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    20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures

    20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    Length:
    29 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 13, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Quote of the Day: 'Keep an open mind from an early age'. Jonathan Libov, 20VC
    Jonathan Libov joined the investment team at Union Square Ventures in September of 2014. Jonathan hails from New York but has lived for the last few years in Tel Aviv, where he most recently worked as a Product Manager at Appsfire. He's a graduate of Vassar College with a degree in Cognitive Science and began his career in neuroscience research. He designs and codes, with Fifty among his side projects.
    In Today's Show You Will Learn:

    How Jonathan made his move from product guy to VC at USV?
    What is the key determinant for USV's success?
    How Fred Wilson and USV use blogging to market USV as 'smart money'?
    Is SMS dead? What is and will it be used for in the future?
    What sectors are ripe for disruption?
    How can technology and sport be integrated?
    Apple Music: Success or failure?

    Items Mentioned in Today's Show:
    Favourite Book: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    OB1: Making Trade free for everyone, everywhere
     
    Released:
    Jul 13, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.