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Fareed Zakaria

Candid Conversation with Fareed Zakaria &amp; Hemant Taneja, CEO and managing director of global VC firm General Catalyst on how changing geopolitics are changing the game for VCs as well. In a new world order of lowered liquidity and a tsunami of tech transcending borders host Anupriya Nair &amp; Apoorva Mittal question where Indian startups stand in the new global funding landscape? Do founders need to face the new reality of valuations? And how are VCs balancing patience and profitability in an era of tech disruption? Hemant Taneja is CEO and MD of VC firm General Catalyst, backers of legendary companies like Stripe, Snap, Samsara, Airbnb, Kayak and Gusto. Hemant is also a best selling author and advocate for Responsible Innovation.Fareed Zakaria is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN and a columnist for The Washington Post. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books. If you like this episode from Anupriya, check out her other episodes on Survivor Island: The Startup Finale, Downsizing to Down Rounds, Nirav Modi: Extradition or Asylum - The Scam Explained, Call of Duty: The Inflation Warzone and more! You can follow our host Anupriya on her social media: Twitter and Linkedin Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Candid Conversation with Fareed Zakaria &amp; Hemant Taneja, CEO and managing director of global VC firm General Catalyst on how changing geopolitics are changing the game for VCs as well. In a new world order of lowered liquidity and a tsunami of tech transcending borders host Anupriya Nair &amp; Apoorva Mittal question where Indian startups stand in the new global funding landscape? Do founders need to face the new reality of valuations? And how are VCs balancing patience and profitability in an era of tech disruption? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemanttaneja/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hemant Taneja</a> is CEO and MD of VC firm <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/general-catalyst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">General Catalyst</a>, backers of legendary companies like Stripe, Snap, Samsara, Airbnb, Kayak and Gusto. Hemant is also a best selling author and advocate for Responsible Innovation. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fareedzakaria/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fareed Zakaria</a> is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN and a columnist for The Washington Post. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books. If you like this episode from Anupriya, check out her other episodes on<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvNjBiMmU5MjYtZTVmOC00YjkwLWE0NjUtYWVmOTAxMTYzMDAxLzk1ZmQ3YzU5LTc5MGQtNDk2ZS1iYmRlLWFlZjkwMTE2N2ZlNC84YWU1NDc2My05OTI1LTQwY2EtOGMzZC1hZWY5MDExNjdmZmIvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/OTIyYmJkYTItNDhiYi00ZjVjLWJiM2EtYWY1ZDAwZGE0Mzky?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjAvua3rrb9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Survivor Island: The Startup Finale, Downsizing to Down Rounds</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvNjBiMmU5MjYtZTVmOC00YjkwLWE0NjUtYWVmOTAxMTYzMDAxLzk1ZmQ3YzU5LTc5MGQtNDk2ZS1iYmRlLWFlZjkwMTE2N2ZlNC84YWU1NDc2My05OTI1LTQwY2EtOGMzZC1hZWY5MDExNjdmZmIvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/MWJjY2I3N2EtMmJiYy00NTNkLTlkMTUtYWY0ZDAxMWQ3NmQw?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjAvua3rrb9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Nirav Modi: Extradition or Asylum - The Scam Explained</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvNjBiMmU5MjYtZTVmOC00YjkwLWE0NjUtYWVmOTAxMTYzMDAxLzk1ZmQ3YzU5LTc5MGQtNDk2ZS1iYmRlLWFlZjkwMTE2N2ZlNC84YWU1NDc2My05OTI1LTQwY2EtOGMzZC1hZWY5MDExNjdmZmIvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/ZDE5OWQwMjgtZTAxZS00MTA0LTg4MzAtYWYxODAxMTg0ZDRk?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjAvua3rrb9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Call of Duty: The Inflation Warzone</a> and<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvNjBiMmU5MjYtZTVmOC00YjkwLWE0NjUtYWVmOTAxMTYzMDAxLzk1ZmQ3YzU5LTc5MGQtNDk2ZS1iYmRlLWFlZjkwMTE2N2ZlNC84YWU1NDc2My05OTI1LTQwY2EtOGMzZC1hZWY5MDExNjdmZmIvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwilrqy3rrb9AhWO-XMBHVpRAeYQ9sEGegQIARAD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> more</a>! You can follow our host Anupriya on her social media:<a href="https://twitter.com/anupria" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anupriya-nair-297b4a7/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Linkedin</a> Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on<a href="https://www.etplay.com/etplay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ET Play</a>,<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/podcast?from=mdr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Economic Times Online</a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PL5kfPbwURBEu6fHCVTOL?si=26ec0fbfa7134fea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spotify</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a>,<a href="https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/the-morning-brief/1/GNPiFQD2xpY_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> JioSaavn</a>,<a href="https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/f378141f-9afb-495d-83da-9b08ec5047ac/the-morning-brief" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Amazon Music</a> and<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvNjBiMmU5MjYtZTVmOC00YjkwLWE0NjUtYWVmOTAxMTYzMDAxLzk1ZmQ3YzU5LTc5MGQtNDk2ZS1iYmRlLWFlZjkwMTE2N2ZlNC84YWU1NDc2My05OTI1LTQwY2EtOGMzZC1hZWY5MDExNjdmZmIvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi2gOG4la36AhUvjtgFHcdWDU8Q9sEGegQIARAC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Google Podcasts</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Changing World Order For VCs with Hemant Taneja & Fareed Zakaria

Hemant Taneja (@htaneja), managing partner at General Catalyst and author of Intended Consequences, joins Anne Dwane and Village Global’s newest partner, Prateek Alsi, to discuss:- What responsible innovation is and how tech can do good in the world using the framework.- How founders should think about responsible innovation at the earliest stages of a company.- The importance of thinking from first principles. - Lessons from the creation process of the companies Hemant has been involved in.- A better alternative to “move fast and break things.”- Which areas he excited about investing in, including healthcare and India.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Hemant Taneja (@htaneja), managing partner at General Catalyst and author of Intended Consequences, joins Anne Dwane and Village Global’s newest partner, Prateek Alsi, to discuss: - What responsible innovation is and how tech can do good in the world using the framework. - How founders should think about responsible innovation at the earliest stages of a company. - The importance of thinking from first principles. - Lessons from the creation process of the companies Hemant has been involved in. - A better alternative to “move fast and break things.” - Which areas he excited about investing in, including healthcare and India. 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://www.villageglobal.vc" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal. Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. <a href="http://www.villageglobal.vc/signup" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.villageglobal.vc/signup</a>

Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst on Responsible Innovation, Un-scaling & Thriving in regulated industries

662: In this interview, we discuss the thesis behind Unscaled and his latest book Intended Consequences, and how companies need to be intentional about scaling their businesses. Hemant emphasizes the importance of integrating General Catalyst’s values in the companies he grows and looking at the long-term consequences of these investments. He also gives his perspective on social-good businesses and how artificial intelligence can be used to measure the consequences of investment decisions. Finally, we discuss how Hemant’s approach to investing has changed over the pandemic, why writing allows him to become convicted in his own thinking and other keys to his successful career. Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/e3tTvJryYXA _____________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Cisco.

662: In this interview, we discuss the thesis behind Unscaled and his latest book Intended Consequences, and how companies need to be intentional about scaling their businesses. Hemant emphasizes the importance of integrating General Catalyst’s values in the companies he grows and looking at the long-term consequences of these investments. He also gives his perspective on social-good businesses and how artificial intelligence can be used to measure the consequences of investment decisions. Finally, we discuss how Hemant’s approach to investing has changed over the pandemic, why writing allows him to become convicted in his own thinking and other keys to his successful career. Also available on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/e3tTvJryYXA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/e3tTvJryYXA</a> _____________________________________ This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.cisco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cisco</a>.

General Catalyst Managing Partner Hemant Taneja on Intended Consequences of Investments

In this Episode, I (@Jivraj Singh Sachar) speak with Hemant Taneja, Managing Partner at General Catalyst.  Hemant is one of the most legendary venture investors of our generation. In his path-breaking career, he has invested in companies such as Stripe, Snap, Livongo, Gusto and many other phenomenal companies. His brilliant investing career fundamentally stems from his core trait of being an original thinker and intentionally resorting to first principles thinking when developing frameworks. Alongside being a wonderful venture investor, Hemant is well-renowned for the books he has authored and other writings, which have spearheaded some incredible modern-day entrepreneurship principles such as Unscaling, Responsible Innovation, Empathetic Entrepreneurs and many more. He has been with General Catalyst for over two decades now, contributing and shaping an enduring venture investing practice.  General Catalyst is a global venture capital fund, investing in technology companies across the world. With a portfolio that includes Canva, Stripe, Deliveroo, GitLab, Airbnb - General Catalyst is definitely one of the most successful institutional investors. Through this conversation with Hemant of General Catalyst, we decode how one may build an enduring venture investing practice. We discuss the following through this conversation: (Coming Soon..) About our sponsor: Stride Ventures, which is one of India’s leading Venture Debt Funds, becoming synonymous with innovative startup financing in India. Stride provides comprehensive solutions, going beyond venture debt, to cater to distinctive challenges faced by high-growth and inherently strong businesses, backed by leading institutions. The fund has a portfolio of over 60+ diversified companies, having deployed more than Rupees 1500 Crore to date. In just over two years, Stride Ventures has emerged as the preferred venture debt lender in the Indian Ecosystem. To know more about this phenomenal fund, visit - https://strideventures.in/ Hope you liked the 93rd Episode on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Enduring Venture Investing! That was it from this Episode, thanks again for tuning in! :) If you liked the episode, do share with your friends or drop us a quick review! Also, do follow us on social media to stay updated with all new episodes: Twitter: https://twitter.com/isv_podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/indian-silicon-valley-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast/ Gallery of all Episodes: https://airtable.com/shrTOFf1z5UT0q9p8 You can also subscribe to the YouTube Channel of the Podcast : https://www.youtube.com/c/IndianSiliconValley/ "If you never try, you never know" Stay Tuned, Keep Building.

In this Episode, I (<a href="https://twitter.com/jivraj_sachar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Jivraj Singh Sachar</a>) speak with <a href="https://www.generalcatalyst.com/team/hemant-taneja/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hemant Taneja, Managing Partner at General Catalyst</a>.  Hemant is one of the most legendary venture investors of our generation. In his path-breaking career, he has invested in companies such as Stripe, Snap, Livongo, Gusto and many other phenomenal companies. His brilliant investing career fundamentally stems from his core trait of being an original thinker and intentionally resorting to first principles thinking when developing frameworks. Alongside being a wonderful venture investor, Hemant is well-renowned for the books he has authored and other writings, which have spearheaded some incredible modern-day entrepreneurship principles such as Unscaling, Responsible Innovation, Empathetic Entrepreneurs and many more. He has been with General Catalyst for over two decades now, contributing and shaping an enduring venture investing practice.  General Catalyst is a global venture capital fund, investing in technology companies across the world. With a portfolio that includes Canva, Stripe, Deliveroo, GitLab, Airbnb - General Catalyst is definitely one of the most successful institutional investors. Through this conversation with Hemant of General Catalyst, we decode how one may build an enduring venture investing practice. We discuss the following through this conversation: (Coming Soon..) About our sponsor: Stride Ventures, which is one of India’s leading Venture Debt Funds, becoming synonymous with innovative startup financing in India. Stride provides comprehensive solutions, going beyond venture debt, to cater to distinctive challenges faced by high-growth and inherently strong businesses, backed by leading institutions. The fund has a portfolio of over 60+ diversified companies, having deployed more than Rupees 1500 Crore to date. In just over two years, Stride Ventures has emerged as the preferred venture debt lender in the Indian Ecosystem. To know more about this phenomenal fund, visit - <a href="https://strideventures.in/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://strideventures.in/</a> Hope you liked the 93rd Episode on the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast - Enduring Venture Investing! That was it from this Episode, thanks again for tuning in! :) If you liked the episode, do share with your friends or drop us a quick review! Also, do follow us on social media to stay updated with all new episodes: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/isv_podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/isv_podcast</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/indian-silicon-valley-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/indian-silicon-valley-podcast/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/indiansiliconvalleypodcast/</a> Gallery of all Episodes: <a href="https://airtable.com/shrTOFf1z5UT0q9p8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://airtable.com/shrTOFf1z5UT0q9p8</a> You can also subscribe to the YouTube Channel of the Podcast : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/IndianSiliconValley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/IndianSiliconValley/</a> "If you never try, you never know" Stay Tuned, Keep Building.

E93 - Enduring Venture Investing w/General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Health Technology Podcast! Hemant Taneja is the managing partner of the venture capital firm General Catalyst. Hemant is a visionary leader in the healthcare space. He is an investor, founder, and author of several books including Unscaled and his 2020 book UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance. We talk about what it means to truly deliver access to health rather than just access to care. Hemant advocates for Responsible Innovation, which means engineering for growth and good with greater intention.   Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek.

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Health Technology Podcast! Hemant Taneja is the managing partner of the venture capital firm General Catalyst. Hemant is a visionary leader in the healthcare space. He is an investor, founder, and author of several books including Unscaled and his 2020 book UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance. We talk about what it means to truly deliver access to health rather than just access to care. Hemant advocates for Responsible Innovation, which means engineering for growth and good with greater intention.   Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at <a rel="noreferrer noopener">hello@rosenmaninstitute.org</a>. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek.

Hemant Taneja: Greater Intention

Hemant Taneja is a managing director at General Catalyst, and has been an early investor in market-leading companies like Digit, Grammarly, Gusto, Livongo, Mindstrong, Samsara, Snap, and Stripe. His 2018 book Unscaled articulates the need for accountability, transparency, and explainability in AI technologies, and his 2020 book UnHealthcare proposes a new model for impactful healthcare innovation. He is also the author of the influential Harvard Business Review article “The Era of ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ is Over.” In this conversation with Stanford professor Tom Byers, Taneja discusses recent technological paradigm shifts, and urges founders and investors to build responsibly and drive positive social change by measuring and valuing impact as much as financial returns. 

Hemant Taneja is a managing director at General Catalyst, and has been an early investor in market-leading companies like Digit, Grammarly, Gusto, Livongo, Mindstrong, Samsara, Snap, and Stripe. His 2018 book Unscaled articulates the need for accountability, transparency, and explainability in AI technologies, and his 2020 book UnHealthcare proposes a new model for impactful healthcare innovation. He is also the author of the influential Harvard Business Review article “The Era of ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ is Over.” In this conversation with Stanford professor Tom Byers, Taneja discusses recent technological paradigm shifts, and urges founders and investors to build responsibly and drive positive social change by measuring and valuing impact as much as financial returns.

Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst) - Build, Don’t Break

Ken Chenault

Welcome to Saidwell. We give voice to well-written words, curating the best content from high-quality bloggers and journalists. We hope you enjoy today's issue. Building a startup that will last Written by Hemant Taneja and Ken Chenault Published on Harvard Business Review 8th July 2019 Read by Dale Potterton for Saidwell See original Visit https://www.saidwell.co/ to sign up and get weekly updates from us.

Welcome to Saidwell. We give voice to well-written words, curating the best content from high-quality bloggers and journalists. We hope you enjoy today's issue. Building a startup that will last Written by Hemant Taneja and Ken Chenault Published on Harvard Business Review 8th July 2019 Read by Dale Potterton for Saidwell See <a href="https://hbr.org/2019/07/building-a-startup-that-will-last" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">original</a> Visit <a href="https://www.saidwell.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.saidwell.co/</a> to sign up and get weekly updates from us.

Issue #6 - Building a startup that will last by Hemant Taneja and Ken Chenault

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Hemant Taneja, Investor, Entrepreneur, and Author joins the show to discuss the importance of health assurance, shares why tech shouldn't disrupt health and reminisces over Bob Marley.

Hemant Taneja, Investor, Entrepreneur, and Author joins the show to discuss the importance of health assurance, shares why tech shouldn't disrupt health and reminisces over Bob Marley.

Empowering Health Systems with Technology: Hemant Taneja, Founder of Commure, Managing Director of General Cataylst & Author

Hemant Taneja — an investor in big names like Airbnb and Stripe — shares the basics of venture capital.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hemant Taneja — an investor in big names like Airbnb and Stripe — shares the basics of venture capital.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Hemant Taneja of General Catalyst on Venture Capital 101

Hemant Taneja is Managing Director @ General Catalyst, one of the world's leading venture firms of the last decade with Airbnb, Stripe, Snapchat, Hubspot and Gusto all in their portfolio. As for Hemant, he has led investments at GC in Stripe, SNAP, Grammarly, Gusto, Livongo, Color Genomics, Class Dojo and more. He also directs the GC Stripe Platform Fund, a $10 million initiative to help start new ventures that are built on top of the Stripe Connect platform. On the educational front, Hemant holds 5 degrees from MIT and sits on the board of Khan Academy. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Hemant made his way from 5 degrees at MIT and wanting to be an academic to pursuing startups in the world of VC with General Catalyst? 2.) Question from Sam @ ClassDojo: What were the hardest elements of establishing GC on the West Coast? With hindsight today, what would Hemant do differently given the chance? How does Hemant think about the development and ability to accelerate the creation of local reputation? What is crucial and works most effectively? 3.) How does Hemant respond to Elad Gil's "everyone is looking for the next truly deep dein to explore"? Why is Hemant so bullish that we are in the "golden age of venture capital"? Why does Hemant believe that "scale" as a key measure has run it's course? What does Hemant's thesis of the future of "unscaling" really mean? 4.) How does Hemant analyse price sensitivity in todays forthy environment? How has his relationship to price changed over time? With regards to price, what have been some of his biggest regrets and learnings drawn from real-world examples? How does Hemant assess reserve allocation? Why does he think pro-rata is a lazy posture? 5.) Hemant has said on boards for over 1,800 hours, so what does Hemant belive makes the truly special board members? How does Hemant think about first building that rapport and "intimacy" with the founder? Secondly, how important does Hemant believe it is to build similar relations with other board members? Which founder exemplifies the best board management in Hemant's mind? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Hemant’s Fave Book: Home Deus Hemant’s Most Recent Investment: Spring Discovery As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Hemant on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Highfive makes meetings better for thousands of organizations with insanely simple video conferencing designed for meeting rooms. It’s the easiest-to-use solution, with all-in-one hardware and intuitive cloud software. Plus, it’s a high-quality experience with industry-leading audio powered by Dolby Voice. It’s so easy to use, that there’s no pin codes or app downloads. Just click a link in your browser, and you’re in the meeting. With customers in over 100 countries, Highfive is already trusted by the likes of Evernote, Expensify, and Betterment and you can learn more by simply heading over to highfive.com. Culture Amp is the platform that makes it easy to collect, understand and act on employee feedback. From onboarding surveys to company-wide engagement, individual effectiveness and more, the platform manages multiple sources of feedback and connects the dots for you and that is why companies like Slack, Nike, Oracle and Lyft all trust Culture Amp. It enables leaders to make better decisions, demonstrate impact and turn your company culture into a competitive edge.  So put your people and culture first and find out more on cultureamp.com.

<a href="https://twitter.com/htaneja" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hemant Taneja</a> is Managing Director @ General Catalyst, one of the world's leading venture firms of the last decade with Airbnb, Stripe, Snapchat, Hubspot and Gusto all in their portfolio. As for Hemant, he has led investments at GC in Stripe, SNAP, Grammarly, Gusto, Livongo, Color Genomics, Class Dojo and more. He also directs the GC Stripe Platform Fund, a $10 million initiative to help start new ventures that are built on top of the <a href="https://stripe.com/connect" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe Connect platform</a>. On the educational front, Hemant holds 5 degrees from MIT and sits on the board of Khan Academy. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Hemant made his way from 5 degrees at MIT and wanting to be an academic to pursuing startups in the world of VC with General Catalyst? 2.) Question from Sam @ ClassDojo: What were the hardest elements of establishing GC on the West Coast? With hindsight today, what would Hemant do differently given the chance? How does Hemant think about the development and ability to accelerate the creation of local reputation? What is crucial and works most effectively? 3.) How does Hemant respond to Elad Gil's "everyone is looking for the next truly deep dein to explore"? Why is Hemant so bullish that we are in the "golden age of venture capital"? Why does Hemant believe that "scale" as a key measure has run it's course? What does Hemant's thesis of the future of "unscaling" really mean? 4.) How does Hemant analyse price sensitivity in todays forthy environment? How has his relationship to price changed over time? With regards to price, what have been some of his biggest regrets and learnings drawn from real-world examples? How does Hemant assess reserve allocation? Why does he think pro-rata is a lazy posture? 5.) Hemant has said on boards for over 1,800 hours, so what does Hemant belive makes the truly special board members? How does Hemant think about first building that rapport and "intimacy" with the founder? Secondly, how important does Hemant believe it is to build similar relations with other board members? Which founder exemplifies the best board management in Hemant's mind? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Hemant’s Fave Book: <a href="https://amzn.to/2lbKwKi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home Deus</a> Hemant’s Most Recent Investment: <a href="https://www.springdisc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spring Discovery</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/twentyminutevc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/htaneja" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hemant</a> on Twitter here! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hstebbings1996/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.</a> <a href="https://highfive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Highfive</a> makes meetings better for thousands of organizations with insanely simple video conferencing designed for meeting rooms. It’s the easiest-to-use solution, with all-in-one hardware and intuitive cloud software. Plus, it’s a high-quality experience with industry-leading audio powered by Dolby Voice. It’s so easy to use, that there’s no pin codes or app downloads. Just click a link in your browser, and you’re in the meeting. With customers in over 100 countries, Highfive is already trusted by the likes of Evernote, Expensify, and Betterment and you can learn more by simply heading over to <a href="http://highfive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">highfive.com</a>. <a href="http://cultureamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Culture Amp</a> is the platform that makes it easy to collect, understand and act on employee feedback. From onboarding surveys to company-wide engagement, individual effectiveness and more, the platform manages multiple sources of feedback and connects the dots for you and that is why companies like Slack, Nike, Oracle and Lyft all trust Culture Amp. It enables leaders to make better decisions, demonstrate impact and turn your company culture into a competitive edge.  So put your people and culture first and find out more on <a href="http://cultureamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cultureamp.com</a>.