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

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110. Developer Platform Investing, Part 1 (Ethan Kurzweil) Oct 17, 2016

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Ethan Kurzweil of Bessemer Venture Partners joins Nick to cover Developer Platform Investing, Part 1. We will address questions including: What it means for a startup to have a developer platform focus Why Ethan has chosen to focus in this area The history of the developer platforms, over the past...

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Investor Stories 51: Exceptional Founders (Davis, Triest & DeMarrais, Verrill) Oct 14, 2016

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109. Cram Session, Episodes 41-44 (Nick Moran) Oct 07, 2016

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Welcome back to TFR for another Cram Session. In these special releases, we have aggregated the takeaways and tips from previous episodes. In this installment, we will be recapping the following episodes:

41. The Exit (John Huston)

42. Raising a VC Fund (Jonathan Struhl)

43. Why Angels Don't Do Drugs...

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Investor Stories 50: My Investing Strategy (Acunzo, Rose, Hudson) Oct 04, 2016

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet,

the following investors are featured:

Acunzo
Rose
Hudson

Each investor describes their investment thesis and

how they evaluate startups for investment.

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108. Reinventing Venture Capital, Part 2 (Bryce Roberts) Sep 29, 2016

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Today we cover Part 2 of Reinventing Venture Capital with Bryce Roberts of Indie VC. In this segment we address: What are your filters, what level of traction are you looking for and what else do you like to see in prospective applicants? Many VCs target 100x+ exits for success…...

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107. Reinventing Venture Capital, Part 1 (Bryce Roberts) Sep 28, 2016

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Bryce Roberts of Indie VC & OATV joins Nick to cover Reinventing Venture Capital, Part 1. We will address questions including: Can you walk us through your background and how you became involved in startup investing? As a pioneer in early-stage investing 10 years ago, what was the original investment...

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Investor Stories 49: Why I Invested (Polovets, Collett, Benaich) Sep 22, 2016

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured:

Polovets
Collett
Benaich

Each investor highlights a situation where they decided to invest in a startup and why they said yes.

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106. Underserved Startup Ecosystems, Part 2 (Stuart Larkins & Ezra Galston) Sep 16, 2016

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Today we cover Part 2 of Underserved Startup Ecosystems with Stuart Larkins & Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures. In this segment we address: Their opinion on why the majority of HNW accredited investors have never invested in venture. How Chicago ventures has been so successful yielding follow-on funding for their...

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105. Underserved Startup Ecosystems, Part 1 (Stuart Larkins & Ezra Galston) Sep 15, 2016

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Stuart Larkins & Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures join Nick to cover Underserved Startup Ecosystems, Part 1. We will address questions including: What do you think are the key ingredients for a startup ecosystem? In what ways do you feel that some ecosystems are underserved? Can you talk about some...

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Investor Stories 48: Why I Passed (Greathouse, Boyce, Huston) Sep 09, 2016

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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured:

- Greathouse

- Boyce

- Huston

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

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