber and Made Money on Lyft | We Did 3x on Postmates in 18 Months | DPI is King, MOIC is BS | We Dodged Theranos and I Still Lost Millions with Larry ... 1:34:40

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Larry Aschebrook is the Founder and Managing Partner of G Squared in what is one of the wildest stories of venture capital. Larry started G Squared with nothing, dialling for dollars having personally invested in Twitter and Uber. In his first fund, Larry made sizable bets into SpaceX, Palantir, Alibaba and Twitter. Larry has also had mega losses a…

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Preview For "He Couldn’t Handle a Real Woman — So He Tried to Break Her" 1:30

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Text For Some Good Game 🔥 In this episode, China Doll pulls the coat on: * Loving a man who hates your independence * Why insecure men chase powerful women * Friends who envy your growth but wear smiles * Co-parenting with a narcissist * What to do when you’ve outgrown your circle * Being loyal to a man who never deserved you Get ready for laughter…

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20VC: SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink: Elon’s Empire After the Firestorm | Are Circle and Coreweave Meme Stocks: IPO Analysis | Anduril Raises $2.6BN & Becomes Founders Fund's 1st and 2nd Largest Check Ever ... 1:16:12

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Agenda: 00:03 – Circle’s IPO: Investors Just Left $BNs on the Table 00:06 – CoreWeave & Circle: Are We Back to Meme Stock Madness? 00:11 – Should Stripe and Databricks Finally Go Public? 00:17 – US Stock Markets: How They DOMINATE the Global Game 00:21 – 50% of Unicorns Are DOOMED. What Happens Now? 00:25 – Founders Fund Just Dropped $1B on Anduril…

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Family Will F*k You Up If You Let 'Em 12:14

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Text For Some Good Game License Code For 'Low Lit Blues' :FNRKQCFVJMPDTVOE This week on Let Me Pull Your Coat: The Unfiltered World of Master Silk, China Doll dives deep into the dark truth families don’t want exposed. Because sometimes, the most dangerous betrayal comes from the people sitting at your own table. We’re pulling coats on: Mothers who…

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20VC: Fiverr CEO: ‘If You’re Not Adapting to AI, F* You. You’re Done | Why "Time to Copy" is the Most Important Metric in Startups Today | Why 99% of AI Companies Today Will Die | Why Governments Will ... 1:06:00

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Micha Kaufman is the Founder and CEO of Fiverr, the leading online marketplace for freelance services. Fiverr has had an insane ride in the public markets, in 2019 the company went public with a $650M market cap, at their peak that hit over $8BN. Today, facing a wave of AI, the company has a market cap of $1.121BN on an estimated $430M EOY revenues…

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20VC: The Science of Storytelling: Three Steps to Master the Perfect Story | From Near Death Experience to Unicorn Startup: The Untold Story of Omaze with Matt Pohlson 1:25:51

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Matt Pohlson is the co-founder and Chairman of Omaze, the most insane story in startups that you have never heard. From near death experience to working with Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and The Pope. Omaze has raised over $200 million for charity by offering once-in-a-lifetime celebrity experiences and luxury house draws. He's a master st…

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Preview for 'Family Will 'F' You Up, If You Let Them' 1:59

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Text For Some Good Game LICENSE CODE FOR 'LOW LIT BLUES': KSU3MCDZNZBXW28K CORRECTION: I SAID "JUNE 9TH" BUT I MEANT JUNE 10TH This week on Let Me Pull Your Coat: The Unfiltered World of Master Silk, China Doll dives deep into the dark truth families don’t want exposed. Because sometimes, the most dangerous betrayal comes from the people sitting at…

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20VC: Is Chamath Right: Is DPI The Only Thing That Matters | Does OpenAI Even Matter | Mary Meekers AI Report: The Analysis| IPO Breakdown: Chime, Circle & Thoma Bravo's New Fund 1:23:15

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Agenda: 00:00 – The Most Unfiltered Episode Ever Begins 03:30 – Does OpenAI Even Matter? Sam Lessin Says Maybe Not. 05:45 – TVPI Is Bullshit? 09:20 – Asset Gatherers vs Real Investors: Who Actually Wins? 12:15 – The Death of the Billion-Dollar VC Fund? 16:00 – Mid-Tier VC Funds Are Getting Annihilated 21:00 – Chime: Great Exit or Missed Opportunity…

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From 304s to CEOs: How Silk Made Bosses 12:55

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Text For Some Good Game While Master Silk handles business overseas, China Doll steps up to host this week’s episode with a special guest: Rochelle — a longtime friend, former dancer and escort, and now a powerhouse entrepreneur. These two women owe their glow-up to Silk's guidance, and now they're giving the game back. From street smarts to boardr…

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From Bullying to Business: Jesse Tarr’s Inspiring Transformation 1:01:15

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In this powerful interview, Jesse Tyler shares his journey from a bullied teen escaping to the Marine Corps, to becoming a successful permit expediting entrepreneur navigating brutal personal and professional storms — including family court, unjust military discharge, betrayal, and business crashes. Inside this episode: How trauma and adversity can…

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20VC: Windsurf Founder on Will Model Companies Own the App Layer | Why Moats Do Not Exist in a World of AI | Why the Notion of Single Person $BN Companies is BS | Lovable vs Bolt & Cursor vs Windsurf ... 1:05:58

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Varun Mohan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Windsurf, the leading AI-native IDE, which has over a million users and generates over 50% of all committed software across thousands of companies. Prior to Windsurf, Varun graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science from MIT and led a team at Nuro focused on large-scale deep learning infrastructure for au…

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(PREVIEW) From 304s to CEOs: How Silk Made Bosses 2:01

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Text For Some Good Game Podcast Trailer for June 3, 2025 Support the show DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW MASTER SILK ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. https://letmepullyourcoat.com https://www.youtube.com/@mastersilk7630 https://www.instagram.com/chi_towns_og_mastersilk/ https://www.tiktok.com/@silktaylor https://x.com/abc105060 https://bsky.app/profile/maste…

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20Sales: From $2M ARR to $40M ARR: The Playbook | How to Use AI To Supercharge Your Sales Team | Why Pipeline Reviews are BS | The Sales Call Script that Closes 99% of Prospects and How to Hire the Best ... 1:18:34

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Kyle Norton is the Chief Revenue Officer at Owner.com, where he scaled revenue from $2M to $40M ARR in under 3 years while selling to one of the toughest markets: SMB restaurants. Before Owner, Kyle led sales at Shopify, where he helped architect one of the most operationally elite GTM orgs in SaaS. Agenda: 00:00 – From Shopify to $40M ARR at Owner…

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20VC: OpenAI's $6BN Jony Ive Deal | YC Is Both Chanel and Walmart—and Has Officially Won | Builder.ai Implodes and Hinge IPOs: Who Wins & Who Loses | Seed Is Easy. Series A Is Brutal & The Dirty Truth ... 1:19:44

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Agenda: 00:00 – Why “Fund Returners” Are a Myth in Late-Stage VC 05:02 – Builder.ai Implodes: $500M Gone & Fraud Allegations Begin 11:40 – The Dirty Truth About Late-Stage Venture Math 15:57 – The Hinge IPO: Who Won, Who Lost, and Why It’s a Game Changer 23:03 – The Chime Bombshell: Late-Stage VCs Forced to Crystallize Huge Losses 27:14 – Why YC Is…

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Pimps, Paper & Payback: China Doll Ain’t Holding Back: THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. 17:22

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Text For Some Good Game License Code For Song: Low Lit Blues: NBOZNWQI6JYBOV9Y Pimps, Paper & Payback: China Doll Ain’t Holding Back: THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. This Week, the mic belongs to the woman who went from stilettos to stocks. From cashin’ out on corners to cashing checks off corporations—China Doll is telling it all. We’re pulling co…

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20VC: The Most Insane Story in Startups: Airwallex: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN | The Fund That Pulled a Term Sheet & Lost $1BN | Rejecting Stripe's $1.2BN Offer | Scaling to $1BN in Revenue ... 1:26:48

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Airwallex is the most insane story in startups: The best angel investment ever: The angel that turned $1M into $1BN. One of the world's best VCs pulled a term sheet and lost $1BN. The company turned down a $1.2BN offer from Stripe. The company scaled to $1BN in transaction volume in 9 months. The company has never not grown 100% in a year. Jack Zha…

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20VC: ElevenLabs Head of Growth on Why You Do Not Need PMs | The 7-Part Launch Playbook That Gets 700K+ Views Per Product | The Truth About CAC, Payback & Performance Marketing in AI with Luke Harries 1:15:44

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Luke Harries is Head of Growth at ElevenLabs, where he leads marketing, product, engineering, and developer experience. ElevenLabs has raised $281M with the latest round pricing the company at $3.3B valuation. Previously, Luke held roles at PostHog and Microsoft, and is also an angel investor supporting startups like Lovable and Runna. In Today’s E…

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20VC: Chime IPO: The Breakdown | Why Fund Returners Are Not Enough & Seed is for Suckers | Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market | Rippling vs. Deel Lawsuit: WTF Happens Now? 1:17:53

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Agenda: 04:34 Chime's IPO Announcement: Who Wins & Who Loses 06:28 The Lopphole That Means Chime Has a Better Business than JP Morgan 10:51 Why Investors Who Invested at $25BN Will Make Money When it IPOs at $12BN 18:59 Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market 27:32 Exits are Larger Than Ever: So What? What Happens? Who Wins? Who…

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(PREVIEW) Pimps, Paper & Payback: China Doll Ain’t Holding Back: THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. 1:54

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Text For Some Good Game This is a PREVIEW for Pimps, Paper & Payback: China Doll Ain’t Holding Back: THE ONE YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. It drops Tuesday, May 27th. On that day, the mic belongs to the woman who went from stilettos to stocks. From cashin’ out on corners to cashing checks off corporations—China Doll is telling it all. We’re pulling coats…

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How Chiropractic Care Transforms Your Health – Beyond Pain Relief with Dr. Gena Bofshever 56:17

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Healing Naturally with Dr. Gena Bofshever | Chiropractic, Nervous System Health, & Holistic Wellness In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Gena Bofshever, a passionate chiropractor and wellness expert, to explore the transformative power of chiropractic care beyond just pain relief. Dr. Gena shares how she got into chiropractic, the philosophy behi…

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She Hustled Healed & Cashed Out — The China Doll Come Up 17:09

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Text For Some Good Game This week’s special episode brings double the wisdom. Master Silk is joined by former street hustler turned investor, Vanessa AKA China Doll, to break down real business questions from around the globe. Together they tackle: * Jealous family members and fake loyalty * Building while dating * Real estate hustle from the sneak…

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20VC: Duolingo Co-Founder on Why $3M is Harder than $100M to Raise | Why You Should Always Take Tier 1 VCs Even at Worse Terms | Why Europe Can't Win Unless the US Screws Up | How AI Impacts the Future ... 1:31:43

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Severin Hacker is the Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world’s most downloaded education app with over 100 million monthly users. Since its 2021 IPO, Duolingo has reached a market cap of $20BN. The company has raised over $183M from top-tier investors including CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins, Union Square Ventures, NEA, Ashton Kutcher, and Tim Ferris…

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20Product: Figma CPO on How Figma Builds Products: What Works, What Does Not | How Figma Does Testing and Product Reviews | The Future of Design, Engineering and Product with Yuhki Yamashita 1:01:51

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Yuhki Yamashita is the Chief Product Officer at Figma, where he leads the development of one of the world’s most beloved design platforms. Previously, he was Head of Product at Uber, overseeing the core rider experience used by millions globally. A master of product storytelling and team-building, Yuhki has redefined how world-class digital product…

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20VC: Tiger Global Saved by OpenAI | Coatue's New Fund: Hype or Substance | Why SBF is the Greatest Investor of the Last 5 Years | Why Big Funds are Investing in Perplexity 1:14:37

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Items Mentioned in Today’s Episode: 04:11 Owner’s New $120M Round at $1BN 06:05 Why Series A is F****** Today 14:55 Could Tiger Global Be Saved by OpenAI and Scale 22:43 Why SBF is the Greatest Investor of the Last Decade 31:34 Why No Individuals Should Invest in Venture Funds 36:27 Why Microsoft Laying 3% of Their Workforce Off is not Enough 41:38…

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Real Hustle. No Hype. The Business Game They Don’t Teach You 20:01

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Text For Some Good Game This week on Let Me Pull Your Coat: The Unfiltered World of Master Silk, we’re going all-in on business. From starting with nothing to building brands, dodging broke partners, scaling smart, and keeping your mental game sharp through it all. From flipping bad decisions into good investments to understanding when to walk away…

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20VC Exclusive: Mercury Founder Launches First $26M Fund | Why Founders Should Take the Highest Price | Why Serial Entrepreneurs are Better | Why AI Is So Overhyped | The Future of Venture Capital with ... 1:02:21

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Immad Akhund is the CEO of Mercury. Launched in 2019, Mercury has raised $500M in funding from Sequoia, Coatue, CRV, Andreessen Horowitz and others. He is a former part-time partner at Y Combinator and is an active angel investor, with more than 350 investments in startups including Rippling, AirTable, Rappi, Applied Intuition, and Substack. In Tod…

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20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo ... 1:09:46

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Eléonore Crespo is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Pigment, one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies. With Pigment, Eleonore has raised over $397M from the best in the world including ICONIQ, Greenoaks and IVP to name a few. Prior to Pigment, Eléonore was on the other side of the table as an investor with Index Ventures. In Today's Episode We Discuss: [0…

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20VC: Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win | Windsurf Sells For $3BN | Decagon Raises at 100x ARR | Do Mega Funds Win the Future of VC | What Does Harvard's Losing Their For-Profit Status Mean ... 1:11:34

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Today’s Topics: 04:44 Analysis of $3 Billion Windsurf Acquisition 12:39 Will Mega Funds Win the Future of Venture Capital 18:39 Does Every Fund Have to do Pre-Seed to Win Series A and B Today 27:53 Why AI Will Create Massive Unemployment 31:06 The $100,000 Bet on the Future of Work 35:52 Why Venture Has Become a Bundled Good 37:52 Why Stage Specifi…

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Loyalty Is Rare — Flexin' Is Cheap — Karma Is Expensive 20:46

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Text For Some Good Game This week, Let Me Pull Your Coat: The Unfiltered World of Master Silk goes global and deeper than ever. We’re talkin’: Fake loyalty from people who only show up when you shine Flash over substance: the broke folks wearing $2,000 worth of rented lies Confused relationships, entitlement, and toxic attachments The real conseque…

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The Greatest Secrets to a Lasting Marriage: Insights from Joel and Jessica Gandara 1:06:16

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I’m thrilled to share some highlights from our latest podcast episode, where I had the pleasure of sitting down with my incredible wife, Jessica, to reflect on our 22-year marriage. It was a heartfelt and fun conversation that I believe you'll find both inspiring and entertaining. Here are some key takeaways and memorable moments from our chat: Les…

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20VC Exclusive: Why Mega Platforms Will Win in VC | Why You Cannot Do VC If You Do Not Do Pre-Seed | Why Market Sizing is BS | Where Will Foundation Models Build/Buy Apps vs Where Will They Not with Bucky ... 1:05:07

2M ago1:05:07

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Bucky Moore is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, announced exclusively in the show today on 20VC. Prior to Lightspeed, Bucky spent an incredibly successful 7 years at Kleiner Perkins working with Mamoon Hamid to build one of the most successful early stage firms of the last decade. Bucky has made investments in the likes of Prisma, Netlify, …

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20Sales: Sierra: Inside Silicon Valley's Fastest Growing Sales Machine & How to Prospect, Outbound and Close Enterprise Deals in AI 1:07:19

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Reggie Marable is the Head of Global Sales at Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses. Sierra enables companies like ADT, Sonos, SiriusXM, and WeightWatchers to build AI agents that transform customer experiences. The company has rapidly become a hypergrowth leader in Silicon Valley, recently securing a funding round that values it at $…

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20VC: Why Fund Returners Are Not Enough Anymore | Why Sequoia Had the Best Strategy at the Worst Time | What it Takes to Be Good at Series A and B Today | Benchmark Leads Manus Round: Should US Funds Invest ... 1:24:57

2M ago1:24:57

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In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 03:56 Why The Risk Lever Has Been Turned Higher than Ever in VC 06:04 Why IRR is the Hardest Thing to Control 09:36 Is Lack of Liquidity Short Term Temporary or Long Term Structural 12:17 Why Fund Returners Are Not Good Enough Anymore 16:03 Sequoia: The Best Strategy at the Worst Time 26:30 What it Takes to be Good at…

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Pimps, Partners, and Pretenders: Lessons from Both Sides 25:00

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Text For Some Good Game Pimps, Partners, and Pretenders: Lessons from Both Sides From the corners of Kingston to the clubs of Miami, this episode dives deep into the duality of street life and success. Master Silk tackles: Dating someone who used to sell their body How to confront a cheating business partner Kids throwing away second chances Gettin…

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20VC: VCs are Spreadsheet Monkeys and are Commoditised | Why Fees and Carry Misalign GPs and LPs | Why Founders Will Realise Multi-Stage Funds Damage Seed Rounds | Why We Need European Sovereignty More ... 58:26

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Taavet Hinrikus is a Partner at Plural, the early-stage fund that backs the most ambitious founders on a mission to change the world through technology. He co-founded Wise in 2010, where he was CEO and later Chairman, which went public in the first-ever direct listing in Europe in 2021. Prior to that, Taavet was Skype’s Director of Strategy until 2…

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20Growth: Inside Kraken’s $1.5BN Growth Playbook: What Works, What Doesn’t and What No Founders Understand About Growth That Will Change Their Company with Mayur Gupta 52:50

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Mayur Gupta is currently the CMO at Kraken, one of the largest crypto platforms in the world. Prior to that, he lead Marketing, Business Transformation and Growth at Gannett - USA Today Network, led Growth at Spotify and was the CMO at Freshly which eventually got acquired by Nestle. He was the first ever Chief Marketing Technologist at Kimberly Cl…

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20VC: OpenAI's $3BN Acquisition of Windsurf: The Breakdown | Are Endowment Funds F******* & How LP Deployment to Venture Will Change in 2025 | Why Revenue Multiples are BS, The Rise of AI Rollups and Multi ... 1:25:42

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In Today’s Show We Discuss: 04:49 Breaking Down the $3BN Windsurf Acquisition 06:18 Why Sam Altman is Playing a Master Game 12:40 Why Multi-Stage Funds are Destroying Seed Managers 21:52 Are Endowment Funds F****** 27:38 What Would Rory Do If He Was CFO of an Ivy League Endowment Fund 43:38 The Denominator Effect and It’s Impact on Venture Allocati…

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