This Week in VC Podcasts

Jul 14 – Jul 20, 2025

4 top clips from 2 episodes across 2 shows

Clip of the week

Acquired· Jamie DimonBusiness Mechanics

Because inside the merge agreement, and this is almost unheard of, when we get the premium, is that to not have me become CEO eighteen months later, 75% of the board would have to vote me out. And the board was eight Bank One people and eight JPMorgan people.

30:31 / 30:52

I effectively had kind of control from day one. Because inside the merge agreement, and this is almost unheard of, when we get the premium, is that to not have me become CEO eighteen months later, 75% of the board would have to vote me out. And the board Right. The default was Yeah. You were going to become CEO. And the board was eight Bank One people and eight JPMorgan people.

30:31 - 30:5221sRead the episode →

Top clips

Acquired · Jamie Dimon

Practical Framework

I think the first is run your company well. And people thought I was gonna start doing deals immediately. I was like, no, we suck. We don't we haven't earned the right to run someone else's company yet. When we're running a good company, we can merge with somebody.

Contrarian take on M&A strategy with brutal self-assessment ('we suck'). Provides clear framework for when to pursue acquisitions, with refreshing honesty about capabilities.

31:37 - 32:1639s

Venture Unlocked · Nakul Mandan

personal lesson

GP at top-tier VC firm faces moment of truth after getting green card

A successful VC partner at Lightspeed reflects on the pivotal moment when getting his green card forced him to decide between staying at a top-tier firm where he'd achieved GP status in just 5 years, or pursuing his long-held dream of starting something himself. He describes the internal conflict between rational career success and personal ambition.

7:02 - 7:4341s

career-transitions immigration entrepreneurial-calling

Venture Unlocked · Nakul Mandan

contrarian take

The surest way to mediocrity in VC is only pursuing winnable deals

A VC explains the counterintuitive truth that the best investment opportunities are the most competitive ones you'll likely lose. The clip reveals how fear of looking bad in front of partners drives investors toward safer, mediocre deals instead of chasing the highly competitive opportunities that generate the best returns.

38:41 - 39:1636s

deal-competition vc-psychology investment-strategy

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