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

888 Episodes

1. 372. The $30 Trillion Dollar Market Opportunity, Formulas for Successful Consumer Investing, and The Current Macro Environment(Dan Ahrens)

   Published: 2/27/2023
2. Investor Stories 284: What's Next (O'Malley, Viswanathan, Schlacks)

   Published: 2/23/2023
3. 371. Are Founders Born or Made?, What it Takes to Raise a Series A in 2023, and Weighing the Balance of Unit Economics vs Growth (Mar Hershenson)

   Published: 2/20/2023
4. Investor Stories 283: Why I Passed (Mejia Hernandez, Wroblewski, Burnham)

   Published: 2/16/2023
5. 370. Why 8VC's Incubation Model Works, the Most Unique Culture in Venture Capital, and Investing at the Intersection of PE and VC (Drew Oetting)

   Published: 2/13/2023
6. Investor Stories 282: Strange & Unusual (Viswanathan, Lefcourt, Alon)

   Published: 2/9/2023
7. 369. What Consumer Founders Often Get Wrong, How to Build a Culture that Breeds Creativity, and Scaling Bark to IPO (Henrik Werdelin)

   Published: 2/6/2023
8. Investor Stories 281: Lessons Learned (Kadavy, Burnham, Hamed)

   Published: 2/2/2023
9. 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

   Published: 1/30/2023
10. Investor Stories 280: What's Next (Jones, Lefcourt, Viswanathan)

    Published: 1/26/2023
11. 367. 2023 Predictions P2: A16Z vs. Tiger, ChatGPT vs. Google, Hot vs. Cool Sectors, and Which Big Tech Companies are Doomed (Ramy Adeeb)

    Published: 1/23/2023
12. 366. 2023 Predictions P1: Web 3.0's Demise, The AI Hype Cycle, Will Elon get the Last Laugh at Twitter, and Should Anti-Trust Take a Bite out of Apple (Ramy Adeeb)

    Published: 1/19/2023
13. Investor Stories 279: Why I Passed (Nagaraj, O'Malley, Kadavy)

    Published: 1/16/2023
14. Investor Stories 278: Post Mortems (Khera, Hamed, Viswanathan)

    Published: 1/12/2023
15. 365. From Founder to Forbes Midas List, Behind the Scenes of an Intro Call, Why B2B2C is Best, and Avoiding the Leaky Funnel Trap (Jenny Lefcourt)

    Published: 1/9/2023
16. Investor Stories 277: Strange & Unusual (Holiday, Liaw, Sugden)

    Published: 1/7/2023
17. Replay - The Effect of Technology on Relationships, The 5 Indicators of a True Brand, The Appeal of Love/Hate Businesses, & the Rise of Super Apps (Nicole Quinn)

    Published: 1/5/2023
18. Replay - Distribution vs. Product, Founders vs. Markets, and Winning Deals in a Hyper-Competitive Seed Market (Ben Sun)

    Published: 1/2/2023
19. Replay - The “Three Layer Cake” Fund, How Personal Experience Drives Your Investment Lens, The Future of Tech for the Aging Population, & How a Solo GP Can Do it All (Monique Woodard)

    Published: 12/31/2022
20. Investor Stories 276: Lessons Learned (Draper, Holiday, Mason)

    Published: 12/29/2022