The Twenty Minute VCMitchell Green: Why 50% of VCs Should Not Exist
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- March 7, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 4m
- Channel
- The Twenty Minute VC
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Mitchell Green is a legendary growth equity investor and the Founder and Managing Partner of Lead Edge Capital, a firm with over $5 billion in assets under management. Known as a relentless "money maker", Mitchell has led or co-led investments in companies including Alibaba, Asana, Benchling, ByteDance, Duo Security, Grafana, Mindbody, and Xamarin, among several others. ----------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Is the SaaS Sell-Off Justified or an Overreaction? 08:10 ByteDance Is the Most Underrated AI Company in the World 10:10 Should You Be Investing Right Now or Waiting? 12:00 AI Won't Kill Software 16:35 Legacy Software Isn't Going Anywhere 18:08 AI & Jobs: People Overestimate the Speed of Change 26:35 Why Mitchell Thinks China Wins the AI War 31:11 Buying Is Glamorous, Selling Is the Job 36:00 There Are 50% Too Many VCs in the Market 37:54 DPI Is Math, Marks Are Opinions 41:30 How Investors Destroy Value for Founders 44:55 Gross Dollar Retention: The Most Important Metric 46:42 What Happens to Private Equity's Leveraged SaaS Portfolios? 48:35 The Meme-ified Stock Market Is Making the Liquidity Problem Worse 01:00:10 Quick-Fire Round ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZTtgTNBKwtZBMHvl?si=85bc9196860e4466 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-twenty-minute-vc-20vc-venture-capital-startup/id958230465 Follow Harry Stebbings on X: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings Follow 20VC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/20vchq Follow 20VC on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@20vc_tok Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/contact ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #investing #venturecapital
SPEAKERS
Mitchell Green
guestHarry Stebbings
host
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, featuring Mitchell Green and Harry Stebbings, Mitchell Green: Why 50% of VCs Should Not Exist explores mitchell Green on AI, SaaS sell-offs, and venture industry excess Mitchell Green argues the recent SaaS/public software sell-off is largely a reset of overly optimistic growth estimates rather than a signal that AI will wipe out incumbents, and he is actively buying cash-generative public software names.
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