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

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Nick Moran

953 episodes

2 days ago

The podcast dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital. Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti interview VC's & Startup Founders and on how they build great technology startups.

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The podcast dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital. Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti interview VC's & Startup Founders and on how they build great technology startups.

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Business

Episodes (20/953)

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

Investor Stories 440. The Questions That Expose True Alignment, How Founders Test Investors, and Why the Hard Ones Matter Most (Wang, Banks, Cohen)

3 days ago

5 minutes 56 seconds

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

Investor Stories 439. From Angel Bets to Scalable Platforms, The Power of Listening, and Doing the Work Yourself (York, Dash, Madera)

6 days ago

6 minutes

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

Investor Stories 438. The Deals That Got Away: LinkedIn, Snowflake, and Zeitview (Jiang, Schuler, Rizik)

1 week ago

7 minutes 29 seconds

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

495. From CTO to $500M AUM: Entry Point Discipline, Why People Matter at Every Stage, and the AI-Driven Future of Banking (Victor Orlovski)

1 week ago

38 minutes 49 seconds

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

Investor Stories 437. Why Founders Must Hold Their Ground, Why Investors Must Break Their Rules, and How Both Survive the Chaos (Binatti, Schroepfer, Ruscio)

2 weeks ago

8 minutes 6 seconds

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

Investor Stories 436. Visionary Founders, From Steve Jobs to Brian Armstrong, and the Leaders Blending Life Sciences and Technology (Schuler, Saxena, Bussgang)

2 weeks ago

5 minutes 57 seconds

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

Investor Stories 435. Why Complacency Kills Momentum, The Cost of Over-Diligence, and Accepting the Limits of Control (Walsh, Wang, Hudson)

3 weeks ago

5 minutes 24 seconds

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

494. The Techstars Refresh, Why Bigger Isn't Better, Investing in the Seed-Strapping Era, and Why Quantum May Dwarf Every Tech Shift (David Cohen)

3 weeks ago

31 minutes 7 seconds

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

Investor Stories 434. How LPs Judge Performance, Managing Founder Conflict, and The Blind Spots Investors Must Confront (Schuler, Niehenke, Agarwal)

1 month ago

4 minutes 48 seconds

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

Investor Stories 433. The Art of Sensing Greatness, From Analytical to Intuitive Investing, and the Case for Industry Outsiders (Hsieh, Hilaly, Maples)

1 month ago

7 minutes 4 seconds

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

Investor Stories 432. The Pain of Passing: Missed Bets on Uber, DoorDash, and Great Founders Who Proved Them Wrong (Shapiro, York, Dash)

1 month ago

5 minutes 51 seconds

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

493. From Data Science to Drug Design: How AI Shifts Discovery, Target Validation, and Portfolio Construction (Jim Tananbaum)

1 month ago

39 minutes 14 seconds

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

Investor Stories 431. Level Heads Build Enduring Companies, The Power of Persistence, and Why Conviction is Everything (Saxena, Delk, Rizik)

1 month ago

3 minutes 4 seconds

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

Investor Stories 430. Focus and Execution at Nubank, How Storytelling Wins Customers, and How Creative Partnerships Unlock Growth (Binatti, Madera, Okike)

1 month ago

8 minutes 45 seconds

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

Investor Stories 429. Focus and Discipline in Growth, The Dangers of Rules of Thumb, and Fighting Cynicism in Venture (Stevens, Patel, Shapiro)

1 month ago

7 minutes 15 seconds

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

492. Prioritizing Monetization: Beautifully Simple Pricing, AI Models for Profitable Growth, and Guardrails for Freemium and Expansion Tiers (Madhavan Ramanujam)

1 month ago

47 minutes 59 seconds

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

Investor Stories 428. Trust and Integrity with LPs, What Churn Reveals About Founders, and Building True Differentiation (Ralston, Abel, Shen)

1 month ago

5 minutes 19 seconds

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

Investor Stories 427. Balancing Growth with Profitability, Why the Customer's Pain Matters Most, and Lessons from Film Financing to Supply Chain (Jiang, Ruscio, Niehenke)

2 months ago

10 minutes 25 seconds

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

Investor Stories 426. Investor Regrets and Hard Calls: From Tax Credit Dependence to Saying No to Zoom (Hsieh, Delk, Hilaly)

2 months ago

5 minutes 38 seconds

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

491. How AI Reshapes LP Allocation Strategy, The Convergence of Venture and Buyout, and Permanent Shifts to Liquidity (Lara Banks)

2 months ago

35 minutes 40 seconds