Biggest lessons for CEO’s from 17 Years of VC Experience

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Seed to Sequoia

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Practical advice on go-to-market from leading investors, founders, and advisors. Host Alex Shartsis has been it all–founder, employee, investor, even the guy at the big company whose job is buying little companies. Learn what works and what mistakes to avoid. Hear unvarnished stories of the tough times, the pivots, and the big wins. But mostly what to avoid. Whether you’re hiring your first salesperson, or preparing for your next financing round, you’ll learn something useful you can use right away.

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Biggest lessons for CEO’s from 17 Years of VC Experience | Matthew Leibowitz of Plaza Ventures

Seed to Sequoia

53 minutes 2 seconds

1 year ago

Biggest lessons for CEO’s from 17 Years of VC Experience | Matthew Leibowitz of Plaza Ventures

Matthew Leibowitz is the Co-Founder and Managing General Partner at Plaza Ventures, a growth-stage bespoke venture capital firm that focuses on structuring deals tailored to individual circumstances and strong relationships with companies. He has been a VC his entire professional career spanning 17 years and has seen the ecosystem evolve and completely change over the past 2 decades.

Join Host Alex Shartsis in this episode as Matthew shares with us his observations of what core values set apart the best CEO’s and founders from the mediocre, what are best practices for aligning the board with management teams and other lessons from his long experience as a VC.

Show Notes:

2:54 Unconventional Venture Capital Entry & Pattern Recognition

8:13 Bespoke Fund Structure & Strong Company Relationships

9:34 Providing Liquidity & Lifecyle Investment

16:38 Speed in Deal Execution & Recent 10-Day Transaction

17:53 CEO Best Practices: Overcommunication & Transparency

24:15 Integrity, Honesty, and Growth Mindset

26:17 Customer-Centric Approaches for Business Success

43:52 Prioritizing Customer Empathy for Business Success

47:06 Aligning Investor-Management Interests through Milestone Communication

Guest: Matthew Leibowitz (linkedin.com/in/matthewleibowitz)

Host: Alex Shartsis (linkedin.com/in/shartsis)

Audio Engineer & Video Editor - James Fixx (fixxmusic.com)

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