The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified

841 Episodes

1. 255. Launching Canada's #1 Local Classifieds Site, Kijiji, The Flourishing Canadian Tech Ecosystem, and What to Look for in Early-stage Marketplace Startups (Janet Bannister)

   Published: 2/11/2020
2. Investor Stories 164: Post Mortems (Tunguz, Isford, Casnocha, Reum)

   Published: 29/10/2020
3. 254. Going Public via SPACs and PIPEs, The First Mover in Ridesharing That Lost to Uber, and Building the Online Marketplace for Used Cars, Shift (George Arison)

   Published: 26/10/2020
4. Investor Stories 163: Strange & Unusual (Warner, Adeeb, Gallagher, Carolan)

   Published: 22/10/2020
5. 253. The Changing "Search Image" of Founders, Lack of Diversity = Missed Opportunity, and COVID Effects on the BLM Movement in Europe (Eric Collins)

   Published: 19/10/2020
6. Investor Stories 162: Lessons Learned (Kerby, Hester, Napier, Blank)

   Published: 15/10/2020
7. 252. Decentralization of VC, Why Your Fund Size is Your Strategy, and Why Startup Formation is the Most Important Contributor to Economic Growth (Erik Torenberg)

   Published: 12/10/2020
8. Investor Stories 161: What's Next (Hsu, Vrionis, Vassallo, Hsieh)

   Published: 8/10/2020
9. 251. Funding the Misunderstood Technical Founder, Self Evaluation as a Solo Capitalist, and Capital to Underwrite R&D risk vs. S&M risk (Farooq Abbasi)

   Published: 5/10/2020
10. Investor Stories 160: Why I Passed (Bechtel, Koh, Dash, Fluhr)

    Published: 30/09/2020
11. 250. Industrial Innovation, Where Blitzscaling Doesn't Work, Why Sector Focus Wins, and Beginning with the End in Mind (Ty Findley)

    Published: 28/09/2020
12. Investor Stories 159: Post Mortems (Ingersoll, Douglass, Siegler, Currier)

    Published: 24/09/2020
13. 249. Common Traits Shared by Top GPs, Why Underrepresented Fund Managers Will Produce Superior Returns, and SPACs vs. Direct Listings vs. IPOs (Lo Toney)

    Published: 21/09/2020
14. Investor Stories 158: Strange & Unusual (Yin, Cardamone, Levy-Weiss, Pezeshki)

    Published: 17/09/2020
15. 248. Scaling Rackspace, The Evolving Responsibilities of a Venture-Backed CEO, and Confronting Big Tech Monopolies (Lanham Napier)

    Published: 14/09/2020
16. Investor Stories 157: Lessons Learned (Dubugras, Gembala, Isford, Kupor)

    Published: 10/09/2020
17. 247. Leaving Kleiner Perkins to Start Defy Partners, The State of Venture in the Bay Area, and Maintaining a Beginner's Mind (Trae Vassallo)

    Published: 7/09/2020
18. Investor Stories 156: What's Next (Whitney, Carolan, Horowitz, Hester)

    Published: 3/09/2020
19. 246. Agglomerators vs. Specialists, the Rise of the Solo-Capitalist, and the Importance of Founder-Investor Fit (Nikhil Basu Trivedi)

    Published: 31/08/2020
20. Investor Stories 155: Why I Passed (Klaff, Steffens, Polovets, Deeter)

    Published: 29/08/2020