Yannick Kpodar

GP @ Aventra Capital | Founder of Full Stack CEO™ | 2x VP/CMO | $396M raised | 1 unicorn🦄 | Helping B2B SaaS CEOs scale $5M-$50M ARR

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There was a season where my past felt more “me” than my present. In those moments, I realised it wasn’t the past I missed, it was myself, and that was my sign to stop performing and start walking back toward the person I was before I edited my truth. #awakening #innerwork #truth

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My life was chaos until I mastered my schedule. Focus on making progress, not just achieving outcomes. Prioritize time for what matters most daily. And never forget, your family will miss you forever when you're gone, but your job won't. Know what truly matters. #life #family

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If the only time you feel safe is when you’re winning, that’s not ambition. That’s performance addiction.​

Separate who you are from what you produce before your body does it for you.

#founders #ceos #burnout

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It’s never worth it. Save this for whenever you need the reminder. #selflove❤️

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Before you add budget or headcount, run these 3 tests.
(60s video.)

#SaaS #B2B #GTM #ARR #NRR #Pricing #Retention #VC #PE #Founders

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ARR stalling? It’s probably not a demand problem.

Most Series A–B CEOs try to “buy more pipeline” when growth slows.

But the real issues are usually:

Wrong ICP (churns early, never expands)
Pricing/discounting absorbing growth
Slow activation + time‑to‑value

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CEOs don’t lose board trust because the numbers are messy.

They lose it when they walk into the room hoping these questions won’t come up.

Turn this into your pre‑board checklist.

#SaaS #founders #VC #startups #board

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Your board isn’t “reviewing metrics.”

They’re quietly deciding whether you’re in control or just along for the ride.

Here are 7 questions they start asking the second your dashboard hits the screen 👇

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7️⃣ If we had to cut burn 20% tomorrow, what would you do?

The control question. Do you have a principled plan or does everything fall apart?

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6️⃣ What’s the biggest risk hiding behind these charts?

Every dashboard has blind spots. If you can’t name them, someone on the board will.

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5️⃣ What did you learn from the last 90 days?

Experiments, kills, changes in how you operate. Learning speed > perfection.

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4️⃣ Are we hiring ahead of reality?

Headcount + quotas vs win rate + cycle time.GTM engine or overhead machine?

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3️⃣ Which channels + motions are actually working?

Blended CAC is a smoke screen. Inbound, outbound, PLG, partners, self‑serve – who stays, who dies?

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2️⃣ Where is NRR coming from – and where is it leaking?

One NRR number is noise. They want it by segment, cohort, and product.

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1️⃣ Is this growth efficient or just expensive?

CAC payback, burn multiple, Rule of 40. Are you compounding or just buying growth?

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In the video I cover 3 direct GTM benefits:

better pattern recognition,
cleaner hard calls (killing bad channels),
calmer communication.

Pick one rule that protects your brain this week.

Save this for the nights you want “one more late‑night sprint.”

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Sleep and stillness are part of your GTM strategy.

Every big GTM move is a judgment call under pressure.

If your brain is running on 4 hours of sleep + caffeine + Slack, you’re not “grinding”, you’re doing impaired decision‑making.

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here's my Youtube Channel: https://t.co/LHqc6sMQUy

See you on Monday.

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Recently I’ve been getting the same DM from founders:

“I’ve built a real product, but I still feel totally in the dark about how VCs work.”

So next week I’m launching a 60s series:
“The Startup World: What No One Really Teaches You.”

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If there’s something you feel blind to—VC process, GTM, people, AI, exits—reply with your questions. I’ll bake them into the series.

I’m kicking this off as I start my journey as a GP at Aventra Capital.

#startups #founders #vc #fundraising #AventraCapital #SaaS

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From pre‑seed → Series B+, I’ll cover:

- How VCs actually work
- What they look for at each stage
- How they read your GTM + metrics
- Term sheets, backchannels, exits, and the human stuff in between

First episode drops Monday on my YouTube.