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Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

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Hosted by a General Partner (GP) and a Limited Partner (LP), Origins dives into the venture capital ecosystem to learn how the people behind the money make decisions: How LPs choose VC funds to invest in, what drives performance in venture, the dos and don'ts of fundraising, what founders/entrepreneurs/CEOs need to do to raise a Seed, Series A and beyond, what it takes to go from emerging manager to franchise VC, and the latest private market trends and dynamics shaping the investment ecosystem....

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Episodes (246)

Minisode: Answering Uncertainty, Venture’s Vibes Problem & the Limits of TVPI

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Sep 2, 20269:16pending

Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission: Josh Browder on Building DoNotPay and Investing...

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Aug 20, 202642:38pending

Minisode: The Endowment Model, LP Culture Fit & Surviving Venture Cycles

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jul 29, 20268:56pending

The Second Cognitive Revolution: What AI Actually Means for Venture Capital

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jul 13, 20261:00:54pending

Fund Commitments, Co-Invest & Secondaries: The $120B LP Playbook

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Jun 17, 202645:26pending

Minisode: The Conversation Happening in Every Early-Stage Boardroom Right Now

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

May 27, 202613:02pending

From Juilliard to $6B AUM: How a Musician Built One of Venture's Most Unconventi...

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

May 13, 202644:06pending

Minisode: The Brutal Math Behind VC Consolidation

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Apr 29, 202616:23pending

Why Power Laws Still Drive Outperformance with VenCap’s David Clark

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Apr 15, 202653:42pending

Minisode: Does the Data Match the Anecdotes?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Feb 24, 202612:41pending

Venture’s Haves and Have-Nots with Dan Gray

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Feb 10, 202645:06pending

What Venture's Top Voices Expect Next in AI

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jan 21, 202641:42pending

Minisode: The Speed of Iteration in Venture

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Dec 16, 20258:27pending

Staying Small Despite Billion-Dollar Backings with Micah Rosenbloom

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Dec 2, 202544:57pending

Minisode: What Early Stage Venture Can Learn from Crypto Traders

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Nov 18, 202510:11pending

Internet Capital Markets with Kyle Samani

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Nov 12, 202543:54pending

Minisode: Can LPs Diversify in an AI-Obsessed World?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Oct 28, 20259:44pending

Becoming AI Native with Benchmark’s Sarah Tavel

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Oct 21, 202542:27pending

Minisode: Is It 2021 All Over Again?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Oct 7, 20257:57pending

Fundraising as a Fund of Funds with Alex Edelson

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Sep 16, 202549:23pending

Minisode: Curiosity, Chemistry, and Keeping Relevance Across the Partnership

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Aug 26, 202514:10pending

Backing Outliers in Venture with Sunil Dhaliwal & Mike Dauber

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Aug 12, 202541:13pending

Minisode: Are Major Incumbents Finally at Risk in the Age of AI?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jul 22, 20257:30pending

Merchant Banks: Venture’s Next Act with Will Manidis

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jul 8, 202543:54pending

Minisode: Innovation Energy And the Future of Biotech

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jun 17, 202511:24pending

Building The YC of Biotech with Zach Weinberg

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jun 3, 202558:13pending

Minisode: How Novel Strategies Become the Venture Industry’s Standard

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

May 20, 202513:56pending

AI Agents Will Supercharge the Future of VC with Tomasz Tunguz

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

May 6, 202540:25pending

Minisode: Franchise Funds: Index Ventures & Picking Winners Early

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Apr 22, 202510:52pending

Inside the ServiceTitan IPO with Nina Achadjian

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Apr 8, 202543:05pending

Minisode: Franchise Funds: Is Venture Broken?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Mar 25, 202512:12pending

Franchise Funds: Is Being a VC Franchise the Ultimate Goal with Thomas Kristense...

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Mar 11, 202542:50pending

Revisiting Power Law VC Performance with David Clark

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Feb 20, 202556:22pending

Minisode: Franchise Funds: Grading Performance

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jan 22, 202522:36pending

Franchise Funds: Metrics To Be Extraordinary with Jessica Archibald

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jan 8, 202553:55pending

Minisode: Franchise Funds: Why do LPs & Founders Care?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Dec 17, 202417:20pending

Franchise Funds: Becoming (and Remaining) One with Stephen Bluestein

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Dec 10, 202450:35pending

Minisode: Building Google & Betting Big: Lessons from Wesley Chan

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Nov 26, 202415:35pending

Finding Founders Who Will Change the World with Wesley Chan

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Nov 13, 202442:17pending

Minisode: Seed vs Growth Investing - What Changes and What Stays the Same

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Oct 15, 202418:52pending

Finding Pattern Breakers & Winners from Seed to Growth with Mike Maples and Jai...

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Oct 1, 202448:56pending

Coming Soon to Origins…

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Sep 24, 20241:59pending

Minisode: Jack Altman’s VC Career Arc and the Launch of Asylum Ventures

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Sep 17, 202425:58pending

From VC-backed Founder to Angel to Institutional Investor with Jack Altman

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Sep 10, 202447:07pending

Minisode: What’s the Real Value Add of VCs?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Aug 20, 20248:20pending

Being Non-Consensus and Right in VC with Jason Shuman & Will Quist

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Aug 6, 202439:37pending

Endowment Investing with University of Chicago’s Joanna Rupp

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Jun 27, 202438:08pending

The Three Body Problem of Venture Capital w/ Frank Rotman (CIO, QED Investors)

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

May 30, 202443:59pending

Building a venture firm w/ Scott Kupor (a16z)

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Mar 19, 202452:56pending

Power Law VC Performance with David Clark (VenCap)

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Dec 13, 202356:19pending