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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure of hosting @ColinGardiner on @VC10X_🎙️

We talk about -

- Colin's story and how he started investing
- Their investment thesis at Yonder
- What are marketplaces?
- Use of AI in marketplaces

& lots more

Full episode link in replies 👇

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Masa was one of the first AI investors in the world.

You can find mention of artificial intelligence in the public earnings declaration going back almost a decade.

Softbank has investments in Nvidia, ARM, Uber, Doordash and several other highly successful companies.

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

How does the biggest sports league in Italy make money?⚽💰

@SerieA_EN is the biggest sports league in Italy and is one of the top 5 leagues in the European region.

Catch the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts (link in replies 👇)

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure of hosting Andrew Haughian on VC10X🎙️

Andrew Haughian is a General Partner at @PangaeaVentures.

Andrew joined Pangaea Ventures in 2006. His core expertise lies in helping companies navigate the early-growth stage of their development as they work to build out high-performance teams, cultivate a culture of excellence, and nail product-partner-market fit.

In this episode we talk about -

- How has the Hardtech ecosystem evolved over the past 2 decades?
- Their investment plan for the new $85 million fund V
- How should Hardtech founders approach product-market fit?
- Some exciting Hardtech companies they have backed
- Why they invest at the commercialization stage
- Common mistakes Hardtech founders make

& lots more

Catch the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts (link in replies 👇)

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Taylor Swift turned a billionaire in 2023.

When I first saw the news, I was shocked!😱

A music star as big as her is only now turning a billionaire. Should she not have attained that status already with almost a cult-like following among her fans!?

Turns out Taylor is the first musician to become a billionaire solely based on the value of songs and performances, which might be a reason for her not attaining that billionaire status earlier.

Unlike other musicians like Rihanna who owe most of their net worth to business, Taylor made all of her net worth in music and song writing, an amazing feat in itself without question.

But had Taylor engaged in more business partnerships, she would have attained that status long ago.

The business world builds wealth like no other profession, celebrities are realising that and actively engaging in business partnerships and founding celebrity-led brands.

We had @ScottvdbergIC on @VC10X_ to talk all about celebrity-led brands and how celebrity's reach and connect with fans is a match made in heaven for business.

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#taylorswift #Rihanna

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Roger Federer made 3X of what he made from his tennis career, because of a 3% stake in a footwear brand called 'On'

He has been an absolute legend of the game, and yet he made around $100 million from his tennis career.

In 2021, Federer struck a deal with Swiss athletic apparel company 'On' to help them with product development & marketing. He would get 3% stake in the company as part of the deal.

Today that 3% is worth $300 million, earning 3X of what he made from his entire tennis career.

Roger Federer has other big partnerships like Uniqlo, where he made another $300 million.

This @VC10X_ episode with @ScottvdbergIC will blow your mind in how celebrities create majority of their wealth away from their main profession, with business partnerships.

Catch the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts (link in replies 👇)

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Princess @JahnaviKMewar is a big advocate for the International Investment Council.

She believes family offices should come together and use their collective power and influence to guide policy in a positive direction that's good for humanity.

This is needed to not allow nation states to determine policy solely based on their own interests, and often at the detriment of humanity.

Catch the full episode with Jahnavi Kumari Mewar on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

The India Consumption Story 📈🇮🇳

Aakash Kumar (@RTinkslinger ) shares how a rise in GDP per capita will lead to a disproportionate rise in consumer spending.

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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Why did Adidas split up with Kanye West?

In 2013, Adidas had partnered with Kanye West to launch streetwear brand Yeezy.

It was a massive success resulting in $2 billion in annual revenue, which accounted for 7% of Adidas total revenue.

The partnership was one of the most successful sportswear tie-ups in history and the resulting Yeezy range went on to help make Kanye West a billionaire.

Despite the highly successful partnership, Adidas split up with Kanye West in 2022, ending the Yeezy brand altogether.

What happened exactly?

Kanye West made a series of antisemitic comments on social media in October 2022, Adidas announced it was ending the partnership, calling his remarks “unacceptable, hateful and dangerous”, adding that it would “not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech”, as reported by The Guardian.

Ending the partnership in 2022 left Adidas with unwanted Yeezy stock worth some €1.2bn including shoes and other goods.

Adidas has been selling its huge inventory of Yeezy products in batches and donating the proceeds to NGOs, including a foundation launched by the company itself in March to support anti-discrimination initiatives.

@ScottvdbergIC shares the story on @VC10X_ to explain the key person risk in celebrity-led brands.

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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure of hosting @dhruvdbahl on VC10X🎙️

Dhruv is the founder & Managing Partner at Eternal Capital (India), an India focused early stage fund. Dhruv was previously CBO of merchant lending at BharatPe, and had leadership stints at Paytm & Airtel Payments Bank.

In this episode, we talk about -

- Dhruv's story and how he started investing
- Dhruv shares his experience being an LP in VC funds vs doing direct investments
- The different stages of a startup
- How should founders approach early-PMF
- Why he is extremely bullish on the India opportunity
- His biggest learning investing in startups

& lots more

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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Did you know Selena Gomez made 81% of her total net worth in business, and not in music?!🤯

As per Bloomberg, Selena's net worth of apx. $1.1 billion largely comes from her 51% stake in Rare Beauty.

She is not the only celebrity who has made majority of their wealth in business, and not in their main profession - Ryan Reynolds, Logan Paul, Kyle Jenner, Kim Kardashian are a few others (the list is long).

Celebrities have now figured out, the way to build true wealth is by leveraging their influence to build a business.

@ScottvdbergIC gives us a deep dive into the world of consumer-led brands on @VC10X_

Catch the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

This guy @VC_Kabir707 doesn't understand he can get in serious trouble for this.

Getting this account removed will be the easy part.

VC10X is a trademarked name, if this continues I'll not shy away from legal action.

Inviting guests acting like the host is totally not acceptable.

Screenshots attached for reference.

I request you all to take a moment to report this account for impersonation.

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Celebrity-founded brands are on the rise📈

We had Scott Van den Berg on @VC10X_ to talk all about celebrity-led brands.

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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure to host @BBorodach on VC10X🎙️

Ben Borodach , is the Co-founder and CEO of @getapril_tax, the AI-driven tax filer embedded in 20+ fintechs.

In under two years, april has successfully launched in all 50 states as an embedded tax technology, forging partnerships with over 20 fintech leaders, including Gusto and Acorns.

In this episode, we talk about -

- Why did Ben choose to build april?
- How did april get its first few customers?
- Their approach to hiring
- Fundraising advice for founders

& lots more

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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

Most founders do a super shoddy job of updating stakeholders.

But those who do, are much more likely to succeed.

Says Aakash Kumar (@RTinkslinger) on @VC10X_🎙️

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[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

What are the most common mistakes early stage founders make?

Aakash Kumar (@RTinkslinger) answers on VC10X👇

Catch the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure to host @RobLiuLiu on VC10X🎙️

Rob is the founder of https://t.co/DpKh0QSsU5, where he is aiming to help 500 founders from developing countries start their businesses by matching their salaries for 6 months.

Rob is also the founder of ContactOut, a bootstrapped email prospecting tool, which has made over $10 million in revenue.

In this episode we talk about -

- What is Athena VC?
- How they are matching salaries to back high potential folks to start companies
- What they look for in candidates while evaluating them for the program
- How they help founders find the right thing to work on
- How is the Athena VC program structured?

& lots more

Catch the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure to host @RishabhGoel_CG on @VC10X_🎙️

Rishabh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Credgenics, a tech-enabled debt resolution platform working with 100+ banking and NBFC clients like HDFC, ICICI, Mahindra Finance, etc with an overall loan book touching $60 billion.

In this episode we talk about -

- Rishabh's journey from IIT to starting Credgenics
- Why did he choose to solve the problem of debt collection?
- How did they think about Go-To-Market in the early days of the business?
- How they got their first banking client?
- How did they identify Product Market Fit?
- Scaling culture as the company grows

& lots more

Watch/listen to the full episode on 'VC10X' YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.

I'll also add the link to full episode in replies 👇

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

We now have the entire lifecycle of a business featured on the VC10X podcast in different categories:

Founder10x - featuring Series B+ founders sharing their learnings on GTM, Growth, Scale, Path to IPO

VC10X - Venture Capitalists from around the world sharing their investment thesis & how they evaluate startups

LP10X - Limited Partners sharing how they deploy into VC funds, all the way from Fund of Funds (FoFs), Family Offices to large institutions like pension funds, endowments, etc

FamilyOffice10x - Wealthy families are not just deploying into VC funds but also actively looking to make direct investments into promising startups. Founders raising funds should have family offices on their radar.

PE10X - Private Equity managers share how they look at businesses when they're looking to acquire a controlling stake in the business. Private Equity is a popular exit pathway for businesses other than IPO.

I'm very happy to bring the full spectrum of different stages of a business on my podcast. A required learning for all founders.

More episodes to drop in each category at a speed of 2 episodes/week. If you're not subscribed to VC10X, you're missing out!

[Prashant Choubey @ChoubeySahab]

I had the pleasure of hosting @agentic_ai on VC10X🎙️

Amit is founder of 77 Capital - an early stage fund investing in Fintech and other startups. He was earlier the Country Head, India & Vice-President at Prove.

He was the Founder of MEDICI that was acquired by Prove. He is consistently rated as both Global and Asia Top 100 experts in FinTech by various agencies.

- Amit's story and how he started investing?
- How do they map our the fintech landscape?
- What are the saturated and unsaturated segment in the Indian fintech space?
- SME IPOs and how it's a great option for B2B startups to explore
- How hard is it to sell to banks?

& lots more

Watch on YouTube - https://t.co/LPrGGdkNzn

Listen on Spotify - https://t.co/CPsmOJLPQA