The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified


Latest Episodes

Investor Stories 344: Best LP Question (Kaiser, Jones, Jain)
April 18, 2024

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Joe Kaiser Michael Jones Gaurav Jain We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an

429. TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers (Larsen Jensen)
April 15, 2024

Larsen Jensen of Harpoon Ventures joins Nick to discuss TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers. In this ep

Investor Stories 343: Visionary Founders (Tully, Schwerin, Beller)
April 11, 2024

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim Tully Jules Schwerin Morgan Beller We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've wor

428. The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference (Ashu Garg)
April 08, 2024

Ashu Garg of Foundation Capital joins Nate to discuss The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital

Investor Stories 342: Why I Passed (Green, Walsh, Aoun)
April 04, 2024

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mitchell Green Colin Walsh Adrian Aoun Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest,

427. The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive (Brian Long)
April 01, 2024

Brian Long of Attentive joins Nate to discuss The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive. In this episode we cover: Entrepr

Investor Stories 341: Key Advice (Jones, Schwerin, Keidan)
March 28, 2024

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Michael Jones Jules Schwerin Jon Keidan We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd sh

426. 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique (David Spreng)
March 25, 2024

David Spreng of Runway Growth Capital joins Nate to discuss 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique. In this episode we cove

Investor Stories 340: Lessons Learned (Beller, Walsh, Aoun)
March 21, 2024

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Morgan Beller Colin Walsh Adrian Aoun We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in th

425. How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access (Rob Rueckert)
March 18, 2024

Rob Rueckert of Sorenson Capital joins Nick to discuss How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access. In this episode we cover: Venture Cap