 Oz Alon & Nadav Eylath of Honeybook & at.inc/ joins Nick to discuss From a Bar Owner to $100M+ ARR, How an Outsider Navigated Silicon Valley, Raising through Peaks and Troughs of Hype Cycles, and How to Select $B startups at the Incorporation Stage. In this episode we cover:  Honeybook's First Pitch Investing in Founders at Incorporation How to Sell to SMBs Raising in Up and Down Markets What the Future Holds For Tech Investing  Missed a recent episode? Go to the TFR Blog to catch up! 

368. From a Bar Owner to $100M+ ARR, How an Outsider Navigated Silicon Valley, Raising through Peaks and Troughs of Hype Cycles, and How to Select $B startups at the Incorporation Stage (Oz Alon & Nad

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 Frank Rotman of QED Investors joins Nick to discuss Lessons from Building the Iconic Firm QED, the History of Fintech, the Efficiency of Carbon Vs. Silicon Processing, and Decentralizations Role in the Future of Finance. In this episode we cover:    Decentralization, and Stable Coins in Finance  Financial Nihilism and Is Impact on Savings, Investing, and the Economy  Megatrends, Including Aging Population, Climate Change, and GLP-1 Drugs  Carbon-Based vs Silicon-Based Learning Machines, Strengths and Limitations  Balancing Investor and Founder Needs  Venture Capital's Role in Startup Growth and the Need for Innovation in the Industry  Investing in Startups, Importance of Reserves, and Portfolio Construction    Guest Links:    LinkedIn  X -  QED Investors  X - Frank  QED Investors    The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.   You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.   Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we’ll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox! 

432. Lessons from Building the Iconic Firm QED, the History of Fintech, the Efficiency of Carbon Vs. Silicon Processing, and Decentralizations Role in the Future of Finance (Frank Rotman)

  On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:    Mitchell Green  Morgan Beller  Gaurav Jain    We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career.   The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.   You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.   Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we’ll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox! 

Investor Stories 346: Key Advice (Green, Beller, Jain)

 Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures joins Nick to discuss Web 3.0 Database Dominance, How to Trust Black-Box ML Models, Google's Ad Business in an LLM-First Search World, and Lessons from Looker, Monte Carlo, and MotherDuck. In this episode we cover:    Blockchain and Web3 Databases, with a Focus on Ethereum and Its Potential Dominance  AI, Data Analytics, and Their Applications in Business  Machine Learning Challenges and Opportunities,  AI Innovations in Robotics, Self-Driving Cars, and Programming  Using AI to Personalize Sales Pitches and Improve Response Rates  AI's Impact on GDP Growth, Productivity, and Profitability    Guest Links:    LinkedIn  X  Theory Ventures    The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.   You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.   Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we’ll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox!

431. Web 3.0 Database Dominance, How to Trust Black-Box ML Models, Google's Ad Business in an LLM-First Search World, and Lessons from Looker, Monte Carlo, and MotherDuck (Tomasz Tunguz)

  On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:    Jules Schwerin  Adrian Aoun  Rob Rueckert    We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture.   The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.   You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.   Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we’ll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox! 

Investor Stories 345: Disruptive Forces (Schwerin, Aoun, Rueckert)

 Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors joins Nick to discuss LPs Seeking Alpha - Decoding the Myths and Mastery of Fund Structure, Size, Reserves, Access, and Selection. In this episode we cover:    Evaluating Emerging VC Firms and Co-Investing Opportunities  Overcoming Challenges in Investing in Emerging Managers with Limited Track Records  Evaluating Venture Capitalists' Competitive Advantages and Sustainability  Venture Capital Incentives and Non-Consensus Investments  Fundraising Challenges for VCs, With Advice on Structuring Fundraising Efforts  Using Reserves in Venture Capital Investments  How a GP Can Pitch Themselves to Limited Partners LPs to Build a Successful Partnership    Guest Links:    LinkedIn  X  Slipstream Investors    The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.   Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social.   You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.   Are you a founder looking for your next investor? Visit our free tool VC-Rank and we’ll send a list of potential investors right to your inbox! 

368. From a Bar Owner to $100M+ ARR, How an Outsider Navigated Silicon Valley, Raising through Peaks and Troughs of Hype Cycles, and How to Select $B startups at the Incorporation Stage (Oz Alon & Nad

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