Lecture 9 - How to Raise Money (Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Parker Conrad)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 21, 2014

Duration

50m

Channel

YC Root Access

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Marc-andreessen-lecture-9-how-to-raise-money-annotated Sam leads a panel Q&A on Fundraising in this lecture with Marc Andreessen, Founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel, and Parker Conrad, Founder of Zenefits. See Ron Conway's slide, and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec09/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64038 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Sam Altman

  host

  YC partner/president and startup founder, moderating the YC fundraising lecture.

• Ron Conway

  guest

  Angel investor and founder of SV Angel, early investor in Google and many seed-stage startups.

• Marc Andreessen

  guest

  Venture capitalist and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Netscape co-founder.

• Parker Conrad

  guest

  Founder/CEO of Zenefits, speaking from a founder’s fundraising perspective.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Sam Altman and Ron Conway, Lecture 9 - How to Raise Money (Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Parker Conrad) explores how top investors evaluate startups, fundraising tactics, and term negotiation insights Ron Conway emphasizes founder leadership, product obsession, clear one-sentence explanations, and decisive execution as primary investment signals.

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