# Bill Trenchard

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How FIRST ROUND CAPITAL Changed VC Brands Forever ["Exceptions" Ep.5]

In Episode 5 of my docuseries with brand partner Drift, I continue to explore why the world's best B2B companies are betting big on brand, with a twist: We go outside the world of product companies and talk to one of the world's most well-known VC firms in tech, First Round Capital. In the episode…

Monday Morning Minutes - The Latest Tech News (Oct 7, 2019)

In this week's episode we cover all the latest tech news including: -7Shifts C$20mm Series A raise led by Relay Ventures -Naborly C$9.9mm seed round raise led by investors Bill Trenchard and Chad Byers -OTTP and BCG launch a new incubator, Koru -Accenture’s acquisition of Nytec for an undisclos…

FounderLine Episode 22 with guest Bill Trenchard

FounderLine host Joe Beninato and guest Bill Trenchard of First Round Capital answer listener questions including: - As an investor, how do you and First Round deal with something like YC Demo Day, where there are over 100 companies all at once? Do you divide them among partners? Focus on certain …

Bill Trenchard - First Round Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.23)

On today's Manger Meeting, Chris Douvos interviews Bill Trenchard. Chris was an early guest on Capital Allocators and is the Founder of Ahoy Capital, a boutique fund of funds focused on early-stage venture. Bill is a Partner at First Round Capital, which focuses on seed-stage investing in technolog…

How First Round Capital Bet on Brand to Change the VC Industry

First Round Capital is one of the most widely loved venture capital firms in tech -- no small feat for a VC firm to claim. Through their platform (VC for brand marketing and value-add projects), they've built the Harvard Business Review-of-Startups, hold 80+ events per year for their portfolio comp…

Chukwudi N. Kanu, Co-Founder of Humblebrag

Chukwudi N. Kanu is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur and investor, laser-focused on leveraging technology to solve today's systemic problems while creating a more equitable & inclusive future. He is the Cofounder & CEO of Humblebrag, a tool for investors to find overlooked pre-seed founders in emer…

This will make you a better decision-maker | Annie Duke (author of “Thinking in Bets” and “Quit,” former pro poker player)

Annie Duke is a former professional poker player, a decision-making expert, and a special partner at First Round Capital. She is the author of Thinking in Bets (a national bestseller) and Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away and the co-founder of the Alliance for Decision Education, a nonpr…

Superhuman's secret to success: Ignoring most customer feedback, manually onboarding every new user, obsessing over every detail, and positioning around a single attribute: speed | Rahul Vohra (CEO)

Rahul Vohra is the founder and CEO of Superhuman. Prior to Superhuman, Rahul founded Rapportive, the first Gmail plug-in to scale to millions of users, which he sold to LinkedIn in 2012. He is also a prominent angel investor, and his fund has invested $50 million in over 120 companies, including Pl…