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Andrew Romans
Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital, 3x author, and university professor, talks to VCs, founders and other VC-startup ecosystem players about all things venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, CVC, and big corporate tech titans.
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Episode #17 – Marcus Frampton, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, $65bn sovereign wealth fund, largest in USA

Episode #17 – Marcus Frampton, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, $65bn sovereign wealth fund, largest in USA

Episode #17 Fireside with a VC – Marcus Frampton, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, the largest sovereign wealth fund in the United States. Talking about how to manage such a large pool of capital, allocations to different asset classes and strategies to balance the fund during Covid and other fluctuations in the market, the IPO markets, domestic and emerging publicly traded equities, the OTC and micro-cap markets, real estate, fixed income, private credit, infrastructure, hedge funds, PE, VC and direct co-investments and how to grow the value of the permanent fund for the benefit of all stakeholders. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
52:3922/10/2020
Episode #16 – Sammy Abdullah, founder of Blossom Street Ventures – Fireside with a VC – The Anti-VC in Dallas, Texas

Episode #16 – Sammy Abdullah, founder of Blossom Street Ventures – Fireside with a VC – The Anti-VC in Dallas, Texas

Refreshing conversation with Sammy, a VC in Dallas Texas, about a very down to Earth approach to Venture Capital and the innovative way he started and has grown his venture capital business with a new fund every year. https://youtu.be/ZZmY0cC01-U. Full audio on all major podcast platforms. Search Spotify, iTunes, etc. “Fireside with a VC”  Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
37:3220/10/2020
Episode #15 – Sean Seton-Rogers, cofounder of ProFounders Capital - Fireside with a VC – London VC, Former Benchmark Capital Europe / Balderton

Episode #15 – Sean Seton-Rogers, cofounder of ProFounders Capital - Fireside with a VC – London VC, Former Benchmark Capital Europe / Balderton

Episode #15 – Sean Seton-Rogers, cofounder of ProFounders Capital - Fireside with a VC – London VC, Former Benchmark Capital Europe / Balderton. Talking about founding ProFounders Capital and its initial launch strategy, current position in the UK & European venture landscape, portfolio construction and investment strategy, the impact of Brexit, how ProFounders delivers value to startups, IRR vs cash-on-cash multiples, the evolution of the British and European startup and venture ecosystem and absolute performance. Follow “Fireside with a VC” and watch video @ https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC.  Find Sean at https://www.profounderscapital.com/. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
01:07:3715/10/2020
Episode #14 Bryan Ciambella Partner at Antler – Fireside with a VC

Episode #14 Bryan Ciambella Partner at Antler – Fireside with a VC

Bryan Ciambella Partner at Antler in New York talking about working at B Capital Group, working with Eduardo Saverin co-founder of Facebook, Boston Consulting Group, CVC, the Samwer Brothers at Rocket Internet, New York vs LA for startups and VC and the impact of SPACs. Video at https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC.  Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
44:4114/10/2020
Episode #13 – Pitch Johnson - Fireside with a VC – 92 years old, Godfather of the VC industry, early investor in Amgen, Tandem Computer & role model for all of us

Episode #13 – Pitch Johnson - Fireside with a VC – 92 years old, Godfather of the VC industry, early investor in Amgen, Tandem Computer & role model for all of us

Talking about the early days of VC in Silicon Valley, cofounding Draper Johnson with Bill Draper, working with Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia, Tom Perkins, cofounder of Kleiner Perkins and Brook Byers, who worked for Pitch before becoming the “B” in KPCB. VC advisor in Central and Eastern Europe. Great advice and wisdom for all of us.  Full video on “Fireside with a VC” https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
47:5703/10/2020
Episode #12 Fireside with a VC – Jack Leeney, GP & cofounder of @7 Global Capital (7GC), ex-Head of Telefonica Ventures US, talking about SPACs, secondaries, IPOs

Episode #12 Fireside with a VC – Jack Leeney, GP & cofounder of @7 Global Capital (7GC), ex-Head of Telefonica Ventures US, talking about SPACs, secondaries, IPOs

Talking about the evolution of SPACs, IPOs, secondaries, liquidity and investing in growth tech ventures. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
38:4727/09/2020
VC panel at Stanford University's incubator and accelerator - LISA

VC panel at Stanford University's incubator and accelerator - LISA

Talking about launching MVPs and bootstrapping startups, recruiting advisors, initial angel investors, solo founder vs team of cofounders, how to deal with evolving MVPs and initial customers, raising capital over Zoom and investing over Zoom, how to select your VC and dealing with running out of cash. Great other VCs on the panel with me.  Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
55:3103/09/2020
Jason Calacanis, legendary Silicon Valley angel investor on Fireside with a VC

Jason Calacanis, legendary Silicon Valley angel investor on Fireside with a VC

Jason Calacanis, legendary Silicon Valley angel investor from LAUNCH, first or first-5 investor in Uber, Calm, Robinhood, Wealthfront, Datastax, Thumbtack, Fitbod and Desktop Metal as well as my co-investor in a number of companies including Superhuman talking about the good, the bad and the ugly of Silicon Valley investing. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
53:0128/08/2020
Patrick de Zeeuw, cofounder of Startupbootcamp Global, Innoleaps, Accelerator Squared and The Talent Institute

Patrick de Zeeuw, cofounder of Startupbootcamp Global, Innoleaps, Accelerator Squared and The Talent Institute

Talking about how corporates can access external startup innovation as well as develop internal innovation. Also talking about how the Startupbootcamp accelerators work, what is the value the startups get and how the programs work. Discussed the growth path of how Startupbootcamp Global has grown into so many programs on 5 continents and the addition of other businesses such as Accelerator Squared, Innoleaps and The Talent Institute.  Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
58:3601/07/2020
Legal considerations for startups, angels & VCs with legendary VC lawyer Roger Royse

Legal considerations for startups, angels & VCs with legendary VC lawyer Roger Royse

Discussing legal details and lessons learned for founders, angels and VCs with Roger Royse, Partner and legendary VC lawyer at Haynes and Boone, LLP in Silicon Valley. Docs needed to start your company, angel and VC funding, convertible notes and priced rounds, liquidation preferences, other key terms of a term sheet, M&A, carve-outs, bankruptcy and more. Roger is an active angel investor, entrepreneur and author of Dead on Arrival: How to Avoid the Legal Mistakes That Could Kill Your Start-Up. Full video of this podcast at Fireside with a VC YouTube Channel.  Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
52:4618/06/2020
VC Fund of Funds (FoFs) with André Jaeggi, former Managing Partner, Adveq, a $10bn+ FoF in Zurich

VC Fund of Funds (FoFs) with André Jaeggi, former Managing Partner, Adveq, a $10bn+ FoF in Zurich

Discussing VC Fund of Funds (FoFs) with André Jaeggi, former Managing Partner, Adveq, a $10bn+ FoF in Zurich on podcast “Fireside with a VC”. André is also a personal investor in 7BC Venture Capital and Rubicon Venture Capital. André also wrote the foreword to Andrew’s first book on venture capital. Full video of this podcast https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
33:4413/06/2020
Meditation for Startups with Nic Brisbourne on Fireside with a VC

Meditation for Startups with Nic Brisbourne on Fireside with a VC

Discussing meditation for startups with Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner, Forward Partners in London on podcast “Fireside with a VC”. How meditation will be understood to be as necessary as physical exercise. Nic is a former Partner at DFJ Esprit and former Associate at Reuters Venture Capital. Find and subscribe to audio on Spotify, iTunes, Google & other podcast platforms at anchor.fm/andrew-romans. Full video at youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. #meditation #startups #London #venturecapital #VC Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
21:2911/06/2020
Christopher Schroeder, Next Billion Ventures on “Fireside with a VC”, 2020-06-01

Christopher Schroeder, Next Billion Ventures on “Fireside with a VC”, 2020-06-01

Author of Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East, with foreword by Marc Andreessen, active angel investor and VC at Next Billion Ventures, very experienced on startups and ecosystems in the Middle East, South East Asia, Brazil and other emerging markets. Former CEO of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, founder & CEO of HealthCentral, backed by Sequoia and The Carlyle Group, which he led to final acquisition. We talk about startups, raising LP capital, large corporations, doing business in the Middle East, South East Asia, Brazil and other emerging markets. Book: shorturl.at/ixFVZ 817k followers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schroederchrism/ Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
57:0701/06/2020
Speaking as a guest lecturer at Zhejiang University, China

Speaking as a guest lecturer at Zhejiang University, China

Speaking as a guest lecturer at Zhejiang University, China to undergraduate students of a class on Technology & Entrepreneurship taught by a friend of mine Erik Forsberg. Talking about how to create a valuable startup with no cash and create something out of nothing, talking about various topics around fundraising, getting your board of directors right and other topics related to venture capital. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
01:08:5529/05/2020
CVC 7 Forces Model for Innovation

CVC 7 Forces Model for Innovation

CVC 7 Forces Model for Innovation" as part of a series on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) discussing a model of how innovation, information or specific cases can be shared among these business units: CVC, Corp Dev, HR, R&D, IT, Strategy and even the Board of Directors. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
07:5321/05/2020
Jack Young, Head of VC DTCP, on valuations for startups on “Fireside with a VC”, 2020-05-20

Jack Young, Head of VC DTCP, on valuations for startups on “Fireside with a VC”, 2020-05-20

Jack Young, Head of Venture Capital, DTCP (Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners) in Silicon Valley on podcast “Fireside with a VC” discusses investment strategy and how to value startups from early to growth stage and how that compares with public markets. Full video of this podcast https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. Find and subscribe to audio on Spotify, Google & other podcast platforms at anchor.fm/andrew-romans. #VC #CVC #venturecapital #valuations #SiliconValley Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
43:3420/05/2020
Nic Brisbourne, Forward Partners in London, talking about "Applied VC"

Nic Brisbourne, Forward Partners in London, talking about "Applied VC"

Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner, Forward Partners in London on podcast “Fireside with a VC” discusses “Applied VC” and how his venture firm employs a Venture Studio to help portfolio companies with a range of technical and marketing services. We explore the need to add value to startups beyond just cash. Nic is a former Partner at DFJ Esprit and former Associate at Reuters Venture Capital. Full video version of this podcast can be found at https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. #London #appliedvc #venturecapital #VC Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
29:4419/05/2020
"Fireside with a VC" Dixon Doll, founder of DCM Ventures ($4bn AUM legendary VC)

"Fireside with a VC" Dixon Doll, founder of DCM Ventures ($4bn AUM legendary VC)

"Fireside with a VC" talks to Dixon Doll, founder of DCM Ventures ($4bn AUM legendary VC) about early career, venture capital, philanthropy, & advising the Pope on VC. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
30:2615/05/2020
“Fireside with a VC” discusses how Covid will change office space, home working, commuting, small regional offices and the need to live in mega-cities.

“Fireside with a VC” discusses how Covid will change office space, home working, commuting, small regional offices and the need to live in mega-cities.

“Fireside with a VC” discusses how Covid will change office space, home working, commuting, small regional offices and the need to live in mega-cities. We even discuss the impact on marriage, babies, divorce, and more. Dan Harvey, Vice Chair of CBRE, the largest commercial real-estate services business in the world and LP investor in Andrew’s VC funds, discusses this and more with Andrew. Video version of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
44:4114/05/2020
Fireside with a VC - David Blumberg, founder of Blumberg Capital - Specifics on how startups & VCs should react to the Covid economy - Episode 1

Fireside with a VC - David Blumberg, founder of Blumberg Capital - Specifics on how startups & VCs should react to the Covid economy - Episode 1

Andrew Romans, General Partner of 7BC Venture Capital and Rubicon Venture Capital, discusses with David Blumberg specifics on what startups and VCs can do to survive and thrive in a Covid economy talking specifics on extending burn rate, lowering expenses, cutting salaries, Corona pivots, fundraising during Covid, making acquisitions, M&A exit market and the impact of Covid on the venture capital asset class. Recorded in Silicon Valley April 30, 2020 during the Covid pandemic lockdown.  Please use this link to invest in our VC fund on Angel List: https://angel.co/lead/sevenbc/lp-network/invite. Please use this link to join our Syndicate on Angel List: https://angel.co/s/sevenbc/ZZAgQ.  [email protected] Subscribe to our YouTube channel Fireside with a VC to hear us talking with the world's top founders and VCs who are changing the world building amazing companies one brick at a time. You can also find us on all major podcast platforms here: https://anchor.fm/FiresideVC.
47:2413/05/2020