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  1. 20VC with Harry Stebbings1h 24m

    Danny Rimer: The Biggest Lessons from Missing Snap, Airbnb, Spotify and Facebook | E1166

    Danny Rimer, Harry Stebbings

    Index Ventures employs a founder-centric investment philosophy that prioritizes exceptional individuals over market size or sector trends, utilizing a strict voting threshold and disciplined "kill or commit" decision rules to filter opportunities. The firm's history includes major successes in companies like King, Figma, and Discord, alongside critical learnings from missed exits in Snap and Spotify that reinforced the necessity of suspending belief in challenging valuations. Now operating as scaled artisans in London, San Francisco, and New York, the partnership focuses on cultivating founder spikes and maintaining cultural integrity through selective expansion and a refusal to chase sector-specific or crypto-related investments.

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