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

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/

Sam AltmanhostRon ConwayguestMarc AndreessenguestParker Conradguest

Oct 21, 201450mWatch on YouTube ↗

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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