Inside the playbook behind the podcast turned into a $400,000,000 venture fund - Harry Stebbings

For 4 years, I did not earn a single dollar. If you have a broken relationship with a parent, it disproportionately increases your chances of success as an entrepreneur. That is literally a $400 million mistake. I emailed Mark Beni off, the founder of Salesforce 53 times before he agreed to come on the show. And in about

a week, we raised $8 million for the fund. Today on Billions, I'm sitting down with Harry Stebings, the guy who turned a microphone in his bedroom into a $400 million venture fund. He started the 20 VC minutes as a teenager and it became the place where the smartest founders of unicorns and the world's

best investors all lined up to talk. In this episode, Ari will open up about the deals he missed, the unicorn he caught early, and how we turned content into capital. If you've ever wondered how storytelling can build an empire, this is a playbook. Harry, thanks a lot for being here. >> Dude, thank you so much for having me.

I'm looking forward to this. I'm really excited because usually like we see you behind the mic a lot, asking a lot of question, but from knowing you a little bit more, I know that you have like lots of really cool stories to share. And I was really wondering, you know, like um you launched uh the 20inut VC with just

a mic and how exactly did you turn like uh the content into like a deal pipeline? >> You know, everyone does a lot of speaking and interviews these days and they need to understand that everyone can be taught and everyone can be great at doing interviews and I think Yeah. Can I give you some coaching?

>> Yeah. [laughter] you before every single show, you should give speakers a guide on how to be the best in an interview. And so number one, a great show is art and science. The art is the story. I remember when I met Alex at deal for the first time. It was a cold Tuesday in the park. You bring them