Spearhead
By Naval
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Episodes: 68
Description
Naval on angel investing. David Sacks on scaling. On Twitter at @spearhead.
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Rapidly Growing Valuations Shouldn’t Scare You Off
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Reading Social Proof Is an Art Form
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Social Proof Is a Valid Signal
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Ask About the Metrics They’re Not Showing You
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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It’s Easy to Exaggerate Early Traction
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Everything Is a Proxy for Traction
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Early Winners Don’t Always Make It to the Finish Line
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Invest in the First Credible Mover
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Monopolies Fall When Platforms Shift
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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A Lot of Great Tech Businesses Are Natural Monopolies
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Great Companies Expand Their Markets
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Invest in $0 Billion Companies
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May 29, 2020 |
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Invest in Pure Tech Companies
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May 27, 2020 |
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Raising Money Without Any Product Is a Red Flag
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May 25, 2020 |
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Product Is the Resume of the Team
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May 22, 2020 |
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Expanding Fast vs. Dialing in the Model
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May 19, 2020 |
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In PayPal’s Early Days, We Lost Money on Every Transaction
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May 15, 2020 |
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Get the Operation Working at a Small Scale
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May 13, 2020 |
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‘Tech-Enabled’ Often Means Thin Margins
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May 11, 2020 |
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Startups Didn’t Have to be Good at Accounting Until Software Ate the World
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May 08, 2020 |
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You Can’t Optimize Profits If There Are No Profits to Optimize
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May 06, 2020 |
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Negative Unit Economics Create the Illusion of Success
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May 04, 2020 |
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Startups Are Susceptible to ‘Happy Talk’
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May 01, 2020 |
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Mature Your Culture as You Grow
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Nobody Wants to Give a Founder Tough Love
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Founder Psychology Is at the Heart of Most Blitzfails
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Culture Is a Macrocosm of the Founder’s Psychology
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Micro-Bubbles Are Constantly Building and Bursting
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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‘High-Burn Startup Meets Macro-Shock’ Is a Recipe for Blitzfail
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Moving Fast May Mean You're Not Really Moving at All
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Startups Are a Race to Get to Scale
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Blitzfail: Why Startups Go off the Rails
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Repeat Founders Don’t Really Want to Start Over From Scratch
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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‘First-Time Founders’ Often Have Been Tinkering for Quite a While
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Avoid Teams That Would Sell Early
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Founders Almost Can’t Be Referenced
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Your Reputation Is Built by the Companies That Are Doing Poorly
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Coachability Is Overrated
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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You’re Not Investing in Nice People
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Invest Only in Technical Teams
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Invest in the Smartest Scientists in a New Field
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Don’t Fantasize About What You Would Do If You Were the Founder
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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You’ll Get Less Money in Your Winners
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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You Can Give Every Deal One Fatal Flaw
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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The Best Deals Look Weird
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Judgment Requires a Willingness to Be Unpopular
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Are Good Investors Piling in the Round with You?
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Pivots Mean Your People Judgment Really Matters
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Judgment Is the Work You Do Before a Deal Arrives
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Judgment Gives You the Winning Lottery Numbers
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Everybody Thinks They Have Good Judgment
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Founders Backing Founders
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Be Non-Consensus Right
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Be a Shadow Co-Founder
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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The Best Deals Come from Your Network
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Oct 19, 2019 |
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Don’t Build a Brand in a Narrow Vertical
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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My Original Brand Was in Growth Hacking
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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There’s Very Little Innovation in Venture Capital
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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You Can’t Build a Brand by Aping Someone Else
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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You Need a Brand to Get into Hot Deals
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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Don’t Let Deals Pass on You
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Investing Takes Capital, Judgment and Dealflow
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Being a Founder Your Entire Life Is a Tough Road
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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IPOs Are for the Last Investors in Line
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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You're Living Inside the Gold Mine
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Living in a Tech Hub Is Half the Battle
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Strong Opinions, Loosely Held
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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How to Angel Invest
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Sep 09, 2019 |