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Harry Stebbings

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🎤 @twentyminutevc, 🏦 @20vcfund, @projecteurope_😇 @fuseenergy @linear @wearelegora @factoryai @lovable @airwallex @mercor_ai @workos @fomo @fireworksAI_HQ

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1Jan 7, '25I love London, I have lived here my whole life and I am immensely sad to be writing this. In the last week I have seen 4 phone thefts and tonight had my phone stolen by a bike gang79.6×8.1M70k9.7k3.3k
2Apr 12, '24Just had my phone stolen by a bike gang in London. Called the police and they told me 2,000 iPhones are being reported stolen per day in London alone. They predict on 1/4 are repor15×1.5M5.6k836655
3Jul 24, '23FORECAST: @elonmusk rebranding to X will be considered one of the smartest branding moves of the last 5 years, within months.13×1.3M1.6k7293
4Oct 7, '25If I was Nik I would have absolutely made the same decision. 18% holding of Revolut. Company will be worth $200BN without a doubt. $36BN position at that price. His cap gains bill 10.9×1.1M9.2k7991.2k
5Oct 15, '24The work you do in private is the work you are rewarded for in public. Today’s news is 10 years in the making. $400M raised. Time to get back to work and work harder than ever.9.0×911k3.4k179519
6Nov 1, '24Just got off the phone with an incredible entrepreneur running a retail business in the UK. The Budget changes around National Insurance mean he is forced to pay an additional £1.58.9×901k8.7k1.5k376
7Oct 24, '2490% of guests on 20VC today refuse to discuss politics and the election on the show. Then proceed to declare their support for Trump the minute the recording is over. No horse in t7.3×745k3.6k235181
8Nov 10, '25I have invested $200M into the UK in the last five years. If @RachelReevesMP implements “Exit Tax” all that funding will go overnight. That is countless jobs, companies and people 5.7×579k4.8k730222
9Sep 22, '24The biggest problem of venture capital right now is we have made entrepreneurship too safe a career path. Starting a company should be for the crazy, for the obsessed. Instead, it 5.4×551k1.8k159499
10Oct 5, '25Everyday I am in the gym at the same time as an old man on the treadmill. Today I stopped him after the workout and introduced myself. Turns out he started his business in 1982. He5.4×546k3k65460
11Jan 15, '2392 days ago I stopped drinking alcohol completely. It has been the best decision of my life. No drink tastes as good as sober feels. 💪🏼5.3×537k1.7k3157
12Feb 9, '25Venture capital has become the polo of the 21st century for trust fund kids, sad to say.5.1×520k2.9k118507
14Jun 16, '216 years ago I recorded my first 20VC episode from my mother's kitchen and asked if we could unplug the home phone. Today we announce two new 20VC Funds: 20VC Early 📈 Pre-Seed-Seri4.8×04k368385
15Feb 7, '22What single purchase under $250 has made the most significant impact to your life?4.6×02k131920
16Jan 17, '23Someone needs to do an analysis on the correlation of founder success to their level of video game playing in their childhood. 99% of the best founders I have worked with, played v4.4×451k1.2k92103
17Apr 25, '20Just got out Uber & driver was making 95% less money than pre COVID. So in 4 weeks she learned @webflow & is now making websites for largely personal trainers and online tu4.4×04.2k421261
18Jan 16, '23A big secret I have found to increasing happiness. Spend money on the things you use most often. Coffee machines. Toothbrushes. Door handles and light switches. Chair at your desk.4.1×421k1.6k136251
19Aug 27, '24Those with the broadest shoulders will head to Dubai, Milan and Monaco. What a clown.3.9×394k2.6k17482
20Mar 12, '25Since announcing Project Europe 3 hours ago. I have had 47 $250M+ founders ping me wanting to join. Don’t create products, create movements. Time to change the narrative. Europe bu3.6×362k2.4k123412
21Nov 7, '23Holy shit. Can you imagine a GPT where you could ask any question and it uses advice from 3,000 20VC episodes to answer your questions from the best VCs in the world. Wow.3.4×349k1.4k136622
22Jul 26, '24Dear Founders, I am seeing multiple $300K ARR companies being done at $60-$80M post. Do not listen to VC pessimism. The boom continues. The over supply of capital is worse than eve3.4×341k1.3k60606
23Jul 15, '25You want to see how hard modern media is: Conversation with Mark Zuckerberg on AI hiring… 39 likes in 9 hours. Brutal.3.3×335k1.1k26395
24Dec 13, '24I have been in private markets for 10 years and never seen such singular and concentrated demand for one company stock: SpaceX. It’s all anyone wants…. And I totally get it3.3×335k4.9k157270
25Nov 8, '25Founders, for the love of God; send investor updates. 1. Leverage them for help with customer intros, hires and fundraises. 2. Use them to create excitement and conversation about 3.3×332k1.3k98635
26Dec 12, '22Fascinating, just seen the most in-demand companies buyers are looking for secondaries in: SpaceX Stripe Anduril Epic Games Flexport What would you have as your top 5?3.2×03.2k173210
27Jul 28, '23Biggest lesson on hiring; For 90% of roles, young and insanely hungry beats logos and pedigree all day.3.1×319k1.5k147167
28Sep 23, '20Just hung out with a founder of a $7Bn+ exited company. Their first fundraise, 71 meetings, 70 no’s. Never give up. Never lose hope. It only takes one person to believe. 👍3.1×02.8k404177
29Dec 3, '19Introduced seed company to series A investor 6 months ago. They led a $20m round 3 months ago. I found out today. No message, no email, no thanks, nothing. Little thanks go a long 3.0×03k23661
30Jun 14, '23For everyone with a dream, I started 20VC as an 18-year-old with £50 & no contacts. Today I release our incredible discussion with Prime Minister @RishiSunak. Work hard, be kin3.0×304k1.4k9374
31Jul 6, '25I walk every night for 90 mins through London. Tonight I saw three phone thefts in the space of 15 mins. @MayorofLondon I will donate $50,000 if you join me and have a proper discu3.0×303k2.5k133160
32Sep 17, '21Sometimes people say WTF, you have a podcast and then raised $140M. What no one sees; 2,850 episodes recorded. 7 years without a weekend off. Countless missed birthdays and family 2.9×03k158160
33Oct 25, '25I do not care how long it takes for a company to get to $1M in revenue. But I do care desperately, how long it takes for a company to get from $1M-$50M in revenue. The road to PMF 2.7×277k1.4k71433
34Jan 8, '25I have no words. 16 hours following the below, I am in a restaurant in Saville Row with the CIO of one of the largest institutions in the world. Half-way through, we are rushed out2.5×259k2k182147
35May 7, '25The biggest lie we are all telling ourselves: AI will not lead to mass unemployment, it will just make us more efficient. Simply not true. Mass unemployment is coming to sales, mar2.5×259k1.5k108321
36Jul 2, '21I love the business models of coffee machines, printers etc. Make zero margin on the core product sale but have ancillary products required for the core to work which are: Ongoing 2.5×01.7k137369
37Sep 26, '2353 cold emails later. Never ever give up. Persistence is everything.2.5×252k1.1k62102
38Dec 17, '24The most insane story in public markets: Carvana. December 2022, Carvana's market cap was $393.98 million. December 2024, Carvana’s market cap is $53.1BN. A 120 bagger in 2 years i2.4×247k1k53257
39Sep 13, '20My mother has not been able to run for 10 years due to her MS. Today we ran 5K together for the first time. Today was a fricking special day I will never forget. To my Mum, what a 2.4×03k259
40Mar 14, '21A quote I often think back to: “Pessimists are often right, optimists are often happy and wealthy.” 🚀2.3×02.1k299177
41Jul 17, '20I got a little bit carried away with the angel investing over the last few years. So it’s time to announce @20vcFund backed by 83 friends from around the world. 🏦 $8.3M 📈 Pre-see2.2×02.1k114138
42Jun 17, '25I am really sorry but in the year 2025 the idea of putting OOO on email autoresponder is insane. You have a phone, keep emailing. 😂2.2×220k1.1k25112
43Sep 20, '25The single biggest threat to European innovation is the loss of talent. Trump has handed Europe the greatest opportunity. $100K per year for an H1B Visa. This is our moment @Keir_S2.0×208k1.6k130166
44Mar 4, '22I finally feel like a contrarian in VC. I am not focused on Web3. Give me enterprise, give me payroll, compliance, HR. 😉2.0×02.1k5297
45Mar 27, '20My stepfather is the CEO of a very traditional old-school 100 person company. 2 weeks ago he did not believe in remote and had not heard of: Zoom Slack Notion Airtable Today he dec2.0×01.9k23671
46Jan 16, '22The best CEOs have 3 skills: Storytelling/inspiration. Capital allocation and resourcing. Systems thinkers; understanding the levers or their businesses and how they all interplay 1.9×01.4k216367
47Jun 26, '21One thing I was told by a mentor that I think of every day: No one can tell you, you are not good enough. Only you can do that. And even then, you will always underestimate yoursel1.9×01.7k211178
48Jun 2, '19Friend started company 4 years ago. He could raise no $ & no one believed in him. Except for 1 who gave him an unlimited desk in his work space. Company now worth $400m+ & 1.9×01.9k24229
49Sep 26, '25I have a company that has gone from $300K to $3M ARR in 12 weeks with great enterprise contracts. Amazing team. No VCs want to meet them. This market is totally bizarre.1.9×193k1.3k34359
50Nov 20, '21Just saw this stat and it blew me away: Elon Musk is so rich that if you earned $10K per day, every day for 365 days per year dating back to the times of Ancient Egypt… By today, y1.9×01.7k20174
51Jan 14, '24is one of the most underrated stories in startups. The company does $100M in revenue, has 100M users and did not raise a $$ of venture for over 16 years! Coming on 20VC shortly...1.9×191k1k44245
52May 4, '19Spoke to 2 friends this week that are founders of likely top 10 fastest growing co’s: Me: what do you do that you think has separated you from the pack? Them: Both independently, “1.8×01.6k243129
53Jan 22, '25Ah I found my phone that was stolen by a bike gang in Mayfair a couple of weeks ago. It is now in Shenzhen, 5,900 miles away. 🙄1.8×185k1.9k5786
54Feb 2, '21My mother has MS. Her immune system is severely weakened as a result. Today she got her COVID vaccine. Today I am very thankful. 🙏1.8×02.2k74
55May 18, '20I decided today that alcohol was just not something I needed in my life anymore and something I was relying on too much. First day of no drinking complete. Here is to a new chapter1.7×01.9k2035
56Aug 14, '23One of the most common traits of the most successful people I have interviewed; They were comfortable with being under-estimated and misunderstood for long periods of time. Only yo1.7×176k1.4k213335
57Jun 21, '22In 10 minutes, I will turn 26. What a truly special first quarter century it has been. 🎙 3,000 podcast episodes 💵 $400M raised. 🚀 150+ companies invested. 🏦 12 Fund Investments1.7×01.6k54136
58Jul 18, '21Three quotes I think to everyday: Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems. It is not what you say but how you make peopl1.7×01.4k175236
59Oct 11, '20The unbundling of Linkedin will create 20+ companies worth $5Bn+. Heavily segmented, heavily verticalised, with highly specific functionality for each vertical. Let the unbundling 1.7×01.2k93277
61Dec 4, '23This is one of the best speeches you will hear. Spend the 6 minutes to watch it, you will not regret it. 👇1.6×165k1k2601.3k
62Apr 8, '21Incredible to look @Initialized Fund I. This was a $7M fund. Portfolio: Coinbase Reddit Lendup Instacart GOAT All in a $7M Fund. @garrytan @alexisohanian @harjtaggar chapeau! 🚀1.6×01.7k9570
63Jul 20, '25I am so fed up of the regurgitated Silicon Valley guests talking about frameworks and first principles BS. Give me people with insane stories who have never done shows. Give me peo1.6×160k1.2k25193
64Jan 14, '194 years ago today, started @twentyminutevc from bedroom in family home with $50. Since then: 💵 raised fund w/ friend + partner @fdestin 📈 30m+ downloads to 20VC + @saastr 🎙 list1.5×01.6k7755
65Sep 27, '25By the age of 18, you have spent 92% of the time you will do with your parents. One day they will be gone and you will regret not cherishing every moment with them. I decided to ch1.5×156k1.1k42453
66Mar 17, '19Every night for 20 mins I send a personal DM to every new follower. I have now sent 16,427 DMs this way. It has led to: 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 Incredible friendships and discussions with amaz1.5×01.6k6083
67Mar 22, '21The awesome thing about investing in LATAM: You are investing in products that make life 90% better for 99% of the population. Largely in Western markets, you are investing in prod1.5×01.3k18853
68Jan 9, '183 years ago today I started @twentyminutevc with $50 not 1 VC in the contacts book. Today we have listeners in 191 countries and 20m+ downloads! Special thanks to @bfeld @fdestin @1.5×01.5k975
69Jul 27, '19I am just bewildered that early stage investors still today ask seed stage startups for 3-5 year financial plans and projections. I mean what, are you serious?! 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️1.4×01.1k16162
70Jun 4, '21I cannot overstate the importance of having structure and velocity to your 1-2 min intro at the start of calls. It sets the energy and momentum for the call. Says a lot about the w1.4×01.1k80273
71Jul 30, '25Venture capital is very simple. You just have to find the psychologically impaired, unhinged founders. Give them money and support where helpful. I have interviewed almost every de1.4×141k1.1k48343
72Dec 14, '24The best operator of the last 10 years, hands down, is Gwynne Shotwell. She joined, at the time an insanely risky rocket startup, SpaceX as a single mother in 2002. Today she is on1.3×135k2.9k101151
73Aug 30, '22I am sorry, as a founder, the only thing that matters at pre-seed and seed: Can you tell a story? Can you compel the other side to join you, as an investor, customer or team member1.3×01k120206
74Apr 9, '21A quote I think back to on a daily basis from Frank Slootman, CEO at Snowflake Narrow the focus Increase the quality 🚀1.3×01.1k145152
75Jan 18, '20Just got off hangouts call w/ angel investment. 4 separate co-founders under 24 4 separate countries 4 separate bedrooms the calls were taken from. 3 mothers walked in & interr1.3×01.4k10231
76Sep 22, '20Met two enterprise companies over last 24 hours. One in UK, one in US. US: 4M ARR. UK: 4.5M ARR US Raising: $75M @ $1.2Bn 😳 UK Raising: $20M @ $70M 😋 No wonder we have more US fu1.3×01.2k12080
77Oct 3, '22Single biggest mistake I hear about todays market: Look at 2008, great companies are always built in downturns. NO. 2008 was a pivotal technological innovation with rise of iPhone 1.3×01.1k9291
78Oct 17, '194 years ago I was 18, in my bedroom starting 20VC. Today: 📈 50M+ Downloads 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 2,612 Interviews When I started I wrote 4 names of people I dreamed of having on: @bgurley @1.3×01.4k5752
79May 14, '22I have said this once I will say it again I was rejected by most European venture firms for jobs. They told me I was too young, not business school whatever… No one can tell you yo1.3×01.1k94108
80Dec 3, '20I just love venture firms that are like, yes we really like to come in when the company has: Meaningful revenue. Clear product market fit. Capital efficient and repeatable business1.3×01.2k6941
81Jan 4, '22It is not even 4PM on the first day back and I have already seen: $100M pre for pre-product company. $1BN pre for $1M ARR company. $10BN pre for company less than 15 months old. My1.2×01.1k8178
82Jun 22, '19Today turned 23, so year in review: Raised @stride_vc w/ wonderful partners @fdestin @piadiri. Scaled @twentyminutevc to 50m+ downloads, 6 employees, 158 countries. Proud to join f1.2×01.3k3132
83Sep 2, '20People asked me today, ok harry so how are you broken then: I am happy to admit it: I have bulimia, it is an ongoing struggle. It is never done. I have massive family insecurities.1.2×01.3k1327
84Jun 20, '19What I hate, I hate transactional relationships. I give you this so you give me this. 🤢 Life is too short. Build relationships w/ people you respect, admire & enjoy spending t1.2×01.1k17638
85Aug 6, '195 years ago, I was told many reasons why I’d never be a VC: “I did not have an MBA. I hadn’t worked at an investment bank or financial institution. I cared about personal brand &am1.1×01.1k10143
86Aug 29, '21Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Always remember that. 👍1.1×01.1k13035
87Sep 20, '25I did not make a single $ from 20VC for three years. 4 shows per week for 3 years and not $1. For the first 150 episodes, I did not get more than 1,000 plays per episode. This is a1.1×110k1.3k80273
88Sep 13, '19Startups are f****** hard. The highs and lows are real & especially the lows. 1 thing you have to have, “a go to person”. Someone you can be unashamedly yourself with. The wors1.1×096514326
89Jan 9, '20I am really tired of the heroism attributed to being in the office first and waking at 5AM and working. My brain works best from 10PM-3AM but means I need to sleep till 9AM and the1.1×01k10025
90Jun 27, '19Potentially controversial one. Strongly believe founders should pay themselves well (within reason & funding permitting). Why? Nice home. Access to gym. Access to nutritious fo1.1×01.1k7034
91Mar 12, '2212 months ago, I wrote a $20K angel check into a company in Germany. The local laws are so poor I had to spend $400 on notaries and apostilles to get it done. Now I have to spend a1.1×09524578
92Oct 16, '24What a day. Started at 5AM with FT piece. Ending at 2AM with email. Time for bed.1.0×102k1.2k2672
93Nov 1, '25I love living in Sadiq Khan’s London. I feel so charitable. Every week I find myself donating a new iPhone to a cyclist less fortunate than myself.1.0×102k2.1k5959
94Nov 17, '19Interesting my brother came back from night out tonight at 1:15AM & found me at my desk completing sales call. He said: “People see mojitos, travels, nice hotels. I wish they s1.0×01k8725
95Dec 23, '20My big bro has just raised $275K for his pre-seed. He wrote each and every angel a personal and physical letter by hand. Do the little things. Put in the extra effort. It goes a lo0.9×09913462
96Jan 8, '25Under the leadership of @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP @MayorofLondon: The UK has developed a skill in imports and exports. We import criminals and export talented entrepreneurs.0.9×94k1.5k13759
97Jun 21, '20As my 23rd year comes to a close, time to reflect on the year that has been: 💵 Final close @stride_vc Fund I with best buddy @fdestin. 😇 9 angel investments. 🏦 First LP investme0.9×09791839
98Mar 27, '19I am not sure there is anything that could make me happier than reading this. A 7 year old boy in Copenhagen listening to @twentyminutevc on his scooter to school. Beyond touched a0.9×01k3215
99Jan 23, '20My mother hasn’t worked for years, she had children & then sadly got MS. With 23 years out of work she lost all confidence when it came to re-entering the workforce. So proud o0.9×01.1k85
100Jun 8, '25This week we got some bad news. The lesions on my mother’s brain have increased. In other words, her MS is progressing. Her response: walk a marathon with me and embrace everyday f0.6×60k1.1k422

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