The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
The 1st podcast dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital (est. May 2014). Nick Moran interviews the VC and Angel investor experts on how they find, evaluate and select the next great technology startups.
Episodes
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Jules Schwerin Read more
Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors joins Nick to discuss LPs Seeking Alpha - Decoding the Myths and Mastery of Fund Structure, Size, Reserves, Access, and Selection. In this episode we cover:
- Evaluating Emerging VC Firms and Co-Investing Opportunities
- Overcoming Challenges in Investing in Emerging Ma...
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Joe Kaiser
- ...
Larsen Jensen of Harpoon Ventures joins Nick to discuss TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers. In this episode we cover:
- Startups Selling to Government Sector
- Geopolitics and National Security in the Tech Ind...
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Tim Tully
- J...
Ashu Garg of Foundation Capital joins Nate to discuss The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference. In this episode we cover:
- Venture Capital Investing Strategies and Ideal Founder Characteristics
- AI Model Development and Its Future Read more
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Mitchell Green Read more
Brian Long of Attentive joins Nate to discuss The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive. In this episode we cover:
- Entrepreneurship, Product Development, and Market Opportunity
- Strategic Decisions for Early-Stage Companies Read more
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Michael Jones Read more
David Spreng of Runway Growth Capital joins Nate to discuss 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique. In this episode we cover:
- Venture Capital, Technology Investments, and Late-Stage Funding
- Differentiating Venture Debt Provide...
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Morgan Beller Read more
Rob Rueckert of Sorenson Capital joins Nick to discuss How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access. In this episode we cover:
- Venture Capital, Marketing, and Sales Strategies
- AI's Impact on the Tech Industry, Jobs, and Innovation Read more
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Tim Tully
- M...
Semyon Dukach of One Way Ventures joins Nick to discuss Why Immigrant Founders Outperform, Lessons from Professional Blackjack, And Why Worrying About Downstream Financing is a Mental Trap. In this episode we cover:
- Investing, Immigration, and Blackjack
- Investing in Immigrant Founders and Their Unique ...
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Ian Sigalow ...
Todd Klein of Revolution Growth joins Nate to discuss The Most Interesting Diligence Process You’ve Ever Heard, Why Founders Aren’t Risk Takers, and Reasoning Behind The Government Blocking More M&A Than Ever Before. In this episode we cover:
- Revolution Growth's Investment Philosophy and Areas of Focus ...
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Risa Stack
- ...
Pete Flint of NFX joins Nate to discuss How AI Will Transform the Future of Marketplaces, the Shift from AI Co-Pilots to Agents, & Frameworks for Investment Timing. In this episode we cover:
- Founding a Successful Tech Startup and Industry Insights
- Founding NFX, Software Approach to Venture Firm, and Or...
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:
- Ian Sigalow ...
Adrian Aoun of Forward joins Nick to discuss Why Healthcare is Broken and How to Fix it, A Future Path Forward Where Doctors are Architects not Providers, and How the Employer-Sponsored Healthcare System is Designed to Fail Us. In this episode we cover:
- AI, Startups, and Entrepreneurship With Google Executives Larry Page and Sergey Brin Read more
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