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

Investor Stories 409: Key Advice (Terbell and Clark, Schilling, Abel)

Investor Stories 408: Visionary Founders (Seides, Ralston, Stevens)

485. From Touring with Lady Gaga, Blink‑182, and Pharrell Williams to investing in Spotify, SpaceX, and Ripple… How an Artist Went from Tastemaker to Transformative Healthcare VC (D.A. Wallach)

Investor Stories 407: Best LP Question (Chau, Terbell and Clark, Schilling)

Investor Stories 406: Lessons Learned (Garcia, Tusk, Seides)

Investor Stories 405: Why I Passed (Terbell and Clark, Patil, Schilling)

484. Calculating the Market Size for AI, Building an "Experimentation Machine," the Bull Case for Non-Technical Founders, and the Key to PMF in the AI Age (Jeff Bussgang)

Investor Stories 404: Disruptive Forces (Abel, Patel, Shen)

Investor Stories 403: Key Advice (Chau, Whitmire, Garcia)

Investor Stories 402: Visionary Founders (Yunger, Tusk, Terbell and Clark)

483. AI Revenue-Model Transformation, Building an AI Moat, and The Arrival of Agents (Medha Agarwal)

Investor Stories 401: Best LP Question (Chase, Boduch, Whitmire)

482. How AI Reshapes Distribution Models, What Startups Get Wrong About Product-Led Growth, and the Real Use Case for Agents (Casber Wang)

Investor Stories 400: Lessons Learned (Yunger, Chau, Terbell and Clark)

481. Co-Founding Meritech, Betting Early on Facebook and Salesforce, Avoiding Shiny Objects, and Thinking Like a Public Market Investor (Paul Madera)

Investor Stories 399: Why I Passed (Whitmire, Garcia, Tusk)

480. The OG Seed Investor, Mike Maples Jr., on Spotting Inflection Points, Living in the Future, and Why the Best Form of Competition Is No Competition (Mike Maples)

This episode explores the evolution of seed investing and the characteristics of successful founders, featuring Mike Maples Jr., co-founding partner at Floodgate. Against the backdrop of his own accidental entry into venture capital after founding and exiting several companies, Maples Jr. recounts the early days of se...

Investor Stories 398: Disruptive Forces (Ralston and Patil, Schilling, Stevens)

479. Inside the LP Playbook with Venture Vanguard, Chris Rizik: What Metrics Actually Matter, How to Fix Venture’s Liquidity Crisis, and Why Co-Invests Are a Trap (Chris Rizik)

Investor Stories 397: Key Advice (Ho, Yunger, Tusk)