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Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra on building a Product Market Fit Engine + Future of Angel Investing | E993

E993 • Oct 25, 2019 • 77 mins

In this episode, Jason Calacanis chats with Rahul Vohra about creating a "Product-Market Fit Engine". A panel on the future of angel investing follows, featuring industry experts discussing Silicon Valley's entitlement, valuation in decision making, and revenue quality. The episode wraps with a partner talk from Help Scout's VP of Sales, Tim Thyne.

Speakers

Jason Calacanis

Host • 26%

Rahul Vohra

Guest • 36%

Partners

Chapters

0:00	Opening
0:48	Jason intros Rahul Vohra
3:21	Rahul gives a talk on building a "Product-Market Fit Engine"
29:42	Rahul takes questions from the LAUNCH Scale audience
37:28	Jason intros the "Future of Angel Investing" panelists: Ben Ling (Bling Capital), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund) & Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital)
38:54	Has Silicon Valley reached peak entitlement?
41:44	Is "too much $ chasing too few companies" the new normal in VC
45:47	How important is price & valuation in decision making?
49:10	Importance of early revenue & strong board governance
52:28	How many of their biggest hits had multiple revenue models?
58:00	What is "venture-scale" in terms of growth rate?
1:02:40	How to train new associates to understand the importance of revenue quality?
1:09:13	LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk featuring Help Scout's VP of Sales Tim Thyne

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