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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 note ...
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How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.
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The TechSurge: Deep Tech VC Podcast explores the frontiers of emerging tech, venture capital, and business trends, with conversations tailored for entrepreneurs, technologists, and investment professionals. Presented by Celesta Capital, and hosted by Founding Partners Nic Brathwaite, Michael Marks, and Sriram Viswanathan. Email feedback and show ideas to [email protected]. Join us as we examine the next major tech cycle, uncover emerging global tech hubs, and analyze where VC investment d ...
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Venture Unlocked is the playbook for starting, operating, & scaling a successful venture capital firm. Samir Kaji, Host of Venture Unlocked has +20-years of experience assisting & advising startups and venture firms. Listen for VC fund guidance. ventureunlocked.substack.com
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Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast—the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. Hosted by Sage Nye, Managing Partner at Venture Guides, each episode dives into candid conversations with technical founders, investors, and GTM experts. You’ll get real talk, proven playbooks, and no-fluff advice on how to land your first customers, build ...
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The Founder's Formula Podcast is designed to bring current founders, co-founders, founding CEOs, and aspiring entrepreneurs alike the latest and greatest insight from founders who have "been there and done that".
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Startups Decoded is a podcast that provides real-world insights into startup strategy and growth, featuring expert-led content, insider stories, and actionable takeaways for founders and investors. We bridge the gap between theory and practice, offering practical lessons to help entrepreneurs thrive in today’s fast-paced ecosystem. More than just a podcast, it's a resource for innovators who dive deep into the strategies behind building and scaling successful startups.
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Probably Nothing is always something when it comes to NFTs. Alexis Ohanian, Founder and Former Executive Chairman of Reddit and Founder of VC firm Seven Seven Six, and Tiffany Zhong, Founder and CEO of Islands, join forces to create the one-stop podcast for NFT news, deep dives, and interviews. Expect many interviews with up and coming industry experts from NFT creators to community leaders to guild founders and much more. If you want to get into the NFT world and not get left behind, this p ...
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Jamie is the founding partner of Pillar VC, a Boston-based seed-stage venture capital firm. He has spent the last 22 years investing in early-stage startups.
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Welcome to Glorium Technologies Knowledge Hub! This podcast series is for founders, CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs of healthcare and real estate startups who want to scale their businesses or attract additional investment. Glorium Technologies is a top-shelf bespoke software development firm boasting a portfolio of 100+ deployed products. We create innovative and scalable solutions for VC-backed startups and expanding tech companies. Here we invite you to sit back, take a cup of coffee and listen to s ...
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Top startup founders, venture capitalists, and advisors interviewed by Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting, the accounting firm to VC funded startups. Hear from startup founders about how they began their startup journeys, where they had challenges and the strategies that help them scale their businesses. VC’s discuss what they look for in a startup and their current technology investment thesis. And technology recruiters, attorneys, real estate professionals and startup lenders share tactics that ...
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Where Venture Capital Meets Execution – The Playbook for Founders, Investors & High-Growth Ventures Welcome to Chasing the Multiple—the high-impact venture capital podcast for startup founders, investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) looking to unlock exponential growth. Hosted by VC investors Adam Weiss and Austin Moss of BlackBay Venture Capital, this show delivers insider strategies, raw execution insights, and tactical knowledge straight from the minds of top fo ...
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On Turpentine VC, host and venture capitalist Erik Torenberg delves deep into the art and science of building successful venture firms through conversations with the world’s best investors and operators. Hear about insider strategies on decision-making, investment theses, and building firms for the long term—from the ground-level, VC to VC. Guests in season 1 include Ben Horowitz of a16z, Mamood Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins, and Alfred Lin of Sequoia.
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Most venture capital firms are stress testing the technology and hard hitting questions of what "tomorrow" may look like. Here’s their real-time take…
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Interviews with the leading impact investors and entrepreneurs who are using capital resources to create positive social and environmental change around the globe.
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Master the strategies you need to develop a high performing business. Hear from the most successful business leaders in conversation with Simon Lader, Co-Founder of global Executive Search firm Salisi Human Capital, and podcast consulting firm Viva Podcasts. Hear from business growth experts in sales, marketing, investment, hiring, HR, product design and much much more. I'm Simon Lader. Welcome to The Conference Room.
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The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.
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Jamie Goldstein has spent over two decades working in venture capital and is founder & partner at our firm. He also serves as chairman of Petri, an accelerate program co-founded by pillar VC focused on supporting companies attacking the world's largest problem at the intersection of computation, biology, & engineering.
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Welcome to the Array Podcast. The platform to discover an array of hacks and skills you need at different stages of building your business. On each episode, we host successful entrepreneurs who share their secrets on growing an enterprise businesses that leverage data and AI/ML.
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Riding Unicorns is the go-to podcast for anyone interested in venture capital and high-growth startups. Hosted by VCs James Pringle and Hector Mason, the show explores what it takes to build and back successful tech unicorns. Each episode features candid conversations with top founders, operators, and investors—unpacking the strategies, challenges, and insights behind scaling category-defining companies. From fundraising and product-market fit to hiring, growth, and beyond, no topic is off-l ...
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Thrive TRM is collaborative, real-time Talent Relationship Management Software for search agencies, in-house recruiters, and VC/PE firms looking to make better hiring decisions.
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Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets
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Alt Goes Mainstream podcast is the place to turn to for interviews with some of the brightest and most experienced minds in the world at the intersection private markets and wealth management. AGM dives into investment strategies like private equity (PE), private credit, venture capital (VC), secondaries, GP stakes, infrastructure, real estate, wealth management, and comprehensively covers tools and frameworks for approaching private markets, such as asset allocation, evergreen funds, model ...
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The Tech.eu Podcast is a show discussing the most interesting stories from the European technology scene.
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I'm a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer for life science companies and I help them accelerate product adoption & make marketing work. This is LifeSci Continuum, where we explore the unbroken sequence of innovation, strategy, & growth in the life sciences industry. Join us as we explore the insights and experiences of founders, product managers, commercialization leaders, & marketing pros in the field. Discover the strategies & tactics that have worked for them, hear about their challenges a ...
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A weekly virtual events series for alternative investors who want to learn about cutting edge investment opportunities and network with fellow LPs, GPs, and individual allocators from across the globe.
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Forward Thinking Investors is a podcast where Mat Sherman interviews the world's brightest up and coming investors, as well as many who have already proven themselves as the best. Topics will range from portfolio construction theory to what makes a good market, and everything in between. The goal of this podcast is to help popularize the concept of investing with the public and get them familiar with how investors think. Listening to this podcast will make you a better investor and a better ...
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The Ideas in Motion podcast will feature interviews with founders, VCs, and startup enthusiasts all connected by a common thread – INSEAD. These interviews will span a wide range of topics such as fundraising, sector trends, and the startup ecosystem.
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Artesian is a global alternative investment management firm specialising in public and private debt, venture capital and impact investment strategies. On this podcast, we share ways to tap unrecognized value and deliver sustainable performance in challenging environments as investors and innovators.
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Have you ever wanted to know the real secrets to starting, building, and scaling a company? How do you learn to fail and fail fast? How should you be thinking about financing and exit strategies? The entrepreneur’s journey is a long one — full of unknowns, risks, and opportunities at every turn. At PJC we have your back. With our Uncovered podcast, we aim to expose some of these unknowns so you can better understand what to expect and how to prepare. Each season you’ll hear from first time f ...
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The Origin Ventures podcast discusses all things tech, startup, and venture capital with startup founders and executives, experts in our network, and other investors. Origin Ventures is a Seed and Series A venture capital firm investing across the United States and Canada. Visit originventures.com for more details about us, to sign up for our newsletters, and other content!
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Jones Day lawyers share insights on developing legal news, providing listeners with timely analysis and practical discussions regarding their potential impact.
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Atento Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on unlocking unsung potential. From our offices in Tulsa and NW Arkansas, leading markets for innovation in the heartland, we identify high-potential ideas and individuals and then invest the early-stage funding and human capital needed to take ventures from 0-1 and 1-10. The BeAtento Podcast explores the founders, partners, funders, and systems that work together to transform the heartland into the nation’s most equitable tech hub.
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Learn everything there is to know about venture capital from a venture capitalist, award winning graduate business school professor and entrepreneur. Learn the fascinating history of venture capital, who the players are and what their investment criteria is. Also learn how to pitch a business model to a venture capital firm. What can venture capital firms do to help you? What can the wrong venture capital do to your business? What are the legal issues to consider when starting a company and ...
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Welcome to TGIM - Thank Goodness It’s Monday, your new favorite podcast that celebrates the joy of work, innovation, and the exciting projects that drive us forward. Hosted by the team at Able, each episode dives deep into how AI is transforming mid-market and private equity companies, bringing you inspiring stories, expert insights, and a touch of fun every Monday. What You Can Expect: - Innovative Topics: Explore how AI and technology are revolutionizing the business landscape. From AI-dri ...
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Ryan Floyd is a venture capitalist with 25+ years of experience and a penchant for B2B SaaS startups. Ryan co-founded the firm Storm Ventures, and his investments were acquired by companies like Microsoft and Nvidia. Through sharing his own wisdom - and interviewing enterprise industry leaders - Ryan helps startup founders unlock massive growth for their businesses. From sales efficiency to cold emailing investors to surviving as a first-time founder, no topic is left uncovered. New episodes ...
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Welcome to the Kauffman Fellows podcast, produced in partnership with Mighty Capital. This season, we feature select Kauffman Fellows as hosts of mini-series, interviewing some of the world’s top leaders in capital formation, all from a place of authenticity and vulnerability. What makes the Kauffman Fellows Podcast unique? We challenge our guests to hang up the superhero cape and get real about the sacrifices, failures, and inflection points that each individual goes through to become the b ...
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The VITALIZE Podcast, a show by VITALIZE Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work. Hosted by Justin Gordon, The VITALIZE Podcast features interviews with startup founders, investors, and operators as well experts in the future of work. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world while the Future of Work s ...
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Executing as a Best-In-Class Firm: Operational Excellence From The Inside of Over 50 VC Firms with Kristen Ostro of Strut Consulting
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Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, welcomes Kristen Ostro, founder and CEO of Strut Consulting, to discuss the foundational elements that set venture capital firms up for long-term success. Kristen shares how her career began under the mentorship of Dick Kramlich at NEA, where she was trained in the core values and operational excell…
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The New World of VC and Building a Durable Firm with Category Ventures' Villi Iltchev
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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Welcome to another episode of Venture Unlocked. In this episode, I had the pleasure of welcoming Villi Iltchev, founder and managing partner of Category Ventures. Villi has had a long history in tech, both in operating roles at c…
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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 ...
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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 does 33,000 per day and is worth $2BN. They have raised from some of the best, including an amazing story with Masa Son and Softbank. In Tod…
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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 ...
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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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Vibe Coding and The Rise of AI Agents with Amjad Masad and Yohei Nakajima
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Amjad Masad (@amasad), founder and CEO of Replit, and Yohei Nakajima (@yoheinakajima), Managing Partner at Untapped Capital, joined Village Global partner Ben Casnocha for a live masterclass with Village Global founders. Takeaways: AI agents are rapidly evolving, with coding and deep research agents showing the most traction today. But general-purp…
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Use an FCMO to Transform Marketing Waste into Full Throttle Growth
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In this episode of LifeSci Continuum, I sit down with Pete Tortorell, GM/Managing Director of Omni International (now Revvity). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:24 Pete’s Story 02:07 COVID19 Case Study 07:20 Good Marketing is Hard to Find 12:00 Working with MESH Interactive 13:32 Lead Generation 14:50 Measuring KPIs 17:20 The Value of a FCMO 24:30 Market…
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Ep#22: Founders, Build Your Startup in Public with Cory Blumenfeld
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In this episode, we explore why the best founders don’t wait for perfect plans—they launch, learn, and build in public. From early growth hacks to fast feedback loops and sales that start before the product’s finished, we unpack what it really takes to grow quickly and stay ahead. If you're stuck planning instead of building, this one will light a …
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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 ...
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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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Betting Early on Zoom, Canva, and Crypto: Inside the Playbook of Visionary Solo VC Bill Tai
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Legendary technologist and investor Bill Tai joins our latest episode for a wide-ranging conversation spanning decades of Silicon Valley innovation. Bill shares his remarkable journey from being employee #1 at TSMC to becoming one of the first seed investors in Zoom and Canva, and his early embrace of Bitcoin when it was priced at just 7 cents. The…
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Blue Owl Capital's Ivan Zinn - running the long race in private credit
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with someone who is running the long race — in investing and in running. We sit down with prolific long distance runner, Blue Owl Capital’s Ivan Zinn, who has been a pioneer in alternative credit and asset-based finance. Ivan has had a long career in private credit. He started at D…
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Navigating growth stage investing in today's AI driven market with Logan Bartlett of Redpoint
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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. In this episode, I sat down with Logan Bartlett, Managing Director of Redpoint Ventures. We explore the evolving landscape of venture capital and startup investing and dive deep into the challenges facing unicorn companies post-2…
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From Founder Failure to Building a €100M+ European VC Fund with Apostolos Apostolakis, Managing Partner @ VentureFriends
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In this episode, we’re joined by Apostolos Apostolakis, the founder-turned-VC behind VentureFriends, a pan-European pre-seed and seed fund known for backing consumer and fintech breakouts like Plum, Blueground, Huspy, Carmoola and Instashop. Apostolos shares a remarkable story of resilience — from scaling a startup to €100M+ in revenue and 500 empl…
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Swedish AI legaltech founder: Most big law firms “not like to leverage Chinese models”
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In the Tech.eu podcast, Legora CEO Max Junestrand talks about which LLMs the startup is leveraging and how widespread AI has become within the startup.By Tech.eu
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Product Roadmap Strategy: Fix Feature Bloat, Misalignment & Poor Execution
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70% of new products fail—not because they’re bad ideas, but because they lack strategic direction. In this episode, we dive into the real reason brilliant concepts fall apart and how a well-crafted product roadmap can turn your vision into market success. You’ll learn: Why teams struggle with misalignment, unclear goals, and feature bloat How to pr…
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Turn Your Bench-Top Idea into a Reimbursable Diagnostic | Laurel Nelson
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In this episode of LifeSci Continuum, I sit down with Laurel Nelson (Founder, InnovexDx), who breaks down how diagnostics and life-science start-ups can actually commercialize when cash is tight and timelines keep slipping. Learn how I can help you grow your business as a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer. https://meshagency.com/fcmo-fractional-cm…
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Ep. 157 Purposeful Podcasting to Promote: How guesting on Podcasts Can Scale Your Business
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In this episode, Simon welcomes Christelle Biiga to discuss the benefits of podcast guesting and how it can serve as a powerful marketing tool for entrepreneurs. Christelle shares her journey from starting her own pitching business to becoming a sought-after expert in podcast placements. Key Moments Helps entrepreneurs amplify visibility and establ…
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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 ...
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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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Ep. 301 How I Raised It with Marlon Nichols of MaC Venture Capital
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Produced by Foundersuite (for startups: www.foundersuite.com) and Fundingstack (for VCs: www.fundingstack.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital.This episode is with with Marlon Nichols of MaC Venture Capital, a a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups …
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Ep#21: How To Secure An Angel Investor with Tony Kula
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Angel investors are no longer just writing checks – they’re becoming strategic advisors, board members, and even fractional executives. But how do founders attract the right angel investors who bring more than money to the table? Tony Kula Tony Kula is a seasoned entrepreneur with over three decades of experience in the communications sector. He ha…
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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 ...
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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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Investing as a multi-stage fund into Europe's top startups with Deepka Rana, Principal @ Northzone
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In this episode, we’re joined by Deepka Rana, Principal at leading venture fund Northzone, early backers of Klarna, Truelayer, Spotify, iZettle, Kahoot, and Personio. Deepka shares her journey from physics at Imperial and investment banking to investing in some of Europe’s most exciting startups. We unpack: 💸 What it’s like to operate a billion-dol…
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Ep .156 - Both Sides of the Story: Life as a VC turned Startup Founder
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In this episode of The Conference Room, Simon Lader welcomes Yichen Jin, co-founder of Fleak, a technology company transforming how enterprises manage complex data transformations. She shares her journey from studying industrial engineering at Stanford to co-founding Fleak after nearly a decade at Rocketship, a venture capital firm.Yichen Jin discu…
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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 ...
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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
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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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Discovery Phase in Software Development: Why It Saves Time, Money, and Headaches
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In this short episode, we uncover the Discovery Phase—the often-overlooked step that sets the foundation for successful software projects. You’ll learn what it involves, why skipping it is risky, and how it can cut development costs by up to 30%. 📌 Highlights: Why software projects fail What really happens during Discovery Key benefits for business…
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Lincoln Financial's Jayson Bronchetti - the role of insurance companies in private markets
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with the CIO of an insurance company responsible for more than $300B in assets and a major focus on private markets. Lincoln Financial EVP and CIO Jayson Bronchetti and I sat down recently at Lincon Financial’s headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania to discuss the increasing involvem…
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Blueprint for an AI Future: OpenAI Chief Economist on How AI Will Shape the Global Economy
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Will AI displace more jobs than it creates? How can the U.S. win the AI race? How can AI benefits be evenly distributed across businesses and society? We explore these questions and more as Sriram Viswanathan sits down with Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist at OpenAI, for an in-depth exploration of AI's economic impact and policy implications. Ronn…
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Practitioner to Founder: How Stas Bojoukha Is Reinventing IT GRC with Compyl
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Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast, the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. In this episode, host Sage Nye sits down with Stas Bojoukha, founder and CEO of Compyl, to unpack his transit…
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The Secret to Startup M&A: How To Set Your Companies Up for Big Outcomes with Ezra Roizen of Advsr
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Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, sits down with Ezra Roizen, General Manager of Advsr and author of "The Magic Box Paradigm," to demystify the world of startup mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on Jacob’s private podcast, VC Mastermind, which we are cross-posting on the Village Global podcast. Drawing on decades of experience as both …
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Ep#20: Founder-Investor Fit with Chris Tottman - Notion Capital
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Chris Tottman, Founding General Partner at Notion Capital, shares how collaboration between radically different thinkers — founders, investors, and operators — creates force-multiplying outcomes. This episode explores why the best startups aren't built solo, how pattern recognition meets founder intuition, and why energy alignment matters more than…
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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
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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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Europe in danger of being geopolitical “sitting duck” unless embraces defence tech, says Alpine Eagle founder
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In this Tech.eu podcast, Alpine Eagle co-founder Jan-Hendrik Boelens talks defence tech and the opportunity it presents for Europe.By Tech.eu
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Building voice-AI infrastructure and scaling go-to-market globally with Carles Reina, GTM @ ElevenLabs & Angel Investor
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In this episode of Riding Unicorns, we’re joined by Carles Reina, Go-to-Market Lead at ElevenLabs, an AI Audio research and deployment company that tripled it's valuation to $3.3BN in January, after confirming a new $180M funding round. From starting out as a banker in Barcelona to scaling Uber’s first European team, and now investing in over 70 st…
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Krilogy's John McArthur - charting an RIA's growth path by building out private markets capabilities
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode digs into how the CIO of a growing multi-billion dollar wealth management firm thinks about customization and differentiation by building out private markets capabilities. We sat down with John McArthur, Senior Partner and CIO at $3.6B AUM Krilogy. Founded in 2009, Krilogy provides co…
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Ep. 155 - Building a Global Sales Team from the Ground Up
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In this episode of the Conference Room, host Simon Lader welcomes Patrick Guay, a seasoned sales and leadership expert with over 20 years of experience in the technology sector. Patrick shares his journey from leading sales at various Israeli startups, culminating in his current role as Chief Revenue Officer at Stream Security. He discusses the cha…
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Ep#19: The AI Playbook: How Founders Must Adapt
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Venture Studios are evolving, and Nobody Studios is at the forefront of building AI-native startups. In this episode, we explore how AI is redefining startup-building strategies, workflows, and execution. Mark S. McNally shares insights on what it takes to run an AI-driven venture studio and why founders must rethink their approach to leadership, d…
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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 ...
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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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Building the universal integration layer for modern products and raising a Series A from GV with Romain Sestier & Guillaume Lebedel, Co-Founders @ StackOne
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In this episode of Riding Unicorns, we're joined by Romain Sestier and Guillaume Lebedel, the co-founders of StackOne, a rapidly growing startup that’s building the universal integration layer for modern SaaS and AI products. Hot off the back of their $20M Series A led by GV, the duo joins us to share their journey, insights, and lessons from the t…
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Can You REALLY Launch a Successful Product Without MVP Validation?
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In this episode, we explore MVP validation—the essential process to ensure your product solves a real problem, engages users, and has market demand before scaling. Hear practical examples from food delivery and health tech startups, and learn how to turn assumptions into evidence-based strategies that reduce risk and boost confidence. 📞 Need expert…
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New Mountain Capital's Steve Klinsky - building a business that builds businesses
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Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with a private equity pioneer who has seen the industry evolve in the forty plus years he’s spent in private markets. We sat down with Steve Klinsky, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Mountain Capital, which he started in 1999, and has grown to over $55B AUM with an in…
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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 ...
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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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Ep. 154 - Learning on the Job - Confessions of a Serial Founder
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In this week's episode of The Conference Room, host Simon Lader sits down with Jeremy Vaughan, an entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of Start Left Security. Jeremy shares his journey from graduating from the University of North Florida to becoming a successful entrepreneur. He discusses the importance of taking risks, the challenges of startup life, a…
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