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Lessons from Interviews of Pre-Eminent VCs in 2000

Tom Tunguz

In 2008, when I started working at Redpoint I knew very little about how the venture business worked, and before I started at the firm, I wanted to prepare by learning as much as I could about the industry. Unfortunately, not much was written about venture capital at the time.

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AMA at SaaStr Annual 2022 with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin – Part 1 (Pod 607 + Video)

SaaStr

But it was super interesting that the two big interviews I did were with Ben Chestnut from Mailchimp yesterday and with Dharmesh and Brian from Hubspot. Aaron Levie of Box had this story in one of the interviews of how their first VP of Eng quit, and he thought they would never recover. And it was interesting that they broke rules.

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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

Stream the full interview below or find it wherever you listen to podcasts. Full Interview: Audio-Only Full Interview: Video Transcript Nathan Collier Hey y’all. Like the iPhone is 2008. But I mean, if you go back to 2006 2007 2008 like that, yeah, that was just not a thing that people did. Alf Ruppert Yes.

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SaaStr Podcast #343 with Point Nine Capital Managing Partner Christoph Janz

SaaStr

Christoph co-founded Point Nine Capital in 2011. In 2008 he became an angel investor and discovered Zendesk, Clio, FreeAgent – and his love for SaaS. We’re an early stage venture capital firm focused primarily on B2B SaaS and B2B marketplaces. This podcast is sponsored by Guru.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Mayfield and TripActions — May 1, 2020

SaaStr

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Navin. Navin Chaddha: I joined the venture capital business as an entrepreneur in residence in 2004 to work on my fourth company and one thing led to the other and I became a venture capitalist. Harry Stebbings. Navin Chaddha. Meagen Eisenberg.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Bob. And that led me to co-founding a company called RJ Metrics in 2008 with my co-founder Jake Stein, who was also at Insight. We didn’t take our first dollar of outside capital until 2012 for that business. Harry Stebbings.

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PODCAST 134: What Great Teams and Great Leaders Hold in Common with Ilan Jacobson

Sales Hacker

Sam Jacobs: Today, we bring you an interview with Ilan Jacobson, one of the leading financial entrepreneurs in Canada. He started FirePower Capital, a company that does M&A advisory work, venture debt investing, private equity investing, and really any kinds of services that growth companies need. Sam’s Corner [35:21].

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