Kent Bennett's guest appearances

Kent Bennett

The VentureFizz Podcast

Village Global's Venture Stories

The Bill Cartwright Show

Alex Iskold

David Friedman

Tyler Cowen

Josh Wolfe

Marc Andreessen

Kyle Samani

Dan Zuller

Travis Kling

Aubrie Pagano

Keith Rabois

Cal Newport

Nir Eyal

Ramit Sethi

Peter Thiel

Charles Eisenstein

OwlTail

Bill Cartwright

In this episode of The Bill Cartwright Show, Bill sits down with former USF Don Kent Bennett. They discuss his upbringing and how he started finding a love to basketball. Kent recalls his favorite memories at USF, where he played basketball under coach Jim Brovelli.

In this episode of The Bill Cartwright Show, Bill sits down with former USF Don Kent Bennett. They discuss his upbringing and how he started finding a love to basketball. Kent recalls his favorite memories at USF, where he played basketball under coach Jim Brovelli.

The Bill Cartwright Show EP69 | Kent Bennett

Dhruv Jain

Dhruv Jain (@groovyydhruvy) and Kent Bennett (@kentbennett) of Bessemer join Erik on this episode. They discuss:- Why B2B marketplaces version 1.0 didn’t work and how version 2.0 can succeed.- How to make a vertical marketplace work.- Shifts happening in industries that are using older technologies to transact.- Specific sub-sectors they are looking to invest in and which they find most interesting.- How they analyze different verticals and the key dimensions they look at.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Dhruv Jain (@groovyydhruvy) and Kent Bennett (@kentbennett) of Bessemer join Erik on this episode. They discuss: - Why B2B marketplaces version 1.0 didn’t work and how version 2.0 can succeed. - How to make a vertical marketplace work. - Shifts happening in industries that are using older technologies to transact. - Specific sub-sectors they are looking to invest in and which they find most interesting. - How they analyze different verticals and the key dimensions they look at. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.  Check us out on the web at <a href="http://villageglobal.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Investing in B2B Marketplaces with Kent Bennett and Dhruv Jain

Welcome to Episode 34 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights!For the 34th episode of our podcast, I interviewed Kent Bennett, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.Kent’s career path into venture capital wasn’t typical.  He was actually a Hollywood screenwriter before attending Harvard Business School and pursuing a career in venture.He now has 10 years of experience as a venture capitalist and has made investments in lots of high profile companies like Blue Apron, Toast (which just announced $115M in new funding at a $1.4B valuation), MealPal, Renoviso, and others.In this episode, we cover:-His experience as a screenwriter in Hollywood-How he got into venture capital-His investment criteria, and how to get on his radar-What to expect during your first meeting with him-Plus, a lot more!Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Welcome to Episode 34 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For the 34th episode of our podcast, I interviewed Kent Bennett, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Kent’s career path into venture capital wasn’t typical. He was actually a Hollywood screenwriter before attending Harvard Business School and pursuing a career in venture. He now has 10 years of experience as a venture capitalist and has made investments in lots of high profile companies like Blue Apron, Toast (which just announced $115M in new funding at a $1.4B valuation), MealPal, Renoviso, and others. In this episode, we cover: -His experience as a screenwriter in Hollywood -How he got into venture capital -His investment criteria, and how to get on his radar -What to expect during your first meeting with him -Plus, a lot more! Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Episode 34: Kent Bennett - Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners