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

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Nick Moran

969 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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Episodes (20/969)

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

Investor Stories 451: Why I Passed: Moving Too Slowly, Misreading Return Drivers, and Passing on Lyft (Banks, Tananbaum, Cohen)

3 days ago

7 minutes 43 seconds

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

499. A 17 Time Midas Lister on Greatness, the $6T AI Teammate Market, Why AI Sovereignty Is Critical, and Who Wins the Battle Between Incumbents and Startups (Navin Chaddha)

6 days ago

49 minutes 29 seconds

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

Investor Stories 450. How to Succeed Early in VC: Slow Down, Commit to Relationships, and Become an Active Listener (Niehenke, York, Hilaly)

1 week ago

5 minutes 1 second

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

Replay - The Biggest Misconceptions About AI Agents, Why Defensibility Doesn't Matter at Seed, and Whether the AI Center of Gravity Is Shifting to China (Aaref Hilaly)

1 week ago

30 minutes 16 seconds

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

Investor Stories 449: Exceptional Founders Up Close: Listening Over Posturing, Integrity Over Ease, and Deliberate Execution from Day One (Hsieh, Delk, Maples Jr.)

2 weeks ago

5 minutes 36 seconds

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

Investor Stories 448: Hard Lessons in Investing: Mistiming Trends, Relying on Partnership Debate, and Avoiding Good Money After Bad (Hilaly, Dash, Rizik)

2 weeks ago

8 minutes 13 seconds

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

Investor Stories 447: Choosing the Right VC: Understanding Value Add, Assessing Alignment, and Identifying the Best Board Partner (Jiang, Walsh, Saxena)

3 weeks ago

4 minutes 56 seconds

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

498. The Crypto x AI Convergence, the Truth About Stablecoins, Tokens vs Equity, and Whether NFTs Will Make a Comeback (Arianna Simpson)

3 weeks ago

46 minutes 30 seconds

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

Investor Stories 446: What Experience Teaches Investors: When to Trust Conviction, How to Read Founders, and Why Coachability Matters (Rizik, Wang, Agarwal)

1 month ago

8 minutes 9 seconds

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

Investor Stories 445: Navigating High Stakes Conflicts: Partnership Tension, Capital Inflection Points, and the Risks of Underfunding (Terbell and Clark, Banks, Tananbaum)

1 month ago

7 minutes 16 seconds

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

Investor Stories 444. The Biggest Misses in VC: Passing on Airbnb, Overlooking Skype, and Arriving Hours After Postman Closed (Maples, Okike, Mohapatra)

1 month ago

6 minutes 19 seconds

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

497. Investing in Outsiders, Why Extreme Personalities Win, Weighing Timing versus Trends, and Rethinking Liquidity and Option Exercise Windows (Ethan Austin)

1 month ago

41 minutes 24 seconds

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

Investor Stories 443. Why Great Investors Move Slowly, Go Deep, and Surround Themselves with the Right People (Hsieh, Madera, Bussgang)

1 month ago

4 minutes 48 seconds

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

Investor Stories 442. The Habits of Exceptional Founders, From Recruiting Great Teams to Understanding Customers (Walsh, Niehenke, Hilaly)

1 month ago

6 minutes 17 seconds

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

Investor Stories 441. How Great Leaders Build Alignment, Set the Bar High, and Learn When to Let Go (Schroepfer, Saxena, Delk)

1 month ago

5 minutes 51 seconds

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

496. How Model Progress Shifts the Goalposts, Why The Death of Software Is Overstated, and How to Diligence Hypergrowth Without Getting Burned (Jacob Effron)

1 month ago

37 minutes 42 seconds

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)

1 month 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)

2 months 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)

2 months 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)

2 months ago

38 minutes 49 seconds