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Bill Trenchard

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

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On today's Manger Meeting, Chris Douvos interviews Bill Trenchard. Chris was an early guest on Capital Allocators and is the Founder of Ahoy Capital, a boutique fund of funds focused on early-stage venture.  Bill is a Partner at First Round Capital, which focuses on seed-stage investing in technology companies. Bill joined First Round after starting five companies and led First Round's investments in Uber, Flexport and LendingHome.  Before they get going, Chris and I discuss his initial discovery of First Round, the evolution of the firm, and his ability to get capacity in what has become a first-tier, oversubscribed venture capital firm.  Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn  Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership

On today's Manger Meeting, Chris Douvos interviews Bill Trenchard. Chris was an early guest on Capital Allocators and is the Founder of Ahoy Capital, a boutique fund of funds focused on early-stage venture. Bill is a Partner at First Round Capital, which focuses on seed-stage investing in technology companies. Bill joined First Round after starting five companies and led First Round's investments in Uber, Flexport and LendingHome. Before they get going, Chris and I discuss his initial discovery of First Round, the evolution of the firm, and his ability to get capacity in what has become a first-tier, oversubscribed venture capital firm. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/tseides?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tseides</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedseides/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> Subscribe to the <a href="https://capitalallocators.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> Access Transcript with <a href="https://capitalallocators.com/signup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Premium Membership</a>

Bill Trenchard - First Round Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.23)

FounderLine host Joe Beninato and guest Bill Trenchard of First Round Capital answer listener questions including: - As an investor, how do you and First Round deal with something like YC Demo Day, where there are over 100 companies all at once? Do you divide them among partners? Focus on certain areas only? - Pinterest has just announced a change to give employees 7 years, instead of the typical 90 days, in which to exercise any vested options. What does such a policy cost an employer? Will this position influence other companies? - Do you believe Meerkat's success will diminish without the help of Twitter's social graph, and Periscope will dominate? Or maybe neither of them will succeed and we are just experiencing the peak of a hype cycle? - As a startup founder/CEO, how did you structure your day? How did you make sure you were focusing on the right things every day? - Do you believe that all original angels and early stage VC's should receive pro rata rights if they want them?

FounderLine host Joe Beninato and guest Bill Trenchard of First Round Capital answer listener questions including: - As an investor, how do you and First Round deal with something like YC Demo Day, where there are over 100 companies all at once? Do you divide them among partners? Focus on certain areas only? - Pinterest has just announced a change to give employees 7 years, instead of the typical 90 days, in which to exercise any vested options. What does such a policy cost an employer? Will this position influence other companies? - Do you believe Meerkat's success will diminish without the help of Twitter's social graph, and Periscope will dominate? Or maybe neither of them will succeed and we are just experiencing the peak of a hype cycle? - As a startup founder/CEO, how did you structure your day? How did you make sure you were focusing on the right things every day? - Do you believe that all original angels and early stage VC's should receive pro rata rights if they want them?