Christian Claussen's guest appearances

Christian Claussen

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Naval Ravikant

Mark Cuban

Reid Hoffman

Elon Musk

Bill Gates

James Beshara

Josh Wolfe

Annie Duke

Frank Chen

James Loftus

David Helgason

Kyle Samani

Sheryl Sandberg

David Tisch

Wade Foster

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Quote of the Day: "Capital is a crappy differentiator". Dustin Dolginow Christian Claussen is a Managing Partner with Ventech, a VC firm with offices in Munich and Paris. He has 16 years of experience investing in innovation and he leads Ventech investment activities in the German-speaking regions of Europe. He serves as a board member for Picanova and TV Smiles. In today's amazing episode with Christian we learn:  Which value adds are most important for founders to look for? How can Founders determine whether VCs will carry out on their 'Value Add'? What are the signs of VC bulls***? Will we see all VCs transition to Andreesen Horowitz service based VC model? How have VCs offerings to startups changed over time? What advice would Christian provide to founders entering a round of funding?  Items Mentioned in Today's Show: Christian's Favourite Book: Phillip Roth: Everyman Christian's Article on VC Value Add Speex: Online Language Training That Really Works Andreesen Horowitz As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here!

<a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCIQFjAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fangel.co%2Fdd&amp;ei=XtyGVZyoD46P7AbzxIHQCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOi1e17DZyISqDEEKCdj0ZeAVTzw&amp;sig2=FjRHjxuJgbkDYjEFHadf3g&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quote of the Day: "Capital is a crappy differentiator". Dustin Dolginow</a> Christian Claussen is a Managing Partner with <a href="http://www.ventechvc.com/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ventech</a>, a VC firm with offices in Munich and Paris. He has 16 years of experience investing in innovation and he leads Ventech investment activities in the German-speaking regions of Europe. He serves as a board member for <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CC4QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.picanova.co.uk%2F&amp;ei=ttaGVe20O4_W7QaL64PIBQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFeuCPCNDZ2fl4Hj5gunbfA_YcKRw&amp;sig2=WCEuBjjD47CStDYe2FWLzw&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Picanova</a> and <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCEQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvsmiles.de%2Fen&amp;ei=y9aGVeGiKcOa7gbbooKAAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEvjay63JMrDSJmdKSr-RaaW79o0w&amp;sig2=ADbhL_7bt5995qi9t69udA&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TV Smiles</a>. In today's amazing episode with Christian we learn: <ul> <li>Which value adds are most important for founders to look for?</li> <li>How can Founders determine whether VCs will carry out on their 'Value Add'?</li> <li>What are the signs of VC bulls***?</li> <li>Will we see all VCs transition to Andreesen Horowitz service based VC model?</li> <li>How have VCs offerings to startups changed over time?</li> <li>What advice would Christian provide to founders entering a round of funding?</li> </ul> Items Mentioned in Today's Show: Christian's Favourite Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099501465/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0099501465&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21&amp;linkId=H5B5W3D5YKXERK2X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phillip Roth: Everyman</a> <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CCEQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2015%2F05%2F17%2Fim-calling-bullsht-on-these-vc-value-add-platforms%2F&amp;ei=jNiGVf_BJ--07QaT26OYDA&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_FfKq8Iky17PNRMZbi9gSEnukZg&amp;sig2=_mtKjtJrOma2NFZy_PqhFg&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian's Article on VC Value Add</a> <a href="http://www.speexx.com/en/?country=UK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Speex: Online Language Training That Really Works</a> <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CCEQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fa16z.com%2F&amp;ei=odiGVYnAGqzU7AaY6KCICw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEYlbKMKKhQo1WymZELmzUFeBJRjw&amp;sig2=nDlL4Kush4W24LwxIaHNJA&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andreesen Horowitz</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCEQFjAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fharrystebbings&amp;ei=X9qGVbmqIILfU8j1vaAE&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnoQYeWEpG893Au-yAuCJoGueU6g&amp;sig2=u0r9wSjrMb2CKg-0x8Qnlw&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.d24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a> and <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=6&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CDoQFjAF&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwentyminutevc%3Flang%3Den&amp;ei=btqGVdP-BMrlUqPOgJgF&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6m_FMn4f-JEDZe6GIJnLHQYAWIQ&amp;sig2=3YTydG5YOe0TFgJe4medYw&amp;bvm=bv.96339352,d.d24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> on Twitter here!

20 VC 048: What Do VC's Really Add To Startups with Christian Claussen, Managing Partner @ Ventech