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

1	481. Co-Founding Meritech, Betting Early on Facebook and Salesforce, Avoiding Shiny Objects, and Thinking Like a Public Market Investor (Paul Madera) 2025-05-05	Play	Download
2	Investor Stories 399: Why I Passed (Whitmire, Garcia, Tusk) 2025-05-01	Play	Download
3	480. The OG Seed Investor, Mike Maples Jr., on Spotting Inflection Points, Living in the Future, and Why the Best Form of Competition Is No Competition (Mike Maples) 2025-04-28	Play	Download
4	Investor Stories 398: Disruptive Forces (Ralston and Patil, Schilling, Stevens) 2025-04-24	Play	Download
5	479. Inside the LP Playbook with Venture Vanguard, Chris Rizik: What Metrics Actually Matter, How to Fix Venture’s Liquidity Crisis, and Why Co-Invests Are a Trap (Chris Rizik) 2025-04-21	Play	Download
6	Investor Stories 397: Key Advice (Ho, Yunger, Tusk) 2025-04-17	Play	Download
7	478. Classical vs. Jazz Leadership, IPO Readiness & Key Metrics for a Successful Offering, Requirements for David to Beat Goliath, and Why Altman and Other Leaders are Pivoting to Open Source (Somesh Dash) 2025-04-14	Play	Download
8	Investor Stories 396: Visionary Founders (Chau, Whitmire, Garcia) 2025-04-10	Play	Download
9	477. The Biggest Misconceptions About AI Agents, Why Defensibility Doesn’t Matter at Seed, and Whether the AI Center of Gravity Is Shifting to China (Aaref Hilaly) 2025-04-07	Play	Download
10	Investor Stories 395: Best LP Question (Upham, Ho, Yunger) 2025-04-03	Play	Download

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