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

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.

185. "Blessed" Teams, Pseudo Deal Leads, and Caps at Pre vs Post (Ash Rust)

46 mins; May 01, 2019

Investor Stories 110: Why I Passed (Banister, Cohen, Fein)

19 mins; April 23, 2019

184. Iconic Companies, Frontier Markets & a Truly Founder Centric Approach (Aydin Senkut)

44 mins; April 15, 2019

Investor Stories 109: Post Mortems (Kaden, Bahat, Galbut)

8 mins; April 07, 2019

183. Automation vs. AI (Adeyemi Ajao)

53 mins; March 29, 2019

Investor Stories 108: Strange & Unusual (Simoudis, Cheng, Kimmel)

9 mins; March 22, 2019

182. Market Cycles, Escalating Costs to Start Up, and the Micro VC Surge (Jeff Clavier)

45 mins; March 15, 2019

Investor Stories 107: Lessons Learned (Moatti, Wallace, Pascucci)

8 mins; March 07, 2019

181. Cram Session, Episodes 130-136 (Nick Moran)

32 mins; February 28, 2019

Investor Stories 106: Whats Next (Tananbaum, Fein, Anderson)

8 mins; February 18, 2019

180. The Self-Made Engineer, Angel, and Venture Capitalist (Cyan Banister)

53 mins; February 08, 2019

Investor Stories 105: Why I Passed (Tusk, Bahat, Ascher)

9 mins; January 31, 2019

179. Sales Mastery & Storytelling at Scaling Startups (Craig Wortmann)

74 hours 2 mins; January 23, 2019

Investor Stories 104: Lessons Learned (Fontana, Kimmel, Farmer)

12 mins; January 18, 2019

Investor Stories 103: Post Mortems (Nahm, Cohen, Leitersdorf)

10 mins; January 10, 2019

178. The Gen-Z Consumer, Real-Time Health Data, and Persistent Top Fund Returns (Cheryl Cheng)

54 mins; January 03, 2019

Investor Stories 102: Strange & Unusual (Olsen, Hardiman, Galbut)

10 mins; December 28, 2018

177. Cram Session, Episodes 121-128 (Nick Moran)

29 mins; December 21, 2018

Investor Stories 101: Lessons Learned (Kaden, Duovos, Cast)

10 mins; December 12, 2018

176. Creating Powerful Networks, 3 Rules for Great Products, and the Future of Mobile Tech (SC Moatti)

47 mins; December 11, 2018

Investor Stories 100: Why I Passed (Wallace, Zuberi, Medved)

9 mins; November 28, 2018

175. From Operator to Accelerator MD to Fund Manager (John Fein)

47 mins; November 21, 2018

Investor Stories 99: Post Mortems (Martino, Simoudis, Narasin)

13 mins; November 14, 2018

174. VCs Ride the Bus, Comeback Cities & Unorthodox Investing

41 mins; November 07, 2018

Investor Stories 98: The Strange & Unusual (Anderson, O'Reilly, Pascucci)

9 mins; October 31, 2018

173. Corruption, Extortion and the Fight Against Entrenched Interests-- How a VC Saves Startups from Death by Politics (Bradley Tusk)

42 mins; October 25, 2018

Investor Stories 97: Lessons Learned (Einstein, Cohen, Nof)

12 mins; October 19, 2018

172. Growth Investing in Biotech, Genomics and Pharma (Jim Tananbaum)

49 mins; October 12, 2018

Investor Stories 96: What's Next (Ascher, Medved, Fontana)

8 mins; October 01, 2018

171. Sports Tech and the Future of eSports (Wayne Kimmel)

42 mins; September 20, 2018

Investor Stories 95: Why I Passed (Kaden, Hardiman, Simoudis)

11 mins; September 07, 2018

170. Go-to-Market Fit, Tidal Waves, Category Leadership & Split-Personalities (Tae Hea Nahm)

38 mins; August 24, 2018

Investor Stories 94: The Strange & Unusual (Ramanujam, Turner, Leitersdorf)

8 mins; August 16, 2018

Investor Stories 93: Lessons Learned (Zuberi, Coelius, Galbut)

9 mins; August 08, 2018

169. Product is Paramount (Brian Ascher)

42 mins; July 30, 2018

Investor Stories 92: What's Next (Martino, Calacanis, Farmer)

8 mins; July 21, 2018

168. Leadership from Origin to Scale (Carter Cast)

56 mins; July 16, 2018

Investor Stories 91: Why I Passed (Anderson, Fontana, Duovos)

9 mins; July 12, 2018

167. Cram Session, Episodes 113-119 (Nick Moran)

30 mins; July 05, 2018

Investor Stories 90: Post Mortems (Wallace, Shah, Medved)

9 mins; July 05, 2018

166. Techstars: What Worked, What Didn't, What's Next (David Cohen)

43 mins; June 26, 2018

Investor Stories 89: The Strange & Unusual (Farmer, Kaden, Narasin)

9 mins; June 20, 2018

165. AV, Mobility, and the Disruption of Big Auto (Evangelos Simoudis)

44 mins; June 15, 2018

Investor Stories 88: Lessons Learned (Hardiman, Benaich, Martino)

10 mins; June 12, 2018

164. The Cat and Mouse Game of Cyber Security -- Israel, CISOs, and GDPR (Yoav Leitersdorf)

46 mins; June 08, 2018

Investor Stories 87: What's Next (Nof, Olsen, Galbut)

7 mins; June 05, 2018

The 'Softbank Effect', Financial Discipline and the Interworkings of a Top Seed Investment Firm

54 mins; May 31, 2018

Investor Stories 86: My Investing Strategy (Roberts, Collett, Scevak)

7 mins; May 29, 2018

Investor Stories 85: Why I Passed (Pascucci, Einstein, Kurzweil, Verrill)

9 mins; May 12, 2018

162. LP Value Creation, Why DPI is King, and Secondaries as a Means of Exit (Sarah Anderson)

48 mins; May 02, 2018

Investor Stories 84: Post Mortems (Zuberi, Ramanujem, O'Reilly)

10 mins; April 24, 2018

161. Why SaaS is not a fit for VC and How AI Compounds Competitive Advantage (Ash Fontana)

50 mins; April 19, 2018

Investor Stories 83: The Strange & Unusual (Eakman, Duovos, Shah)

11 mins; April 16, 2018

153. Cram Session, Episodes 105-111 (Nick Moran)

31 mins; April 11, 2018

Investor Stories 82: Lessons Learned (Mohnot, Turner, Narasin)

12 mins; April 02, 2018

160. Better Diversity, Better Outcomes (Elizabeth Galbut)

45 mins; March 28, 2018

Investor Stories 81: What's Next (Pascucci, Wallace, Kaden)

6 mins; March 20, 2018

159. The Pioneer of Post-Seed (Paul Martino)

47 mins; March 12, 2018

Investor Stories 80: My Investing Strategy (Boyce, Nof, Gurrieri)

7 mins; March 02, 2018

158. The Deep Tech Debate: Why Invest in a Capital Intensive, Long Time-to-Exit Category? (James Hardiman)

40 mins; February 25, 2018

Investor Stories 79: Why I Invested (Farmer, Olsen, Cowan)

11 mins; February 20, 2018

157. USV's Newest GP on Leveraged Growth, the Consumer Echo Chamber & Customer Obsession (Rebecca Kaden)

34 mins; February 15, 2018

156. Chaos Capital, the new Micro VC Movement and LPs Chasing Hype (Chris Douvos)

59 mins; February 07, 2018

Investor Stories 78: Why I Passed (Coelius, Benaich, Calacanis)

7 mins; February 01, 2018

155. Predicting Technology Shifts Before they Happen (Tim O'Reilly)

63 hours 2 mins; January 26, 2018

Investor Stories 77: The Strange & Unusual (Larkins & Galston, Einstein, Zuberi)

7 mins; January 23, 2018

154. NEA's Investment Process & The Key Ingredients for Startup Success (Ben Narasin)

60 hours 13 mins; January 15, 2018

Investor Stories 76: What's Next (Turner, Triest & DeMarrais, Mougayar, Ramanujam)

9 mins; January 10, 2018

153. How Experimentation Empowers Vision & How Corporates Create an Innovation Culture (Eric Ries)

53 mins; January 05, 2018

152. Cram Session, Episodes 96-103 (Nick Moran)

30 mins; December 28, 2017

Investor Stories 75: Lessons Learned (Buttrick, Shah, Paley)

8 mins; December 24, 2017

151. Kingmaking, De-Risking Every Investment & the Future of Real Estate Tech (Brendan Wallace)

47 mins; December 14, 2017

150. From Running a VC Firm to Running for Governor (J.B. Pritzker)

35 mins; December 06, 2017

Investor Stories 74: Why I Invested (Tsai, Greathouse, Eakman)

11 mins; December 01, 2017

149. Startup Moats, Deep Tech & Where Science Fiction becomes Science Fact (Bilal Zuberi)

47 mins; November 29, 2017

148. New Founders, New Stages, New Offerings-- The Only Constant in Venture is Change (Vic Pascucci)

46 mins; November 22, 2017

Investor Stories 73: Why I Passed (Draper, Farmer, Suster)

12 mins; November 19, 2017

147. Monetization Strategy & Why Price Trumps Product (Madhavan Ramanujam)

36 mins; November 16, 2017

Investor Stories 72: The Strange & Unusual (Verrill, Mason, Calacanis)

14 mins; November 11, 2017

146. Investing in Rocket Ships Before they Take Off (Zach Coelius)

56 mins; November 08, 2017

Investor Stories 71: Lessons Learned (Parker, Scevak, Roberts, Hudson)

11 mins; November 04, 2017

145. First Institutional VC Fund Raised-- Key Learnings (Semil Shah)

49 mins; November 01, 2017

Investor Stories 70: What's Next (Einstein, Galston & Larkins, Cowan)

14 mins; October 27, 2017

144. The 8 Startup Profiles & Those that Make the Strongest Investments (Guy Turner)

42 mins; October 25, 2017

Investor Stories 69: Exceptional Founders (Olsen, Acunzo, Collett)

8 mins; October 20, 2017

143. Beacon: Modernizing the VC Firm, Part 2 (Chris Farmer)

33 mins; October 14, 2017

142. Beacon: An Engineering Systems Approach to Investing, Part 1 (Chris Farmer)

34 mins; October 04, 2017

Investor Stories 68: My Investing Strategy (Benaich, Kurzweil, Triest & DeMarrais)

9 mins; September 28, 2017

141. Cram Session, Episodes 87-94 (Nick Moran)

28 mins; September 25, 2017

Investor Stories 67: Why I Invested (Nof, Wilkins, Sanwal)

11 mins; September 01, 2017

140. Navigating the Future of IoT (Panel Discussion)

52 mins; August 23, 2017

Investor Stories 66: Why I Passed (Mougayar, Mohnot, Cowan)

8 mins; August 18, 2017

Investor Stories 65: Lessons Learned (Tunguz, Davis, Draper, Eakman)

9 mins; August 04, 2017

139. How to Angel Invest like the Best, Part 2 (Jason Calacanis)

35 mins; July 25, 2017

138. How to Angel Invest Like the Best, Part 1 (Jason Calacanis)

38 mins; July 20, 2017

Investor Stories 64: What's Next (Acunzo, Rose, Scevak)

10 mins; June 30, 2017

137. Cram Session, Episodes 79-85 (Nick Moran)

25 mins; June 19, 2017

Investor Stories 63: Exceptional Founders (Boyce, Ramsinghani, Greathouse)

12 mins; June 05, 2017

136. Dispelling Conventional Wisdom in VC, Part 2 | Should Seed Investors Follow-on? (Eric Paley)

33 mins; May 26, 2017

135. Dispelling Conventional Wisdom in VC, Part 1 | Does Capital Drive Outcomes? (Eric Paley)

32 mins; May 18, 2017

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