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

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Investor Stories 242: Post Mortems (Wilkins, Mehta, Saenko) May 05, 2022

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tony Wilkins, Manan Mehta, and Maryanna Saenko.

Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed.

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331. The Founding Story of NEA, The True History of Venture Capital, the Keys to an Enduring Firm Legacy, and Why the Best VC's Dare Disturb the Universe (Chuck Newhall) May 02, 2022

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Chuck Newhall of NEA joins Nick to discuss The Founding Story of NEA, The True History of Venture Capital, the Keys to an Enduring Firm Legacy, and Why the Best VC's Dare Disturb the Universe. In this episode we cover:

The History of VC Pre & Post 1945
How NEA Raised Fund I
Memorable Fund Successes and Failures
Why Chuck Passed on Home Depot
Founder's Brain Chemistry
Scaling Talent without Scaling Superstars & more!

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The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in outsiders. To learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website and LinkedIn and be sure to follow us on Twitter. Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and tell us about your business. We'll send a list of possible investors right to your email's InBox!

Investor Stories 241: Lessons Learned (Pascucci, Lehr, Pantoja) Apr 28, 2022

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Victor Pascucci, Jonathan Lehr, and Marcelino Pantoja.

Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach.

330. Building Unicorns from the Ground Up, Recruiting Founders from the C-Suite, and Driving Top 1% Returns with Concentration (Jed Cairo) Apr 25, 2022

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Jed Cairo of Juxtapose joins Nick to discuss Building Unicorns from the Ground Up, Recruiting Founders from the C-Suite, and Driving Top 1% Returns with Concentration.

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Investor Stories 240: What's Next (Nagaraj, Falvey, Page) Apr 21, 2022

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Sunil Nagaraj, Ryan Falvey, and Karen Page.

Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns.

329. The $8.3T Opportunity in Procurement, How to Sell to the Fortune 500, Building a Bottoms Up Culture, and Mastering Cold Emails (Kevin Frechette) Apr 18, 2022

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Kevin Frechette of Fairmarkit joins Nick to discuss the $8.3T Opportunity in Procurement, How to Sell to the Fortune 500, Building a Bottoms Up Culture, and Mastering Cold Emails. In this episode we cover:

What Leading Investors Insight Partners and GGV Found Interesting
Sales Lessons from Kevin
The Future of Procurement

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Investor Stories 239: Why I Passed (Hung, Sankar, Cohen) Apr 14, 2022

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jonathan Hung, Santosh Sankar, & Matt Cohen.

Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out.

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328. Why the Pacific Northwest Will Win Big, Tapping the Enterprise Talent Pool, and Investing in Apps over Infrastructure (Cameron Borumand) Apr 11, 2022

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Cameron Borumand of FUSE joins Nick to discuss Why the Pacific Northwest Will Win Big, Tapping the Enterprise Talent Pool, and Investing in Apps over Infrastructure. In this episode we cover:

The Story of FUSE
Spinouts in VC
Attracting & Building Talent Networks
Why Cameron avoids the Zoom Pitch
Enterprise Apps v. Infrastructure

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Investor Stories 238: Strange & Unusual (Paxhia, Mehta, Zhuo) Apr 07, 2022

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Emily Paxhia, Nihal Mehta, and TX Zhuo.

Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor.

327. The Late Stage Reset, Competing with Tiger, and Last Mile's Unit Economics (Steve Sarracino) Apr 04, 2022

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Steve Sarracino of Activant Capital joins Nick to discuss The Late Stage Reset, Competing with Tiger, and Last Mile's Unit Economics. In this episode we cover:

Launching a Growth Fund & The Late Stage Repricing
The Economics of Full Stack Delivery Startups
Why Europe Maybe the Next Leading Market
The State of Ecommerce & Unbundling Amazon

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