20VC: The Rippling Memo: Bedrock's Geoff Lewis on The Conviction Building Process to Write a $200M Check and Co-Lead Rippling's Series D | Why No Competitor Can Out Execute Rippling | Uncapped SAFE's Why You Should Never Do Them and Why Geoff Broke The Ru
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch5 Okt 2022

20VC: The Rippling Memo: Bedrock's Geoff Lewis on The Conviction Building Process to Write a $200M Check and Co-Lead Rippling's Series D | Why No Competitor Can Out Execute Rippling | Uncapped SAFE's Why You Should Never Do Them and Why Geoff Broke The Ru

Geoff Lewis is a Founder and Managing Partner of Bedrock, one of the breakout and new venture firms of the last decade, famously in search of narrative violations. He serves or has served on the Board of Directors for companies including Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), Nubank (NYSE: NU), Epirus, and Vercel. Additionally, he has led sizable early-stage venture capital investments in dozens of companies including Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY), Leafly (NASDAQ: LFLY), Wish (NASDAQ: WISH), Workrise, and Rippling. Prior to founding Bedrock, Geoff served as a partner at Founders Fund for several years.

In Today's Episode with Geoff Lewis:

1.) Meeting Parker Conrad: A Generational Defining Entrepreneur:

  • How did Geoff first come to meet Parker Conrad, over a decade prior to making the first Rippling investment?
  • What was it about Parker that compelled Geoff so much in the early days?
  • How did Geoff analyze the chip on Parker's shoulder from Zenefits? How does he believe it has driven him with Rippling?

2.) Searching for Narrative Violations in Rippling:

  • Why does Geoff believe Parker himself is a "narrative violation"?
  • What does Geoff believe is the foundational narrative violation in the way Parker is building Rippling?
  • Rippling has a large portion of its team as former founders, how does Geoff believe this impacts the culture of Rippling?
  • What does Geoff believe are the single biggest barriers to Rippling being the "App Store for Business"?
  • On the upside case, if Rippling goes right, how big could this be?

3.) Rippling: The Financing:

  • What has been Geoff's biggest lesson on price and price sensitivity that he has learned through Rippling?
  • Why does Geoff never do uncapped notes? Why did Geoff break that rule with Rippling?
  • What gave Geoff the conviction to write Bedrock's largest ever check in Rippling's Series D?
  • What was the massive mistake that both Geoff and Bedrock made in not financing their Series C?

4.) Geoff Lewis: The Investor

  • What single trait does Geoff believe all generational defining founders share? How does he test for it?
  • Does Geoff believe he has a chip on his shoulder today? How has his relationship to the chip on his shoulder changed over time?
  • To what extent does Geoff engage in outcome scenario planning when making investments?
  • What upside scenario plan does Geoff need to be able to see for him to make an investment?
  • Has Geoff ever lost money in an investment? What were his takeaways from this experience?

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20 VC 002: How to become a VC with Kris Jones

20 VC 002: How to become a VC with Kris Jones

In this session of The Twenty Minute VC, I'm so excited to have the opportunity to interview Kris Jones. Kris has enjoyed an amazing career in the technology industry, founding PepperJam, an internet marketing agency in 1999 and later selling it to Ebay in April of 2010. More recently, Kris has made his transition into the Venture Capital Industry through the founding of an early stage technology investment fund, KBJ Capital, which includes portfolio companies Highlighter.com, French Girls App, ReferLocal.com, LSEO.com and many more incredible companies. In this session you'll learn: Why Kris decided to make the transition from the Startup ecosystem to the world of Venture Capital. How did it feel for Kris, selling his company to Ebay? What was the most important lesson Kris learnt in the journey from having the idea for PepperJam to being acquired by Ebay? What is the key characteristic a Founder must have? What can an individual do to get employed in the Venture Capital industry. Kris is also a prolific writer here are some of his articles, you can check out! Forbes: 15 Steps to Set Your Company Up for a Successful M&A Mashable: 9 Ways Social Media Marketing Will Change in 2014 Citibank: How to Impress a Potential Investor

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20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Welcome to the 1st episode of The Twenty Minute VC, on today's show we have Guy Kawasaki, Guy is the Founding Partner of Garage Technology Ventures, a seed & early stage venture capital fund investing in extraordinary entrepreneurs with unique technologies. Previously, he was Chief Evangelist of Apple Inc and an advisor to the Motorala Business Unit of Google. Guy is also the author of many best selling books including the recent best seller, The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users. In this episode we delve into: Why Guy made the transition into the VC industry? What is the most important aspect for a startup to have? What drives Guy insane about startup founders today? What books Guy gives to aspiring entrepreneurs? What software & apps Guy cannot live without? We then finish on a quick fire round where we discover Guy's thoughts on the future of Amazon, Tesla and whether we really are in the midst of a tech bubble. All of the products mentioned in todays show can be found at www.thetwentyminutevc.com If you love the show, please do leave a review on the iTunes store and don't forget to subscribe!

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