Lecture 9 - How to Raise Money (Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Parker Conrad)

Sam leads a panel Q&A on Fundraising in this lecture with Marc Andreessen, Founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel, and Parker Conrad, Founder of Zenefits.

[daveb]

This is one of those videos that keeps getting better the longer it goes. The last few minutes was probably the most important

[ckenst]

The main takeaway - be so good they can't ignore you!

[whynesspower]

Its 10th of October, 2020. I am 19 years old and I am watching these videos and simulatneosly making notes on them. I am writing this so that one day I can come back and reply this comment with what happened to me and my startup. It is going to be fun!

[RandyRossTheOilBoss]

One of the most insightful seed to stage investing videos full of Q&A I have been able to find. Good job on this one. Is it bad I just watched it a second time now?

[superstarofnothing]

I just can't believe that this knowledge is for free.

[swaaagquan]

Essential viewing before taking ANY funding. Keep your equity close and bootstrap if you can because it gives you more power to make sensible decisions.

[sumitjasani]

On 19/06/2023 at the age of 17.6 yrs I am watching this video's . with the help of this knowledge I will Excel in future.

[mustafakemalpasha]

Ron Conway thanks for the advice and your beautiful smooth speech.

[kevinaud]

29:28 "we did the first big growth round in AirBnB at a billion dollar valuation and I think that will turn out to be one of the best growth investments of all time, I think this is really gonna one of the big companies"

Wow, crazy how spot on Marc was here. As of this writing Airbnb is sitting at ~$60B market cap.

[localancers]

This episode is so good that I'm watching / listening it 6 times in a row!

[JostenDooley]

 this was one of my favorite lectures so far

[alexkotenko]

It is 15th Feb 2024, I'm 39, and I'll be applying for the YC summer batch this year. If i remember it - I'll come back here some years later and tell the story.

[acastanaz]

Thank you, best explanation I have found around the community.

[fifaturki]

wow, amazing lecture with such a great people

[muskaansharma]

This one is the best so far. Thanks a lot

[bluecuracao]

Thank you very much it was both useful and entertaining

[uscsca]

It was fun to learn about cash and risk from Marc Andreessen.

[wiseheroes]

These videos are so helpful. Thank you again for posting.

[NisseOhlsen]

Great episode/lecture/discussion, Even the camaraderie and the mutually amplifying personalities are a joy ti watch. Haahaa Sam lost in thought, and Marc hard on the gas... ahahhaha!!

[mariamsargsyan]

Sum up your product in one
sentence.


This is not only good for refining your own vision of the product, it’s also a way to quickly and efficiently paint a picture of the product for an investor or a customer. From my point of view, this point is significant because people do not listen to you when you speak long. Now, my company Smart Green is working on customer relations and we already concluded our product in one-two sentences.