Jon Sakoda's guest appearances

Jon Sakoda

The Neon Show

Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers

The Logan Bartlett Show

Semil Shah

Renata Quintini

Leo Polovets

Avidan Ross

Eurie Kim

Rebecca Kaden

Ryan Hoover

Elizabeth Yin

Alexis Ohanian

Monique Woodard

Jeff Clavier

Clara Brenner

Pete Flint

Satya Patel

Roseanne Wincek

OwlTail

Palmer Luckey

(0:00) Intro(1:02) Welcome Jon Sakoda(6:13) Jon’s charts(14:49) Internet Bubble(20:34) Public vs private market valuations(32:58) Other takeaways and predictions(35:45) Welcome Palmer Luckey(36:21) Journalism school(39:10) The Oculus story(41:41) Choosing VR over personal issues(45:26) Donating to pro-Trump group(50:44) Game studios “not” working with Oculus(57:19) Facebook leadership’s intent(1:05:29) The takeaway from Facebook controversy(1:12:16) Founding Oculus(1:15:11) Following talents vs passion(1:22:33) Selling Oculus(1:27:17) Founding Anduril(1:40:54) What Anduril does(1:46:40) Knowing a little about a lot(1:50:18) Morality in war(1:53:42) Building technology before war occurs(1:57:15) Going to Ukraine(2:00:51) Being a CEO(2:05:21) An executive’s actual job(2:07:51) Wrap up Show Notes:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opening-floodgates-290-billion-venture-capital-reserve-jon-sakoda/https://twitter.com/jonsakoda/status/1572269690810159105?s=21&amp;t=FLkGcKd2el-h38sX9AMsawhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Hyn4FWHSNRrWJeddi0BMEQIMlmXy2SNj50T8jJcrKbw/edit#slide=id.g1273c4d3e67_15_0 Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb...Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Follow on Socials📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/cartoonavatars🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/cartoonavatars🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cartoonavatars About the ShowA Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.

(0:00) Intro(1:02) Welcome Jon Sakoda(6:13) Jon’s charts(14:49) Internet Bubble(20:34) Public vs private market valuations(32:58) Other takeaways and predictions(35:45) Welcome Palmer Luckey(36:21) Journalism school(39:10) The Oculus story(41:41) Choosing VR over personal issues(45:26) Donating to pro-Trump group(50:44) Game studios “not” working with Oculus(57:19) Facebook leadership’s intent(1:05:29) The takeaway from Facebook controversy(1:12:16) Founding Oculus(1:15:11) Following talents vs passion(1:22:33) Selling Oculus(1:27:17) Founding Anduril(1:40:54) What Anduril does(1:46:40) Knowing a little about a lot(1:50:18) Morality in war(1:53:42) Building technology before war occurs(1:57:15) Going to Ukraine(2:00:51) Being a CEO(2:05:21) An executive’s actual job(2:07:51) Wrap up Show Notes:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opening-floodgates-290-billion-venture-capital-reserve-jon-sakoda/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opening-floodgates-290-billion-venture-capital-reserve-jon-sakoda/</a><a href="https://twitter.com/jonsakoda/status/1572269690810159105?s=21&amp;t=FLkGcKd2el-h38sX9AMsaw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jonsakoda/status/1572269690810159105?s=21&amp;t=FLkGcKd2el-h38sX9AMsaw</a><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Hyn4FWHSNRrWJeddi0BMEQIMlmXy2SNj50T8jJcrKbw/edit#slide=id.g1273c4d3e67_15_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Hyn4FWHSNRrWJeddi0BMEQIMlmXy2SNj50T8jJcrKbw/edit#slide=id.g1273c4d3e67_15_0</a> Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the showApple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast</a>...Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb</a>...Google Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0</a>... Follow on Socials📸 Instagram - <a href="https://instagram.com/cartoonavatars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/cartoonavatars</a>🐦 Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/cartoonavatars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/cartoonavatars</a>🎬 Clips on TikTok - <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@cartoonavatars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@cartoonavatars</a> About the ShowA Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.

EP 34: Interview w/ Oculus & Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey + Jon Sakoda Predicts Record VC Investments

Decibel Partners

On our 102nd episode, we chat with Jon Sakoda, Founder, Decibel Partners, a Cisco-backed venture fund. Jon founded Decibel to push through the conventional boundaries of early-stage investing in SaaS startups. After being an entrepreneur for a few years and working as a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates, Jon decided to set up Decibel Partners. With Decibel, Jon’s vision was probably an industry-first approach to provide a way for entrepreneurs to get access to unparalleled resources at a time and stage when they need it most.In this episode, catch Jon talking about pivoting as an entrepreneur, finding the right coach to guide you through your startup journey, and much more. Notes - 01:39 - “I’m a recovering entrepreneur.”06:29 - Pivoting and finding product-market fit09:11 - Partnership with Cisco13:20 - Leveraging strongholds of industry dominant LPs in the VC firm17:20 - “What makes you great in getting you from 0 to 1, may not be great in getting you from 1 to 10 or 10 to 100.”23:10 - Coaching for early-stage founders; for Performance and Efficiency29:27 - Having an Advisor v/s having a Coach as an early-stage founder32:30 - “You should be more conscious about who you want to work with, rather than, where you want to work.”

On our 102nd episode, we chat with Jon Sakoda, Founder, Decibel Partners, a Cisco-backed venture fund. Jon founded Decibel to push through the conventional boundaries of early-stage investing in SaaS startups.  After being an entrepreneur for a few years and working as a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates, Jon decided to set up Decibel Partners.  With Decibel, Jon’s vision was probably an industry-first approach to provide a way for entrepreneurs to get access to unparalleled resources at a time and stage when they need it most. In this episode, catch Jon talking about pivoting as an entrepreneur, finding the right coach to guide you through your startup journey, and much more.  Notes - 01:39 - “I’m a recovering entrepreneur.”06:29 - Pivoting and finding product-market fit09:11 - Partnership with Cisco13:20 - Leveraging strongholds of industry dominant LPs in the VC firm17:20 - “What makes you great in getting you from 0 to 1, may not be great in getting you from 1 to 10 or 10 to 100.”23:10 - Coaching for early-stage founders; for Performance and Efficiency29:27 - Having an Advisor v/s having a Coach as an early-stage founder32:30 - “You should be more conscious about who you want to work with, rather than, where you want to work.”

Jon Sakoda, Founder, Decibel Partners on investing and importance of having a coach for early stage founders

Jon Sakoda is the Founding Partner at Decibel, a venture firm that was created in partnership with Cisco (but independent in nature) in 2018 to invest in early-stage companies.  Hear how Jon, who describes himself as a “recovering entrepreneur,” started his first company, Imlogic, Inc. which was eventually acquired by Symantec, and then joined New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 2006 where he served as a partner for 12 years. During his time at NEA, NEA clearly established itself as the largest venture firm in the world and had raised a $2.5B fund well before the current mega-fund boom.  In this episode, Jon and I cover the following topics:* Jon’s trajectory from being a technical operator to a VC.  * The bundling and unbundling of venture capital, and what we should see going forward. * Do VC’s really add value? What leads to the belief by founders that they might not?* The role of Cisco and how it helps them differentiate and punch above their weight in helping founders. * How traditional economic LPs view corporate LPs and how GPs can navigate the discussions.* What new GPs often underestimate when starting a fundMentioned in this episode:* Decibel website, and their partnership with Cisco.I’d love to know what you took away from my conversations with Jon Sakoda; Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you’d like to be considered as a guest or have someone you’d like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

Jon Sakoda is the Founding Partner at Decibel, a venture firm that was created in partnership with Cisco (but independent in nature) in 2018 to invest in early-stage companies. Hear how Jon, who describes himself as a “recovering entrepreneur,” started his first company, Imlogic, Inc. which was eventually acquired by Symantec, and then joined New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 2006 where he served as a partner for 12 years. During his time at NEA, NEA clearly established itself as the largest venture firm in the world and had raised a $2.5B fund well before the current mega-fund boom. In this episode, Jon and I cover the following topics:* Jon’s trajectory from being a technical operator to a VC. * The bundling and unbundling of venture capital, and what we should see going forward. * Do VC’s really add value? What leads to the belief by founders that they might not?* The role of Cisco and how it helps them differentiate and punch above their weight in helping founders. * How traditional economic LPs view corporate LPs and how GPs can navigate the discussions.* What new GPs often underestimate when starting a fundMentioned in this episode:* <a href="https://www.decibel.vc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decibel</a> website, and their partnership with <a href="https://www.decibel.vc/content/announcingdecibel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cisco</a>.I’d love to know what you took away from my conversations with Jon Sakoda; Follow me <a href="https://twitter.com/Samirkaji" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@SamirKaji</a> and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you’d like to be considered as a guest or have someone you’d like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://ventureunlocked.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ventureunlocked.substack.com</a>

Jon Sakoda of Decibel on building your fund with founders by your side - Venture Unlocked 005