On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Karen Page TX Zhuo Greg Sands Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter ! Founders, are you...
Aug 25, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Samara Mejia Hernandez of Chingona Ventures joins Nick to discuss Lessons from the Largest Latina Solo GP, Being Impactful Without Being an Impact Fund, and How to Use Sales Tactics for Success in VC. In this episode we cover: How Authenticity Benefits the Bottom Dollar Tips on Raising a Fund While Facing Adversity Maintaining Mental Health in VC And more! Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is ...
Aug 22, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ryan Falvey Manan Mehta Annie Kadavy Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter ! Founder...
Aug 18, 2022•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mark Ghermezian of m]x[v Capital joins Nate to discuss Lessons from Scaling Braze to IPO, the Importance of the Underdog Mindset, and the Future of SaaS. In this episode we cover: How the iPhone Led to the Inception of Braze The Impact of Remote Work on Innovation Becoming a Unicorn by Building for Tomorrow Advice for Founders from a Unicorn Founder turned VC Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet ...
Aug 15, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Julie Wroblewski Mike Evans Sunil Nagaraj Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and ...
Aug 11, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mark Achler & Mert Iseri of MATH Venture Partners join Nick to discuss Dispelling Folktales for Founders, the FAIR Framework, Twitter's Terms Battle, and How MATH Ventures is Exiting Right. In this episode we cover: The FAIR Framework and How it Benefits Founders Playing the Long Game to Leave a Legacy Why We Don’t Talk About Exits.. Until Now Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , ...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Hernán Fernandez Parker Barrile Maryanna Saenko Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visitin...
Aug 04, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ali Moiz of Stonks joins Nate to discuss An Inside Look Into Stonks, the Democratization of Dealflow, and the Future of Startup Investing. In this episode we cover: Increasing Access to the VC Ecosystem How Venture's Structure Supports Success Insights on How Investors Can Win Lessons from Being the Largest Demo Day Host on Earth Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partne...
Aug 01, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tony Wilkins Manan Mehta Ruth Foxe Blader Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Tw...
Jul 28, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anna Mason of Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund joins Nick to discuss Opportunities in Market Downturns, Lessons from Lehman, Inherent Optimism in Venture, and Why Rise of the Rest Isn't Slowing Its Roll. In this episode we cover: Advice for Women Entering Wall Street Parallels from Previous Downturns and the Paradigm Shifts They Bring The Symbiosis Between Startups and Local Economies Why Rise of the Rest Continues to Meet Founders Where They Are Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ra...
Jul 25, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Matt Cohen Yanev Suissa Rob Go Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter ! Founders, are yo...
Jul 21, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Annie Kadavy of Redpoint Ventures joins Nick to discuss Investing in $B+ Marketplaces, Beating the Cold Start Problem, Warby Parker's Key to Scaling, and the Backstory Behind Redpoint's Social Media Surge. In this episode we cover: Musings on New Marketplace Models Increasing Diversity in Venture The Importance of Building a Brand Rethinking Success Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Mo...
Jul 18, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Karen Page Nagraj Kashyap Santosh Sankar Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter ! Fou...
Jul 14, 2022•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Neha Khera of 2048 Ventures joins Nate to discuss Competing with a16z & Sequoia at Pre-Seed, the Evolution of Accelerators, and Deciphering Signal From Noise in Web 3. In this episode we cover: The Case for Underdog Founders and What Creates One Business Models that Lend Themselves to Becoming Platforms Pros and Cons of Accelerator vs Institutional Models of Investing Thoughts on the Current State of Cyber and Web 3 and Their Future Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch ...
Jul 11, 2022•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Miriam Rivera Jonathan Ebinger Maryanna Saenko Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn...
Jul 07, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tripp Jones of Uncork Capital joins Nate to discuss Billion $ Lessons from a Dozen Unicorns, Why Consumer VC is not Dead, How to Size a Marketplace, and What the LP Pullback means for VC Funds. In this episode we cover: What Sets Apart a Unicorn Founding Team The Problem Uber Poses in Labor Marketplaces and Entrepreneurship Why Raising Funds May Be Difficult in the Coming Year How Slowing Down Can Increase Efficiency Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow...
Jul 04, 2022•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. Eric Sippel Sara Zulkosky Greg Sands The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures , a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. Learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our Website . Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter ! Founders, are you frustrated by tryi...
Jun 30, 2022•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Howard Morgan of B Capital Group joins Nick to discuss Founding Renaissance Technologies & First Round Capital, The Origins of Idealab, Reasons Not to Grow your Fund, and How Sourcing from YC Has Changed. In this episode we cover: Starting the First Quantitative Hedge Fund Idealab’s First Check The Story Behind the Founding of First Round Capital What's Ahead in The VC Funding Markets Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The...
Jun 27, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Miriam Rivera Seth Levine Nihal Mehta Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great episodes, go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/TFR_Pod). The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick M...
Jun 23, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Julie Wroblewski of Magnify Ventures joins Nick to discuss The $640B Care Economy, The Invisible Work Dilemma, and Differentiation Tips for Emerging Managers. In this episode we cover: The Magnitude of the Care Economy and Why The Time is Now How Technology is Influencing How We Care for Each Other The Invisible Work Powering Innovation The Benefits of Being a Thematic Fund and Tips on Differentiating and Scaling One What Sets Unicorn Founders Apart and More! The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick...
Jun 20, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Cameron Borumand Ryan Falvey Steve Sarracino Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great episodes, go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/TFR_Pod). The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran (...
Jun 16, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nnamdi Iregbulem of Lightspeed Venture Partners joins Nate to discuss Navigating Macro Headwinds, Balancing Growth v. Profitability, and How to Get in Front of the Top 1% of Founders. In this episode we cover: Tips for Founders When Capital Gets Expensive Where Software is Still Eating the World The Uncapped Upside of Writing in VC How to Get in Front of the Top Founders Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The F...
Jun 13, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jonathan Lehr Sunil Nagaraj Steve Sarracino Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great episodes, go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/TFR_Pod)....
Jun 09, 2022•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures joins Nick to discuss The Mendoza Line in VC, Why Most Investors Fail More than they Succeed, What Founder Greatness Looks Like, and Lessons from Pitching to 500 LPs & Closing $42.6M. In this episode we cover: What The Mendoza Line is & It's Implications for Venture Capital How New Stack Finds & Selects Great Founders Lessons from Pitching over 500 Limited Partners and Raising $42.6 Million Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Als...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured: Rob Go Santosh Sankar Karen Page Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great episodes, go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn(https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/TFR_Pod). The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran...
Jun 02, 2022•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mike Evans of Grubhub & Fixer joins Nick to discuss The $2 Billion Pizza Order, The Founding Story of Grubhub, Why NPS Sucks, and How Fixer is Transforming Gig Work. In this episode we cover: How Grubhub Started with a Pizza Order Why Marketplace Founders Should Cheat NPS as a Flawed Metric The Advantages of W2 Employees & more! Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner...
May 30, 2022•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Greg Sands of Costanoa Ventures joins Nick to discuss A Decade at Costanoa, Where Large Multistage Funds Fail Founders, Denominator v. Numerator Effects, and Tips on Startup Selection. In this episode we cover: Lessons from 10 Years at Costanoa The Denominator Effect in VC Tips on Selecting Startups Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a vent...
May 26, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Nagraj Kashyap Matt Cohen Jennifer Stojkovic Jed Cairo Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great episodes, go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/) and Twitter (https:/...
May 23, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ben Wiener TX Zhuo Sara Zulkosky Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. For other great episodes, go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/27155166/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/TFR_Pod). The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-moran-a73850...
May 19, 2022•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hernán Fernández of Angel Ventures joins Nick to discuss Mexico's New Tech Mafia, Winning Copycat Strategies, and the Future of Fintech in LatAm. In this episode we cover: Mexico's Explosion in VC Funding The Rappi Tech Mafia What to Look for in Copycat Strategies Democratizing Fintech in LatAm & more! Missed a recent episode? Go to The Full Ratchet blog and catch up! Also, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran , General Partner of New Stack Ventures, a v...
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