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VC Term Sheets
9 april 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
Ben & David take their turn at the "power ballad" of VC blogging/podcasting, explaining how venture term sheets work. From valuation to pro rata rights to founder vesting, we leave no stone unturned in this episode. If you're a founder, work at a startup, or are considering doing one of those someday, this episode is for you! Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
Be sure to follow the Acquired Podcast:
Acquired.fm
@AcquiredFM
Links from the Show:
Acquired LP: Lyft Episode
Acquired LP: Demystifying Corp Dev (Sara Adler)
AR&D Letter of Intent to DEC
Brad Feld: Venture Deals
CooleyGo.com
GAAPJeff Bezos, Vesting, and The Divorce
Perkins Coie Accelerator
SeriesSeed.com
Standard Series Seed Term Sheet [Link in Bio]
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Reinventing Upfront and building LA (with Upfront partner Kevin Zhang)
28 maart 2019 · 1 uur 4 min
We’re joined by Upfront Ventures partner Kevin Zhang to discuss the evolution of both Upfront as a venture firm and the LA tech ecosystem more broadly. We cover the journey from Upfront’s founding as “Global Retail Partners” in 1996 to its place today as the premier and largest tech investor in Southern California. We talk about rebranding the firm and choosing Upfront as a name, launching the Upfront Summit, what LA is "good and not good at", and Kevin’s thesis around gaming as a great place for venture investing. Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
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The Art of SaaS Investing (with Jake Saper, Partner at Emergence Capital)
5 maart 2019 · 1 uur 22 min
“80% of the worlds workforce doesn’t sit at a desk, and 95% of the world’s software is built for people who sit at a desk. Once people build software for the other 80%, the size of the addressable market that could be created could dwarf what we currently have, which is pretty humbling to think about.” Lees meer
Jake Saper, Emergence Capital (@jakesaper)
We dive deep into the nitty gritty details of SaaS investing and company building with the best in the business, Jake Saper from Emergence Capital. Emergence has been around since the beginning of the SaaS industry and -uniquely for a venture firm- is entirely focused on early-stage investing within it. They were early investors in major successes like Salesforce, Veeva, SuccessFactors, Box and Yammer, and more recently, Gusto, Zoom, and many more.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone investing in, operating in, or thinking about modern SaaS companies!
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
Be sure to follow the Acquired Podcast:
Acquired.fm
@AcquiredFM
Links from the Show:
Emergence Capital
Emergence Capital – “Series-A SaaS Metrics”
Emergence Email Newsletter
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Beyond Instagram with Emily White
26 februari 2019 · 29 min
We continue the conversation with Emily White, covering topics including her career path, what it was like working with Sheryl Sandberg for so many years, her time at Snap, her experience serving on public company boards, and how she operates as an investor now at Anthos Capital. Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
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Why aren't energy startups funded like software? (with Doug Rand)
11 februari 2019 · 1 uur 4 min
As promised in our holiday special, we dive into the past, present and future of clean energy funding, with the absolutely perfect guest: the former Obama administration Assistant Director for Entrepreneurship at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Doug Rand. This episode was totally eye-opening for us, and we hope inspires many of you to think about energy and climate through an entrepreneurial lens. Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
Links:
ARPA-E: https://arpa-e.energy.gov
Steve Blank’s Secret History of Silicon Valley: https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
NSF Innovation Corps: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/
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Investment Theses
28 januari 2019 · 41 min
Ben and David talk about some of their current investment theses at PSL and Wave, as well as how VCs think about themes and theses in general. Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
Links:
Greg McAdoo “Wave” talk at Startup School 2008 https://youtu.be/fZ5F2KhMLiE
The Myth of the Job Hopping Millenial https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/7/11/17559484/gig-economy-jobs-rooted-rootless-moving-job-hopping-millennials
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How VC Firms Really Work
14 januari 2019 · 1 uur 11 min
Ever wondered what's really going on during the Monday Meetings of your friendly neighborhood VC firm? Ben and David take you behind the scenes to discuss structure (especially how the management company works), staffing, LPs, and most importantly decision-making and motivations for VC firms and their partners. Whichever side of the table you're on, we hope you find this episode useful! Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
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2018 Holiday Special
22 december 2018 · 1 uur 32 min
Ben and David continue the Acquired holiday tradition. Happy holidays to everyone! Lees meer
Note: we apologize for David’s sound quality... we’re still working out the kinks on our mobile recording setup.
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
Extended carve-out links:
Books:
David: Broken Earth trilogy https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B01947LZ8A
Ben: eBoys https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC1HTG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Article:
David: “My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley” http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley
Ben: Birth of a New American Aristocracy https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/
Podcast:
David: 996 Podcast https://996.ggvc.com/category/podcast/
Ben: Dissect Season 2 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dissect/id1143845868?mt=2
Music:
David: Tiny Desk concerts https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/
Ben: Odesza’s A Moment Apart & https://open.spotify.com/album/3VzsvmhnUb9OZ59bq2aoNZ?si=dHUDPR4tSW2u6yey0MWTFw
TV / Movie:
Both: Black Panther https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/
App:
David: Steady Health https://steady.health
Ben:
Moment https://www.shopmoment.com
Weather Line: http://weatherlineapp.com
Auto Sleep http://autosleep.tantsissa.com
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The Art of Pitching
2 december 2018 · 57 min
Ben and David discuss “the art of the pitch” through the lens of fundraising for seed-stage companies, but the takeaways are also (hopefully) applicable far beyond! Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
Links:
Sequoia pitch deck template: https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/writing-a-business-plan/#
Don Valentine talk at GSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKN-abRJMEw
Jim Goetz talk at GSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnmYSze9M2g
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Growing Airbnb (with Dan Hill, CEO of Alma and former Head of Growth at Airbnb)
19 november 2018 · 53 min
Ben and David are back for episode #3, with special guest Dan Hill. Dan discusses: Lees meer
- How his startup, Crashpadder, got acquired by Airbnb
- Why Airbnb succeeded, and why marketplace businesses in the US have an advantage in early growth
- How they decided on growth metrics at Airbnb
- How his new company, Alma, is making charitable giving simple
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
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Product-market fit
5 november 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
Ben and David are back for episode #2, diving into the most elusive early-stage investing and company-building topics: product-market fit. Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
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VC Vocab
22 oktober 2018 · 49 min
Kicking off ACQ2 (formerly known as the LP Show) and diving into some jargon-y VC vocab. Lees meer
Sponsors:
Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra