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Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Sapphire Ventures

Hosted by a General Partner (GP) and a Limited Partner (LP), Origins dives into the venture capital ecosystem to learn how the people behind the money make decisions: How LPs choose VC funds to invest in, what drives performance in venture, the dos and don'ts of fundraising, what founders/entrepreneurs/CEOs need to do to raise a Seed, Series A and beyond, what it takes to go from emerging manager to franchise VC, and the latest private market trends and dynamics shaping the investment ecosystem. Origins is co-hosted by GP Nick Chirls and LP Beezer Clarkson.

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Carnegie Mellon's Miles Dieffenbach: Can Mega Funds Still Produce Venture Returns?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 42 min
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Robinhood's Sarah Pinto: Bringing Private Markets to the Public

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 39 min
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Minisode: Answering Uncertainty, Venture’s Vibes Problem & the Limits of TVPI

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 10 min
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Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission: Josh Browder on Building DoNotPay and Investing Like a Founder

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 43 min
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Minisode: The Endowment Model, LP Culture Fit & Surviving Venture Cycles

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 9 min
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The Second Cognitive Revolution: What AI Actually Means for Venture Capital

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 1 hr 1 min
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Fund Commitments, Co-Invest & Secondaries: The $120B LP Playbook

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 47 min
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Minisode: The Conversation Happening in Every Early-Stage Boardroom Right Now

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 14 min
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From Juilliard to $6B AUM: How a Musician Built One of Venture's Most Unconventional Endowments

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 45 min
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Minisode: The Brutal Math Behind VC Consolidation

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 17 min
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Why Power Laws Still Drive Outperformance with VenCap’s David Clark

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 54 min
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Minisode: Does the Data Match the Anecdotes?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 13 min
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Venture’s Haves and Have-Nots with Dan Gray

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 46 min
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What Venture's Top Voices Expect Next in AI

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 42 min
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Minisode: The Speed of Iteration in Venture

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 9 min
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Staying Small Despite Billion-Dollar Backings with Micah Rosenbloom

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 45 min
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Minisode: What Early Stage Venture Can Learn from Crypto Traders

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 11 min
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Internet Capital Markets with Kyle Samani

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 44 min
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Minisode: Can LPs Diversify in an AI-Obsessed World?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 10 min
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Becoming AI Native with Benchmark’s Sarah Tavel

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 43 min
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Minisode: Is It 2021 All Over Again?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 8 min
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Fundraising as a Fund of Funds with Alex Edelson

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 50 min
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Minisode: Curiosity, Chemistry, and Keeping Relevance Across the Partnership

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 15 min
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Backing Outliers in Venture with Sunil Dhaliwal & Mike Dauber

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 42 min
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Minisode: Are Major Incumbents Finally at Risk in the Age of AI?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 8 min
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Merchant Banks: Venture’s Next Act with Will Manidis

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 44 min
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Minisode: Innovation Energy And the Future of Biotech

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 12 min
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Building The YC of Biotech with Zach Weinberg

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 59 min
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Minisode: How Novel Strategies Become the Venture Industry’s Standard

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 14 min
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AI Agents Will Supercharge the Future of VC with Tomasz Tunguz

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 41 min
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Minisode: Franchise Funds: Index Ventures & Picking Winners Early

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 11 min
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Inside the ServiceTitan IPO with Nina Achadjian

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 44 min
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Minisode: Franchise Funds: Is Venture Broken?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 13 min
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Franchise Funds: Is Being a VC Franchise the Ultimate Goal with Thomas Kristensen

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 43 min
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Revisiting Power Law VC Performance with David Clark

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 57 min
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Minisode: Franchise Funds: Grading Performance

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 23 min
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Franchise Funds: Metrics To Be Extraordinary with Jessica Archibald

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 54 min
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Minisode: Franchise Funds: Why do LPs & Founders Care?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 18 min
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Franchise Funds: Becoming (and Remaining) One with Stephen Bluestein

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 51 min
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Minisode: Building Google & Betting Big: Lessons from Wesley Chan

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 16 min
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Finding Founders Who Will Change the World with Wesley Chan

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 43 min
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Minisode: Seed vs Growth Investing - What Changes and What Stays the Same

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 19 min
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Finding Pattern Breakers & Winners from Seed to Growth with Mike Maples and Jai Das

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 49 min
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Coming Soon to Origins…

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 2 min
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Minisode: Jack Altman’s VC Career Arc and the Launch of Asylum Ventures

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 26 min
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From VC-backed Founder to Angel to Institutional Investor with Jack Altman

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 48 min
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Minisode: What’s the Real Value Add of VCs?

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 9 min
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Being Non-Consensus and Right in VC with Jason Shuman & Will Quist

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 40 min
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Endowment Investing with University of Chicago’s Joanna Rupp

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 39 min
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The Three Body Problem of Venture Capital w/ Frank Rotman (CIO, QED Investors)

Origins - Inside Venture Capital, Hosted by a GP and an LP

Audio · 44 min

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