Venture Confidential

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Venture Confidential episodes

July 17, 2017 Ep. #4, Feat. Heavybit’s Tom Drummond
In the latest episode of Venture Confidential, Peter is joined by Tom Drummond. Tom recounts his first foray into Venture Capital in San Francisco. Tom explains that the typical rise through the venture ranks necessitates a shift of focus from analytics to relationship building.With absolutely no industry contacts, Tom describes how he set out to build his network by creating a very low bar for meeting people and rarely turning down introductions.
38 min
February 19, 2016 Ep. #3 Feat. Redpoint’s Scott Raney and Lenny Pruss
Tom, Scott, and Lenny discuss Redpoint's investment philosophy, the changing expectations founders and investors have for each other, and finally they examine the current funding environment and Redpoint's outlook for 2016.
44 min
February 18, 2016 Ep. #3, Ep. #3 Feat. Redpoint’s Scott Raney and Lenny Pruss
In this episode Tom is joined by Redpoint’s Scott Raney and Lenny Pruss. Tom, Scott, and Lenny discuss Redpoint’s investment philosophy, the changing expectations founders and investors have for each other, and finally they examine the current funding environment and Redpoint’s outlook for 2016.
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44 min
February 06, 2016 Ep. #2, Feat. Accel’s Vas Natarajan
Tom and Vas talk about how much money founders should raise and when, how to transition from individual developers to enterprise customers, and how open source business models are evolving.
58 min
February 05, 2016 Ep. #2, Feat. Accel’s Vas Natarajan
In this episode, Tom is joined by Vas Natarajan of Accel Partners. Tom and Vas talk about how much money founders should raise and when, how to transition from individual developers to enterprise customers, and how open source business models are evolving.
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58 min
November 13, 2015 Ep. #1, Feat. BVP’s Sunil Nagaraj
Tom talks with Sunil Nagaraj about how BVP decides to invest in your startup, what you may be getting wrong when you pitch to VC’s, and what you should expect from investors sitting on your board.
41 min
November 12, 2015 Ep. #1, Feat. BVP’s Sunil Nagaraj
In this first episode, I host entrepreneur-turned-VC, Sunil Nagaraj of Bessemer Venture Partners. Sunil and I talk about how BVP decides to invest in your startup, what you may be getting wrong when you pitch to VC’s, and what you should expect from investors sitting on your board.
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41 min