And we are back. I hope you've had an amazing Christmas break and are feeling truly rested.

You are listening to the 20 minute VC and I'm your host, Harry Stebbings.

And before we dive into the show, the other day I was chatting to a friend of mine, the awesome Tiffany

Zhong at Binary Capital, and she suggested the 20 minute VC produce written content of the best

bits from each episode. Therefore, I'm delighted

to say that we'll also be producing the two-minute takeaway to accompany each episode of the

20-minute VC. This will highlight the key facts and theses discussed in each episode. You can find

our first one from today's episode on the site at www.the 20 minute vc.com under the page the two minute

takeaway or on our medium page under Harry Stebbings. But back to today's show, I'm so thrilled to

welcome an amazing guest for today's show, Boris Verz. Boris is one of the top tech early stage

investors in North America,

and he's the founding partner of version 1,

of whom I was very lucky to interview Angela Tran King Jens earlier this year,

episode 38, if you missed that one.

And Boris is also a ball partner with the renowned Andriesen Horrors,

and before becoming an investor, Boris was the C-O

of Abebooks.com, which sold to Amazon in 2008. At Abe, he was responsible for marketing,

business development, product, customer service, and international operations, where he led a team

of 60 people. And due to his phenomenal success in the entrepreneurial space in 2005, he was named the Pacific

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

If that was enough, version one have released a phenomenal book that's a deep dive into the

marketplace segment, truly insightful and concise deep dive, and absolutely a must check out. And the download link

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