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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:  [04:10] “I had 3 surgeries. That's when I knew I had to become a founder.” [06:50] Why Index Ventures isn't on her cap table [08:40] Eleonore's CIA-style co-founder hunt (she literally made a target list) [11:50] Co-CEOs: “We talk 3x a day. That's our superpower.” [13:30] The boutique coffee metaphor for product excellence [15:40] Yuri Milner's 4 traits of legendary founders (one is shocking) [17:30] “Hiring is everything. I hunt talent like a football scout.” [19:00] Wild Olympic Games story → led to hiring a top CFO [24:50] How she filters out title-chasers and political hires [29:30] “Too much process? I make teams list the dumbest ones.” [33:00] Her blunt answer on whether Europe can produce scale execs [35:00] Why she raised so much money… even when they didn't need it [38:50] Board power is real: “They can fire you. I've seen it.” [43:30] Rob Ward's counter-cyclical advice: double down during a downturn [44:50] “We closed a massive US deal… at 2am… while drenched in rain.” [47:10] Selling into the US as a European founder—her full playbook [50:20] The hardest part of being a CEO no one talks about [54:00] “Children remind you what happiness is.” [56:30] “I don't fast. That would make me unhappy.” On longevity culture [59:20] Why her husband knows nothing about Pigment [01:04:20] “Forget $50B. I want to build a $200B company.” Follow Eleonore Crespo LinkedIn: Eleonore Crespo Pigment: pigment.com Subscribe to 20VC for more conversations with the world's best founders and investors.  

Today's guest is Neil Mehta, founder of Greenoaks Capital. In 2012, aged 27, Neil left D.E. Shaw to start Greenoaks with his friend Benny Peretz. One of their first investments was in Coupang, a South Korean e-commerce company led by founder Bom Kim. Neil was so convinced of Coupang's potential that he invested 40% of their initial $50 million fund into the company—a bet that eventually returned about $8 billion. Over its first 13 years, Greenoaks has backed legendary companies like Figma, Wiz, Carvana, Stripe, Discord, Rippling, and Toast—generating over $13 billion in gross profits with a 33% net IRR. Henry Kravis, one of Neil's early investors, describes him as "extremely disciplined" with "exceptional timing" who has "gone against the tide many times." Greenoaks operates with remarkable concentration: just 55 core companies across nearly $15 billion in assets, managed by only nine investment professionals. Their approach reflects their singular pursuit: finding companies that will become a meaningful part of the S&P 500. In our wide-ranging conversation, Neil shares this mission along with his framework for identifying exceptional founders, his concept of "jaw-dropping customer experiences," and how his grandfather's gun shop in India shaped his appreciation for builders of all kinds. Please enjoy my excellent conversation with Neil Mehta. Neil Mehta's Profile in Colossus Review. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ramp. Ramp's mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Go to Ramp.com/invest to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. – This episode is brought to you by Ridgeline. Ridgeline has built a complete, real-time, modern operating system for investment managers. It handles trading, portfolio management, compliance, customer reporting, and much more through an all-in-one real-time cloud platform. Head to ridgelineapps.com to learn more about the platform. –  This episode is brought to you by AlphaSense. AlphaSense has completely transformed the research process with cutting-edge AI technology and a vast collection of top-tier, reliable business content. Invest Like the Best listeners can get a free trial now at Alpha-Sense.com/Invest and experience firsthand how AlphaSense and Tegus help you make smarter decisions faster. ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes: (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best (00:06:32) Connecting Craftsmanship to Career (00:07:45) The Concept of Jaw Dropping Customer Experience (JDCE) (00:09:48) Building a Successful Business: The Coupang Case Study (00:17:26) The Importance of Founders & Business Models (00:30:05) Greenoaks' Unique Approach to Venture Capital (00:37:54) A Memorable Encounter with Henry Kravis (00:40:52) Early Career and Lessons from Hong Kong (00:44:53) The Partnership with Benny (00:50:28) Navigating the Competitive Landscape (00:59:14) High Conviction Investments: TripActions, Rippling, and Carvana (01:07:00) Investment Strategy and Company Evaluation (01:13:23) Adventures in Emerging Markets (01:17:09) Challenges and Lessons Learned (01:26:16) Personal Values and Community Impact (01:32:16) The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done For Neil

We're opening in a celebratory mood this week with Wiz's big exit to Google, which if it holds will offer some much needed liquidity to venture firms and their LPs. It's a big win for several of Silicon Valley's heavy hitters, including Sequoia's Doug Leone, Index Ventures' Shardul Shah, and Greenoaks' Neil Mehta. IPOs are looking a little bit more uncertain, however. Plus, Deel's allleged corporate espionage at Rippling has all the makings of a great HR tech spy thriller. Next up, we touch on the new liberal "abundance" agenda, which has more than a few similarities to Marc Andreessen's "Time to Build" manifesto. In the second half of our show, Eric sits down with Browserbase CEO Paul Klein to discuss their tools for running headless browsers and their rapid growth over the past year.Produced by ⁠Christopher Gates⁠

We're opening in a celebratory mood this week with Wiz's big exit to Google, which if it holds will offer some much needed liquidity to venture firms and their LPs. It's a big win for several of Silicon Valley's heavy hitters, including Sequoia's Doug Leone, Index Ventures' Shardul Shah, and Greenoaks' Neil Mehta. IPOs are looking a little bit more uncertain, however. Plus, Deel's allleged corporate espionage at Rippling has all the makings of a great HR tech spy thriller. Next up, we touch on the new liberal "abundance" agenda, which has more than a few similarities to Marc Andreessen's "Time to Build" manifesto. In the second half of our show, Eric sits down with Browserbase CEO Paul Klein to discuss their tools for running headless browsers and their rapid growth over the past year.Produced by ⁠Christopher Gates⁠

Amitt Mahajan is the Co-Founder of Proof of Play. Proof of Play's mission is to create fun, accessible onchain games and, in the process, develop novel technology that makes onchain game development easier for everyone. Why you should listen Founded by leaders from Epic Games, Zynga, EA, Riot Games, Activision, Google, Facebook, Disney, and Warner Brothers, Proof of Play's mission is to create fun, accessible onchain games and, in the process, develop novel technology that makes onchain game development easier for everyone.  The company's flagship game, Pirate Nation, is a fully onchain RPG where players battle monsters, build their pirate crew, and compete to become number one on the captain leaderboard.  The team has raised $33M in funding and is supported by a16z, Greenoaks, and other investors. Pirate Nation is a fully onchain free-to-play pirate-themed roleplaying game (RPG). Pirate Nation is live on Proof of Play's Apex chain. Pirate Nation is a fully onchain game. This is a new type of game that's only possible using blockchain technology. The game and all of its functionality is running on the blockchain using hundreds of smart contracts. Onchain games have a lot of unique characteristics that distinguish them from traditional, centralized games: All player items, actions, and achievements are publicly viewable and auditable.  Onchain games are "forever games" and will continue to operate as long as the blockchain they are running on exists. It is possible for onchain games to be able to be remixed. Meaning players can add their own features or even create fully derivative works from the game. Onchain games are more secure and transparent. They are enforced with the same security that protects other assets on blockchains. The Proof of Play engine, which powers Pirate Nation, isn't just another gaming chain—it's a cutting-edge onchain game engine designed to enable developers to build games onchain faster than offchain. They are developing a powerful, decentralized foundation for the next generation of onchain games, starting with Pirate Nation. On November 14th, Proof of Play launched Pirate Nation Season 3, adding a refreshed crafting system, two new leaderboards, and an enhanced staking experience, deepening player engagement. Supporting links Stabull Finance Proof of Play Pirate Nation Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

Chris Walti is a seasoned engineer and entrepreneur whose career spans across world-class companies like Tesla and innovative startups. His story is one of resilience, constant reinvention, and an unwavering passion for building, culminating in the establishment of Mytra. Mytra has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Greenoaks, Eclipse Ventures, 515 Ventures, and Promus Ventures.

Pedro Franceschi is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Brex, the AI-powered spend platform with tens of thousands of customers, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood and Roblox. Pedro has raised over $1.2BN for the company from the likes of Greenoaks, Ribbit, DST, Bond and YC. The latest reported valuation was $12.3BN. Before Brex, Pedro was the first person to “jailbreak” the iPhone 3G in Brazil and co-founded payments company Pagar.me with Dubugras when he was 15. In three years, Pedro scaled it to over 100 people and US$1.5 billion in transactions processed. In Today's Episode with Pedro Franceschi We Discuss: 1. The Challenge is in Your Own Head: Why does Pedro believe all founders underestimate their own mental health? When was Pedro most anxious/depressed in the Brex journey? Why? What have been the single biggest needle movers for increasing his own mental health? How does Pedro advise other founders struggling with their own mental health? 2. From a 13-Year-Old Hacker in Brazil to Billionaire in LA: How did Pedro come to make $200K on the internet when he was just 12? Does Pedro agree that the best founders always started entrepreneurial pursuits young? How does Pedro reflect on his own relationship to money today? How has it changed? Pedro has famously taken large secondaries, how did that impact his mindset? How does Pedro advise other founders and VCs when it comes to secondaries? 3. The Importance of the Idea: What Everyone Misunderstands: What does Pedro mean when he says everyone does not appreciate enough how important the idea selection process is? How does he advise founders entering this process? Why does Pedro believe it is not that easy for founder to just pivot to a new idea? How did YC almost miss out on investing in Brex, now a $12BN company, due to the original idea? 4. Brex vs Ramp: Who Wins: How does Pedro feel when I say, "Ramp have gotten ahead on marketing and visibility"? Why does Pedro believe that "Ramp is a marketing company"? What does he mean when he says "great products will win over time"? Why does Pedro fundamentally disagree with Ramp's positioning of the best companies focus on saving and their giving away their software for free? How does this market play out over time? Winner take all or gains split across several?  

Andrés Gómez es un joven abogado colombiano que se mudó a Chile para trabajar en tecnología y que gracias a ese paso, en el 2021 llegó a México para abrir la filial de una startup HRTECH de origen chileno en este país.Hoy es Country Manager de BUK, una compañía, que ofrece un sistema integrado para la gestión de recursos humanos en una sola plataforma. Esta empresa recibió una valoración de US$500 millones en febrero 2023, cuando anunció una segunda ronda de financiamiento por US$35 millones por parte de Base10 Partners y Greenoaks para potenciar su crecimiento a partir de la internacionalización, y después de haber recibido US$50 millones cuatro meses antes.Aunque Andrés es abogado de profesión, lleva más de 8 años en el mundo de los negocios con mayor énfasis en la parte comercial. Desde el 2014 ingresó al mundo de las startups en Chile. Primero colaboró con Lemontech, una compañía especializada en software para abogados. Después formó parte de Nivelat, una plataforma de microlearning.* Digitalización de Recursos Humanos: El episodio discute cómo la tecnología y la inteligencia artificial están transformando las funciones de recursos humanos, desde la nómina hasta la gestión de talento.* Historia de Andrés Gómez: La trayectoria profesional de Andrés Gómez, desde sus inicios en Chile hasta convertirse en Country Manager de Book en México, destacando su experiencia en startups y su enfoque en el crecimiento comercial.* Estrategias de Crecimiento de Book: La evolución de Book, una empresa de tecnología para recursos humanos, incluyendo su enfoque en la expansión internacional y el uso de inteligencia artificial para optimizar procesos internos.Para más información y contenidos exclusivos:* Blog / Newsletter: Cuentos Corporativos en Substack* Facebook: Cuentos Corporativos en Facebook* Instagram: Cuentos Corporativos en Instagram* X (Twitter): Cuentos Corporativos en X* Email: adolfo@cuentoscorporativos.com#DigitalizaciónRH #InteligenciaArtificial #RecursosHumanos #Startups #Tecnología #TransformaciónDigital #CuentosCorporativos #BookEnMéxico #Emprendimiento This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cuentoscorporativos.substack.com

From humble beginnings in Sunnyvale to leading a groundbreaking AI company, Varun Mohan's journey is a testament to resilience, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of impactful solutions.In this interview, Varun shares his story, insights on the evolution of technology, and the strategic pivots that led him from autonomous vehicles to the creation of Codeium, an AI code acceleration tool transforming the software development landscape.Codeium has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Greenoaks, and Founder's Fund.

SmartRecruiters, announced its latest product release, packed with new features designed to streamline the recruitment process and empower hiring teams. This April, users can explore new functionalities within the SmartRecruiters' platform, including advanced AI capabilities, improved integration options, and significant user interface enhancements. The highlights include: https://hrtechfeed.com/smartrecruiters-announces-new-release/ ShiftMed, a leader in On-Demand workforce technology, announced today its acquisition of CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare (Genesis), a national post-acute care provider. CareerStaff is one of the healthcare industry's leading per diem and contract managed service providers (MSP). ShiftMed, in combination with CareerStaff, will provide services to Genesis at over 200 skilled nursing and 1,200 Powerback Rehabilitation locations, under a seven-year exclusive agreement. https://hrtechfeed.com/shiftmed-acquires-msp-to-expand-its-on-demand-nursing-platform/  Daxtra, the resume parsing software platform, has acquired PivotCX, a technology-based talent acquisition and HR communications hub. Based in Indianapolis, PivotCX has become part of the Daxtra Group, and its products will be rolled into the Daxtra suite of solutions. The combined solution will deliver a powerful platform for talent acquisition teams, providing customers the opportunity to direct high-conversion candidate engagement more easily. https://hrtechfeed.com/daxtra-acquires-pivotcx/ Crosschq, the world's first Hiring Intelligence platform purpose-built to increase Quality of Hire, today announced the availability of Crosschq Insights, a first-of-its-kind recruiting analytics and Quality of Hire engine. Insights empowers recruiting teams by allowing them to pull data from multiple sources into a single dashboard, offering a more comprehensive and controlled look at the hiring process. https://hrtechfeed.com/crosschq-launches-recruiting-analytics-and-quality-of-hire-engine/ HCM platform Rippling has raised $200mm in new financing, and signed agreements with investors to repurchase up to $590mm of equity from current employees, former employees, and early investors. The financing was led by Coatue with participation from Founders Fund, Greenoaks, and other existing investors. Dragoneer is joining the round as a new investor. https://hrtechfeed.com/rippling-raises-200-million-series-f/

Miguel Armaza interviews Jack Zhang, CEO & Co-Founder of Airwallex, a global payments and treasury giant that moves $7 billion in monthly transaction volume and serves 100,000+ clients, including Brex, Rippling, and SHEIN.Founded in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex was last valued at $5.5 billion and has raised 900 million dollars from Sequoia, DST, Square Peg, Greenoaks, Mastercard, Tencent, Salesforce, and many more.In this episode, we discuss:How investing in a coffee shop led him to co-found a global payments networkWhy Airwallex prioritizes people with great leadership skills who are also technicalThe impact of AI in financial servicesNew risks of AI-powered financial fraudPartnering with almost 100 banks around the world… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 65,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIp

Varun Mohan is the cofounder and CEO of Codeium, an AI code generation tool used by hundreds of thousands of developers. They recently announced their $65M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Greenoaks and General Catalyst. He was previously at Nuro. He has a bachelors and masters degree from MIT. Varun's favorite book: The Idea Factory (Author: Jon Gertner)(00:00) Introduction and State of Play(03:03) What Generative AI Can Do Well(06:10) Introduction to Codeium(08:53) Handling Different Programming Languages(11:26) Model Architectures and Optimization(13:27) Interpreting and Trusting AI Decisions(18:33) Security and Privacy Considerations(20:07) Impact on Software Quality and Developers(21:50) Potential Obsolescence of Programming Languages(23:39) Handling Edge Cases(26:07) The Biggest Impact of Generative AI for Coding(28:27) Technological Breakthroughs in Generative AI(29:30) Rapid Fire Round--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Ryan Akkina is a member of the Global Investment Team at the MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo), which is responsible for managing MIT's endowment and pension plans. Ryan has invested in the likes of Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, a16z, Greenoaks and Initialized to name a few. Ryan also leads many of MITIMCo's direct co-investments including most notably into Coupang and Rippling. Prior to joining MITIMCo, Ryan was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. In Today's Episode with Ryan Akkina We Discuss: 1. From Engineer to LP with MIT: How did Ryan make his way into the world of fund investing as an LP with MIT? Why did he turn down the chance to be a VC early in his career? What does Ryan know now that he wishes he had known when he started at MIT? 2. The Manager Evaluation Process for MIT: What does Ryan look for most when investing in new managers? How important is track record when evaluating a new manager? What is the biggest mistake Ryan has made in picking a manager? What did he not see that he wish he had seen? How did that change his process? 3. How MIT Builds Their Portfolio: How does MIT construct their portfolio from private to public to everything in between? What are the three different types of check sizes that MIT writes when investing in new managers? What are the most common reasons why MIT will not re-up with a manager? What are the single biggest reasons why great managers turn bad? 4. MIT: The Direct Investor: Why does MIT see so much opportunity in direct investing? How does MIT approach the direct investing process? How do they approach underwriting themselves vs working with their managers in the process? How do MIT think about the right number of direct deals to make up their portfolio? How do they approach check sizing on a per-company direct investment? What has been Ryan's biggest direct investing mistake? How did that change his approach and mindset? 5. LP Markets Today and Where We Go From Here: Are LPs open for business today? What type of firms will not struggle? Which will? How does Ryan view liquidity windows today? When will M&A and IPO markets open? What would Ryan most like to change about the world of LPs? Why does Ryan believe the LP incentive structure in terms of compensation is broken?

Peter Lacaillade is a Managing Director @ SCS Financial Services where he leads its private investment program where he oversees the firm's activities in private equity, opportunistic credit and private real assets. Peter has been an early backer of Thrive, Founders Fund, a16z, Greenoaks and 20VC. Before SCS, Peter was an Associate at HarbourVest Partners in its Secondary Group where he analyzed venture capital, growth equity and buyout investments. In Today's Episode with Peter Lacaillade We Discuss: 1. Becoming One of the Great LPs in Venture: How did Peter make his way into the world of fund investing as an LP? What does Peter know now that he wishes he had known when he started as an LP? Why does Peter believe now is the best time to be investing in newer, emerging managers? 2. How to Pick the Best Venture Managers: What are the commonalities in the best VCs Peter has invested in? How important is track record for Peter when evaluating managers? What mistakes has Peter made when it comes to manager selection? What did he learn? How do the best managers build relationships with their LPs? 3. Building a Portfolio That Can 5x: In a venture fund portfolio, what is the distribution between those that outperform, perform as planned and then underperform? How does Peter invest in both large franchises and emerging managers with a barbell approach? How much in established franchises and how much in emerging managers? Are managers actively marking down their portfolios in the last 18 months? Who has been the best at this and who has been the worst? How much should portfolios be marked down? How does Peter evaluate the compression of deployment timelines we saw in the last 18 months? 4. A Breakdown of the LP Landscape: Family Offices: What are the biggest dangers of having family offices as LPs? Why do multi-family offices tend to be better? Endowments: Are they really as stable as people think they are? What separates a good vs great endowment? Who stands out? Fund of Funds: Why does Peter think fund of funds deserve more credit? How should managers think about working with FoFs most effectively? What is the right level of concentration managers should have between these different LP profiles? What are the biggest mistakes emerging managers make when approaching LPs?

Andrés Gómez es un joven abogado colombiano que se mudó a Chile para trabajar en tecnología y que gracias a ese paso, en el 2021 llegó a México para abrir la filial de una startup HRTECH de origen chileno en este país.Hoy es Country Manager de BUK, una compañía, que ofrece un sistema integrado para la gestión de recursos humanos en una sola plataforma. Esta empresa recibió una valoración de US$500 millones en febrero 2023, cuando anunció una segunda ronda de financiamiento por US$35 millones por parte de Base10 Partners y Greenoaks para potenciar su crecimiento a partir de la internacionalización, y después de haber recibido US$50 millones cuatro meses antes.Aunque Andrés es abogado de profesión, lleva más de 8 años en el mundo de los negocios con mayor énfasis en la parte comercial. Desde el 2014 ingresó al mundo de las startups en Chile. Primero colaboró con Lemontech, una compañía especializada en software para abogados. Después formó parte de Nivelat, una plataforma de microlearning.Puedes escuchar Cuentos Corporativos en vivo a través de la señal de Radiomex. Todos los martes y jueves a las 8 pm, hora de la Ciudad de México.Suscríbete aquí El newsletter de Cuentos Corporativos. Recibirás todas las semanas información sobre nuestros episodios y eventos.¿Te gustaría proponer a un invitado? Hazlo aquí o contáctanos a través de contacto@cuentoscorporativos.com¿Te gusta Cuentos Corporativos? Apóyanos con tu reseña. Déjala aquíAyúdanos a mejorar. Dinos qué opinas de Cuentos Corporativos, respondiendo esta breve encuesta. Muchas gracias!www.cuentoscorporativos.comFacebook InstagramLinkedInTwitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is Hristo Borisov, cofounder and CEO at Payhawk, a financial system that combines credit cards, payments, expenses, and cash into one integrated experience. Hristo has raised over $236 million with Payhawk from Lightspeed Ventures, Greenoaks, QED investors, and many more. Today, Payhawk is valued at US$1 billion, making it the first Bulgarian startup to achieve Unicorn status. Prior to founding Payhawk, Hristo worked at Telerik as software engineer and a product manager. In this episode, we talk about his founding of Payhawk, the challenges he encountered as an entrepreneur, lessons learned from scaling Payhawk into 32 countries, and much more.

Ville Tuulos is the cofounder and CEO of Outerbounds, a platform to develop and deploy production-grade AI applications. They have raised $24M in funding so far from investors such as Foundation, Amplify, and Greenoaks. He was previously at Netflix and AdRoll. Prior to that, he was the cofounder of Bitdeli. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Origin of the open source framework Metaflow - The founding of Outerbounds - AI compute clusters - Large foundation models vs smaller specialist models - Training compute-optimal LLMs - Industrial AI - Multimodal AI - Building LLMs through experimentation - How will the AI compute market shape up (chips, cloud services, infrastructure platforms) Ville's favorite book: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Author: Richard Feynman)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Guillermo Rauch is the Founder and CEO @ Vercel, giving developers the frameworks, workflows, and infrastructure to build a faster, more personalized Web. To date, Guillermo has raised $312M from Accel, Bedrock, Greenoaks, GV and more. Prior to founding Vercel, Guillermo co-founded LearnBoost and Cloudup where he served the company as CTO through its acquisition by Automattic in 2013. In Today's Episode with Guillermo Rauch We Discuss: 1. From Argentina to SF: The Boy Making Money Online: How did Guillermo first get into computers and start making money online? Does Guillermo still believe the US and SF offers the same opportunities it did when he came? Did Guillermo feel the weight of responsibility of providing for his family at a young age? 2. Timing, Markets and Narrative Violations: Why does Guillermo believe it does not matter being first but being right? Why does Guillermo believe the most important thing for a company is market selection? Why does Guillermo believe it is crucial that founders and companies have "narrative violations"? 3. The Future of AI: What model will win in the future; open or closed? Where does the value accrue; startups or incumbents? How will the SaaS business model change in a world of AI? 4. Silicon Valley's Most Successful Angel You Did Not Know: What are some of Guillermo's biggest lessons from angel investing? What is his single biggest miss? How has it changed how he thinks? What have been his biggest hits? How did they impact how he thinks about what it takes to win?

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In questo primo episodio dei Remote Addendum vi presentiamo l'ambientazione e le meccaniche di gioco di Haunted Green Oaks

Bitcoin is up slightly at $26,577 Eth is up slightly at $1,592 BNB is up slightly at $210 Coinbase considered buying FTX Europe to expand derivatives Peter Marton, head of NYDFS virtual currency unit is stepping down. Consensys to deprioritize Truffle and Ganache. Proof of Play raises $33M in seed led by Greenoaks & a16z. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Howie Liu is the Founder and CEO @ Airtable, the fastest way to build apps for your business. To date, Howie has raised over $1BN with Airtable with the last round valuing the company at $11BN and an investor base including Benchmark, Thrive, Caffeinated, Greenoaks and Coatue to name a few. In Todays Episode with Howie Liu We Discuss: 1. Scaling into Enterprise: What are the single biggest challenges when moving from PLG to enterprise? Why does Howie believe you have only truly hit enterprise when you sign $1M contracts? How long did it take for Airtable to sign their first $1M ARR contract? How can founders know when is the right time to scale into enterprise? How does the product need to change with the scaling? 2. Enterprises: Do They Really Love AI: Why does Howie believe that enterprises are not jumping on AI yet? When does enterprise interest turn into enterprise buying and purchasing? What are the single biggest barriers to enterprises buying AI solutions today? Post-purchase, what are the biggest implementation challenges for enterprises with AI? 3. The Changing Sales Process: Are we seeing the bundling of tools within large enterprises today? Which categories and vendors are most vulnerable? Which will survive the cuts? What do vendors need to do to prove to CFOs that they need to remain in their budget? How has the customer success process changed over the last year with tightening budgets? 4. Howie Liu: AMA: Airtable famously got Benchmark to lead their Series C, how did this come to be when they famously always only do Series A? Why does Howie believe that it is total BS to suggest post-PMF, everything is good? What does Howie know now that he wishes he had known when he started Airtable?

The Idiots talk spirits with Derek and Sonja Kassebaum from North Shore Distillery and they learn that risk is good! When does the Pringles movie come out?

Uri Kolodny is now on his third startup. He's now working on his biggest and boldest tech venture so far. His startup, Starkware, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Alameda Research, Coatue, Greenoaks, and Tiger Global Management.

Pre-IPO Stock Market Update - Mar 17, 2023 | Tiger Global marks down pre-IPO stocks, eToro cap raise, Checkout launches debit card issuing, Tyler's Corner (Revolut, Rippling, SpaceX)00:34 | Tiger Global marked down one of its venture fund portfolio by 33%, or $23b- SoftBank Group marks down 30% Vision Fund 2 ($48b)- Preferred shares play an interesting role in this valuation processPreferred shares have a liquidation preference, meaning that the preferred shareholder is guaranteed some level of return before other shareholders lower on the cap table are paid out.02:12 | eToro secures $250M at a $3.5B valuation- The company was to go public via a SPAC but called off the deal in Jul 2022- Round was via Advanced Investment Agreement (AIA)- 2.8m total 2022 funded accounts; up 17% from 2021 and 180% from 2022- $631m total 2022 commissions; down 49% from 2021 and up 5% from 2020- $5.8 billion in assets under administration across 100 countries03:06 | Checkout.com launches virtual and physical card issuing- The company has been testing Checkout.com Issuing for a while, and millions of cards have already been created with the new service- Checkout.com customers now have an opportunity to earn interchange revenue- $40b valuation at it last primary financing round in Jan 2022 but issues a 409A in Dec 2022 at $11b04:32 | Tyler's Corner by Tyler Siconolfi- Revolut partnered with Comic Relief to make it easier for Revolut customers to donate to those living in poverty. Comic Relief is a poverty focused charity in England.- Rippling raised $500m in Series E financing in just 12 hours from Greenoaks, a long-time investor. The money was used to help Rippling's customers pay employees that did not receive paychecks due to SVB failure.- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that they will perform their first orbital test flight of Starship in April and is waiting on FAA approval05:42 | Large capital raises- Stripe | $6.5b Series I, $56.5b valuation- Rippling | $500m Series E, $11.8b valuation- Adept | $350m Series B, $1.0b valuation- Prizeout | $160m Series C, $760m valuation- Paige | $20m Series D, $650m valuation06:27 | Pre-IPO stock market performance- Pre-IPO stocks were down 3.54% for the week vs the S&P 500 up by 1.36%. Not a great week- YTD pre-IPO stocks still trail the S&P by about 8.5%- OpenSea and Kraken are both up north of 20% … Stripe, Airtable, Epic Games, and Chime are all down over 20%- No big winners this week. Kraken led the pack up 0.43%. Brex was down 17% for the week. Deel was down 14%. Revolut down 6%.AG Dillon & Co venture capital funds...- AG Dillon SpaceX Pre-IPO Stock Fund = www.agdillon.com/spacex- AG Dillon Pre-IPO Equity Fund (top 15 pre-IPO stocks) = www.agdillon.com/top15Subscribe or follow...Youtube = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSpr_9yjBA7dhqnQexSu7LAApple Podcasts = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-pre-ipo-stocks/id1653598601Spotify Podcasts = https://open.spotify.com/show/2ryF1V6y712AsizaRjImOHInstagram = https://www.instagram.com/aarongdillon/Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089996314705LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/company/ag-dillon-co

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Buk, Minu, Datamart, and more!Outline of this episode:[0:28] – Plerk and Minu announce their merger [0:43] – Buk raises $35M to enter the Brazilian market[1:03] – Datamart raises a $6.3M round[1:23] – Comun secures $4.5M in a funding round[1:39] – LatamList featured articlesResources & people mentioned:Startups: Minu, Plerk, Buk, Datamart, ComunVC firms: Base10 Partners, Greenoaks, SoftBank Latin America, Moonvalley Capital, Banco Santander, Grupo Falabella, BICE, Costanoa Ventures, South Park Commons, FJ LabsPeople mentioned: Juan Pablo Capello, Gino Ferrand

Ariel Cohen is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Navan (formerly TripActions), the #1 travel management super-app used by over 8,000 companies. Ariel has raised over $2BN for Navan from some of the best including a16z, Zeev Ventures, Lightspeed, Greenoaks, and Elad Gil. Prior to TripActions, Ariel co-founded streamOnce, a business multimedia integration platform that was successfully acquired by Jive Software, where Ariel had previously served in a senior position following his time at Hewlett-Packard. In Today's Episode with Ariel Cohen We Discuss: 1.) Why Education is Outdated and Wisdom to People Entering the Working World: Why did Ariel not really attend many classes when he was a student? What would be his biggest advice to young people leaving school today? Where would he focus? Why does Ariel believe that traditional education is more outdated now than ever before? 2.) Why SAP and Salesforce Will Die: Why does Ariel believe that SAP and Salesforce have not innovated for a decade? Why does Ariel believe that Slack is a disaster inside of Salesforce? What are the single biggest advantages that startups have over these large incumbents? What can startups do to retain innovation and speed as they scale into becoming an incumbent? Why are the best founders willing to kill their own projects? 3.) Growing a Business 3x and Raising at a $9.2BN Valuation in COVID: How did Ariel grow the business 3x with all travel being banned? What were the tactics to blitz scaling during COVID? How did Ariel approach his investors for a new round in the middle of COVID? How did he get such a high price in the midst of a global pandemic? What is the bull case for how Navan can be a $40BN company? 4.) Margins Matter: Gaining Leverage Through Additional Margin: With Navan's 80% margin, they have 30% higher margins than other competitors, how do they have such high margins? With the additional 30%, how does Ariel plan to scale Navan's reach and use the margin to do so? How does OpenAI play a role in helping Navan increase its margin even further?

Mai avremmo pensato prima d'oggi di poter interpretare dei simpatici vecchini di una RSA. Green Oaks ci trascina nel nostro ineluttabile futuro, con una nota di dark humor, fantasy e mistero.Dalle menti di Roberto De Luca e della crew di Fumble, ecco un gioco che oseremmo definire... Atipico.Ve ne parlano L'Oste e Frank in questa puntata del nostro speciale natalizio con Tarantasia.Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Hristo Borisov, CEO and Co-Founder of Payhawk, the first-ever Bulgarian unicorn where they've built an all-in-one finance platform serving businesses across 32+ countries in Europe and the US.Founded just four years ago, Payhawk now enjoys unicorn status and has raised equity from Greenoaks, QED, Lightspeed, Endevor, Hubstpot, and many more.In this episode, we discuss:Scaling to unicorn status – Hristo shares hacks and techniques that helped them scale from zero to oneThe growing Bulgarian startup ecosystem and why it pushed them to build a global company from day onePayhawk's unique model for building and shipping products extremely fast, while keeping everyone at the company laser-focusedEarly mistakes and challenges as a fintech founder and why you should always overinvest in talent… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary, instead? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 46,000+ readers and listeners around the world!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIpqp

Parker Conrad is the Founder & CEO @ Rippling, the company that lets you easily manage your employees' payroll, benefits, expenses, devices, apps & more—in one place. To date, Parker has raised over $697M for Rippling from some of the best including Sequoia, Founders Fund, Greenoaks, Bedrock, Kleiner Perkins and Initialized to name a few. Prior to founding Rippling, Parker was the Co-Founder and CEO @ Zenefits and if that was not enough, Parker is also a prominent angel having invested in the likes of Census, Pulley and then also AgentSync and TrueNorth, alongside 20VC Fund. In Today's Episode with Parker Conrad: 1.) Entry in Startups and Zenefits: How did Parker make his way into the world of startups? How did Parker end up being kicked out of his own company, Zenefits? How did he respond? How did that experience of being kicked out of Zenefits inspire him to build Rippling? 2.) Parker Conrad: The Leader: How does Parker define "high performance"? How would Parker describe his leadership style today? Why does Parker fundamentally disagree that with speed comes a trade-off in quality? How does Parker ensure Rippling does all things fast and to the best of its ability? How would Parker break down his decision-making framework today? How does he decide what to prioritize vs not? How does he decide what to delegate vs not? What are Parker's biggest insecurities in leadership today? How have they changed over time? What does Parker do to combat and mitigate them? 3.) Rippling: The Compound Startup How does Parker define a compound startup? What types of business do this verticalized approach work for vs not work for? What does Parker believe are the 4 core benefits of this approach? What are the single biggest challenges of building a compound startup? 4.) Rippling: The Economics: How does this compound startup approach impact ability to cross-sell? How much net new ARR today comes from cross-sell? What have been some of Rippling's biggest lessons on what it takes to do cross-sell so effectively? How do the margin profiles differ across their different products? How have the margin profiles changed over time? Why does Parker not believe that most startup margins are accurate? How does the compound startup approach change the amount invested in R&D? How does that impact the fundraising requirements of the business? 5.) Rippling: The Partner Ecosystem: How does Rippling think about building out the best partner ecosystem? What will it take for that to work? Why do Rippling want to introduce services that compete with their own products? Why do they not only build their own? How do the margins differ when comparing revenue share on partner products vs Rippling products? What are the single biggest barriers to this partner ecosystem working?

Henrique Dubugras is the Founder and CEO @ Brex, the company re-imagining financial systems so every growing company can realize its full potential. To date, Henrique has raised over $1.1BN for Brex from some of the best including Ribbit, Greenoaks, DST, IVP, Caffeinated Capital and Elad Gil to name a few. Henrique is also a board member at Mercado Libre. Prior to co-founding Brex, Henrique co-founded Pagar.me, there he scaled the company to $15BN in GMV and over 100 people before selling the company in 2016. In Today's Episode with Henrique Dubugras You Will Learn: 1.) The Founding of Brex: What was the founding a-ha moment for Henrique and Pedro with Brex? What advice did Evan Spiegel give Henrique when it comes to being a great CEO? 2.) Hiring: The Trials and Tribulations What have been Henrique's biggest hiring mistakes? How do founders know when they are ready to bring in the seasoned exec vs the younger jack of all trades candidate? What have been Henrique's biggest lessons in what it takes to hire true A* talent? Where does Henrique see other founders make big hiring mistakes? 3.) Product Expansion and Marketing: How does Henrique assess when is the right time to release a second product? What have been Henrique's biggest mistakes and lessons when it comes to product marketing? How can one retain the simplicity of product messaging with scaling the product? Brex expanded the product too far, too fast. How did they walk it back so successfully? 4.) Henrique: The Leader How does Henrique approach his own relationship to money today? How has it changed over time? What luxury expenditure has Henrique made over the last 12 months that he feels is worth it? How does Henrique think about ego management? What does he do to keep his in check? Item's Mentioned In Today's Episode with Henrique Dubugras Henrique's Favourite Book: The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

Hasura raises $100 million to expand SaaS product, becomes a unicorn Hasura, which provides software for developers to connect disparate sources of data, has secured $100 million in funding in a round led by Greenoaks with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Vertex Ventures, the company said in a press release. The Series C round brings the total capital raised by Hasura to $136.5 million and the company's valuation to $1 billion. Hasura plans to use the funding to accelerate research and development and expand go-to-market activities globally for the company's GraphQL Engine, which makes it fast and easy for even those with zero GraphQL expertise to compose a GraphQL API from existing APIs and databases. Vymo raises $22 million in series C funding Vymo, an Intelligent Sales Engagement platform for Financial Institutions, has raised $22 million in Series C funding, led by Bertelsmann India Investments with existing investors Emergence Capital and Sequoia Capital participating. As part of the financing, BII's Rohit Sood will be joining the company's board. In 2021 Vymo saw over 20 percent quarterly growth, 142 percent net retention rate, zero logo churn, entry into the US with wins like Berkshire Hathaway, and onboarding some of the largest Insurers in Japan, co-founder and CEO Yamini Bhat said in a press release yesterday. The latest funding will help Vymo go after a market opportunity to provide sales intelligence estimated at $10 billion. Wipro Ventures invests in vFunction in cloud services partnership Wipro, India's fourth-biggest IT services provider, has formed a joint go-to-market partnership with vFunction, a Palo Alto-based startup that has developed a technology platform for modernising Java applications and accelerating migration to the cloud, the Bangalore company said in a press release yesterday. The partnership will strengthen Wipro's cloud services business. In conjunction with this partnership, Wipro Ventures, the corporate investment arm of Wipro, has invested in vFunction's Series A funding round to deepen the strategic partnership. Wipro didn't provide financial details. UMG launches Def Jam India to take Indian rap to other markets Universal Music Group has launched Def Jam India, a new label division within India and South Asia dedicated to representing the best hip-hop and rap talent from the region, the Dutch-American music corporation said in a press release yesterday. Def Jam India will follow the blueprint of the iconic Def Jam Recordings label, which has led and influenced the cutting-edge in hip-hop and urban culture for more than 35 years. UMG aims to tap the growing popularity of hip-hop as a genre in India and take Indian hip hop to other markets. Artists it has signed on already include Dino James and Fotty Seven. Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds: https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds

Clover Health wants to improve physician performance by giving them access to cutting edge AI technology. But the company chose to enter the market not as a technology vendor but as an insurer, disrupting traditional payment structures and care navigation technology in one fell swoop. On today's HIMSSCast, Clover Health's Andrew Toy joins host Jonah Comstock to talk about his story and his own particular take on solving the healthcare cost crisis in America.Talking points:What Clover does and how its different from other payers and other startupsClover Assistant, Clover's provider-facing tech stack, and how it fits into their modelGetting away from the idea of networksWhat does value-based care mean for CloverWho holds the risk? And why it should be the insurersWhy the incentive alignment argument for value-based care is more complicated than people thinkIncentivizing doctors by giving them more powerful toolsHow health systems should fit into the value-based care landscapeWhy Clover launched as a payer and not a technology vendorWhy Clover built its Assistant outside of the EHRFixing healthcare means fixing healthcare for everyoneHow can innovation in insurance push through incumbent players?More about this episode:Medicare Advantage insurtech startup Clover Health raises $500MClover Health will join the public market by merging with Social Capital SPACClover Health's new subsidiary will rely on members, machine learning to fuel drug developmentClover Health laying off 25 percent of staff as it seeks new healthcare expertiseClover Health gets $130M from Greenoaks, Google Ventures, othersClover Health planning expansion into 101 new marketsClover Health taps MedArrive to vaccinate its homebound MA membersWalmart partners with Clover Health to offer Medicare Advantage plans

Will Shu is the Founder & CEO @ Deliveroo, the company that provides your favorite restaurants and takeaways, delivered to your door. Prior to their IPO earlier this year, Will raised over $1.7BN for the company from some of the best including Accel, Index, General Catalyst, Greenoaks, and more. Before Deliveroo, Will worked in finance as an analyst with SAC Capital, ESO Capital, and Morgan Stanley in New York and London. Fun fact, Will still enjoys regularly delivering food orders on his bike. In Today's Episode with Will Shu You Will Learn: 1.) How Will made his way from hedge funds and Morgan Stanley to changing the world of food and delivery with Deliveroo? Why did Deliveroo not work the first time Will started it? 2.) Restaurant + Customer Acquisition: How did Will acquire the first restaurants to the platform? What did that education process look like for them? What do the restaurants care about? How did Will acquire the first customers? How has that changed over time? What matters to customers; speed, selection or price? How does this change by geography and country? 3.) New Markets: How do Deliveroo select new markets to enter? What makes one more attractive than another? From a resource perspective, what does it take to open a new market? What have been some of the biggest lessons on zone maturity and time to breakeven? Why does Deliveroo not track driver efficiency on a number of drops basis? What is the right mechanism to measure driver efficiency? 4.) Competition: How did Deliveroo come late to markets like France and end up winning them? What was it like competing against Uber with Eats? How important is restaurant exclusivity to Deliveroo retaining its position? What would Will have done differently with regards to competition, with the benefit of hindsight? 5.) Quick commerce: What does Will make of the unprecedented rise of quick commerce? Will we see many winners on a per market basis or will this be a consolidatory environment? What do many of the new entrants mistake or not understand? Why is the vertical ownership of the supply chain such a superior model to working with grocery partners? Item's Mentioned In Today's Episode with Will Shu Will's Favourite Book: From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom

Tata Consultancy Services, India's biggest software services company, kicked off the fiscal second quarter earnings season on Friday. It reported revenues of $6.33 billion for the three months ended September 30. Revenues grew 15.5 percent over the same period one year ago, in constant currency, the company said in a press release after the close of Mumbai trading on Friday. Profits rose 14 percent to $1.3 billion. And in our tech conversation, we speak with Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Jahangir Mohammed, founder and CEO of Twin Health (2:30). Tata Consultancy Services, India's biggest software services company, kicked off fiscal second-quarter earnings season on Friday, reporting revenues of $6.33 billion for the three months ended September 30. Revenues grew 15.5 percent over the same period one year ago, in constant currency, the company said in a press release after the close of Mumbai trading on Friday. Profits rose 14 percent to $1.3 billion. During the quarter, the company won large orders from customers including Swiss Re, ZF, Transport for London, Cordis, Carrefour Belgium and MTN South Africa. The company ended the quarter with nearly 529,000 employees. Apple is appealing the September ruling in the lawsuit that was brought against it by Epic Games, in which a California judge ruled that the iPhone maker can't prevent developers from including payment systems outside the App Store, The Verge reports. That ruling was part of a verdict that Apple had called a ‘resounding victory' for itself. The ruling was set to become effective in December, but with the appeal, it will likely get pushed back, according to The Verge. Tiger Global, a New York-based hedge fund, venture capital and private equity company, is in advanced talks to lead a $100 million funding round at Slice, a Bangalore fintech startup, TechCrunch reports. Other investors could include Insight Partners, Ribbit Capital and Greenoaks, according to the report.Slice has previously raised around $30 million and was valued at under $200 million in a round earlier this year, according to TechCrunch. The company, which is looking to expand India's credit card market, counts Blume Ventures, Gunosy Capital and Better Capital among its investors. Ola Electric, the electric vehicle unit of ride-hailing company Ola, has raised $200 million in an investment that values the business at more than $5 billion, according to a Press Trust of India report that appeared in Economic Times. The new investment comes days after the company raised $200 million at a post-money valuation of $3 billion. The latest funding round saw the participation of existing investors and some US-based bluechip tech funds, according to ET. Jahangir Mohammed is your quintessential serial tech entrepreneur, with a finely honed knack for identifying problems that offered large market potential if they could be solved with the right technology-led solutions. Twenty-five years after he left India for the US, he sold his second company, Jasper Technologies, a Silicon Valley-based internet-of-things company, to Cisco for $1.4 billion. It was then, that his “life's work” started, he told me in a zoom call over the weekend. His latest venture is Twin Health, a medical services business that combines the latest in AI and medical sciences to treat and even reverse diseases like diabetes in many cases. As the name suggests, part of the solution is around developing a digital twin of each patient's metabolism.

Sébastien nous fait faire un voyage dans le temps sur cet épisode. Il reprend avec nous toute l'histoire d'Agicap, que ce soit le développement produit, les intégrations permettant d'agréger des sources de données variées, l'internationalisation de cette solution de gestion de trésorerie qui devient un véritable cockpit financier de la PME. Gabrielle revient sur les débuts de la relation de BlackFin avec Agicap notamment les premières discussions avec la start-up Lyonnaise qui lui donne de nombreux signaux très positifs et qui décide le fonds de VC à investir dans ce tour de 'seed'. Philippe, quant à lui, revient sur les convictions de Partech sur ce segment de marché et son potentiel extraordinaire tant au niveau du développement produit que de l'internationalisation. Nous découvrons également les secrets des différents tours de table et notamment le tout dernier annoncé récemment dans lequel est rentré l'investisseur américain Greenoaks. Autres éléments que nous abordons, la gestion de l'hypercroissance, l'accompagnement des VC, le Japon, ou encore la consolidation.  On repart avec trois livres à lire :  From impossible to inevitable d'Aaron Ross et Jason Lemkin Vous allez commettre une terrible erreur d'Olivier Sibony Nagori de Ryoko Sekiguchi  Bonne écoute à tous ! Pour contacter Agicap : site / LinkedIn. Le contact de Sébastien Beyet : LinkedIn, Philippe Collombel : LinkedIn et Gabrielle Thomas : LinkedIn.   Pour soutenir Finscale : S'abonner au podcast pour écouter le prochain épisode Mettre 5 étoiles sur Apple podcast pour aider d'autres personnes à découvrir ce podcast  Belle écoute et à la semaine prochaine !

Parker Conrad is the Founder and CEO @ Rippling, the employee management platform allowing you to manage your employees' payroll, benefits, devices and more—in one place. To date, Parker has raised over $197M for Rippling from the likes of Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Initialized, Bedrock, Greenoaks and Coatue. Prior to founding Rippling, Parker was the Co-Founder and CEO @ Zenefits and if that was not enough, Parker is also a prominent angel having invested in the likes of Census, Pulley and then also AgentSync and TrueNorth, alongside 20VC Fund. In Today’s Episode with Parker Conrad You Will Learn: 1.) How did Parker make his way into the world of technology and startups? What was the founding a-ha moment for Parker with Rippling? How did his journey with Zenefits change or alter his leadership style today with Rippling? 2.) Why does Parker believe that the conventional advice of focus, focus, focus is BS? What does Parker mean when he states, "The Compound Startup"? How does the approach of the compound startup differ from traditional approaches of product and company building? What are the core benefits of using the compound startup approach? 3.) How does Parker think about providing sufficient product quality with an increasing breadth of product offering, entailed within a compound startup? In what way does pricing differ when comparing compound startups to traditional startups? How can compound startups optimise their pricing on a bundle basis? What has Slack and Microsoft taught us about this? 4.) Why does Parker disagree with the conventional analogy of the VC founder relationship being a marriage? Why does Parker refer to it more as a "General Contractor" relationship for a house? What can founders do to sufficiently protect themselves from overarching VCs? What can VCs do to be the very best partners to the founders they work with? 5.) How does Parker evaluate his relationship to money today? How has it changed over time? What does Parker know now that he wishes he had known at the start of his founding of Rippling? What have been Parker's biggest lessons on talent acquisition? Why did Parker decide to bring on a COO when he did? How has it changed his role? Item’s Mentioned In Today’s Episode with Parker Conrad Parker’s Favourite Book: Matilda by Roald Dahl As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here!