Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)

We sit down with the CEO founders of two of the most capital efficient success stories of all time — Zoom and Veeva Systems — to understand how they grew to billions of dollars in revenue (and tens of billions in market cap) on very, very little capital invested. With the fundraising environment changing rapidly, we couldn’t think of a better topic to discuss or better sources of wisdom for founders, operators and investors all to learn from. Very special thanks to Jake Saper and our friends at Emergence Capital for inviting us and putting this conversation together at their 2022 CEO Summit! Links: Peter’s great Medium blog: https://medium.com/@peter.gassner Sponsors: Thanks to the Solana Foundation for being our presenting sponsor for this special episode. Solana is the world’s most performant blockchain, the BEST place for developers to build Web3 applications, and of course very near & dear to the Acquired community’s heart. You get in touch with Solana and learn more about GenesysGo at the links below. Just tell them them at Ben and David sent you! https://bit.ly/acquiredsolana https://genesysgo.com Thank you as well to Modern Treasury and to Mystery! https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasury https://bit.ly/acquiredmystery Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

Ben GilberthostDavid RosenthalhostEric YuanguestPeter Gassnerguest

May 19, 20221h 11mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 19, 2022
Duration: 1h 11m
Channel: Acquired
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

We sit down with the CEO founders of two of the most capital efficient success stories of all time — Zoom and Veeva Systems — to understand how they grew to billions of dollars in revenue (and tens of billions in market cap) on very, very little capital invested. With the fundraising environment changing rapidly, we couldn’t think of a better topic to discuss or better sources of wisdom for founders, operators and investors all to learn from. Very special thanks to Jake Saper and our friends at Emergence Capital for inviting us and putting this conversation together at their 2022 CEO Summit! Links: Peter’s great Medium blog: https://medium.com/@peter.gassner Sponsors: Thanks to the Solana Foundation for being our presenting sponsor for this special episode. Solana is the world’s most performant blockchain, the BEST place for developers to build Web3 applications, and of course very near & dear to the Acquired community’s heart. You get in touch with Solana and learn more about GenesysGo at the links below. Just tell them them at Ben and David sent you! https://bit.ly/acquiredsolana https://genesysgo.com Thank you as well to Modern Treasury and to Mystery! https://bit.ly/acquiredmoderntreasury https://bit.ly/acquiredmystery Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

SPEAKERS

Ben Gilbert
host
David Rosenthal
host
Eric Yuan
guest
Peter Gassner
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Acquired, featuring Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner) explores zoom and Veeva CEOs reveal disciplined, product-first growth playbook Acquired hosts interview Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Veeva CEO Peter Gassner at an Emergence Capital CEO summit about building huge businesses with surprisingly little external capital.

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