Episodes: 195
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 97 followers
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Gopi Rangan - Gopi Rangan is a founding partner at Sure Ventures and focuses on venture capital and early-stage startups.
Rohini Chakravarthy - Proof Of Value Versus Proof Of Market, Supply-chain Technology, Physical Enterprise Transformation, Founder-market Fit, Investor Conviction, And The Us-india Startup Ecosystem.
Isabel Bescos - Talent Investing, Evaluating Founders Before They Have Companies Or Ideas, Founder Traits, Resilience, Bias To Action, And Preparing To Approach Early-stage Investors.
Sudarshan Sridharan - Evaluating Founders, Competence And Integrity, Ai-native Companies, Investor Relationships, Founder Communities, And Building Long-term Value Beyond The First Investment.
Amir Kabir - Founder Quality, Intellectual Honesty, Market Insight, AI, Autonomy, Risk Infrastructure, Specialized Funds, And Building Venture-scale Businesses.
Justin Smith-Lorenzetti - Venture And LP Investing, Insurtech, Founder Evaluation, High-conviction Decisions, Investment From Idea To IPO, And Building Companies In The AI Era.
Show Proof of Value Before You Build for Scale
September 22, 2026
Rohini Chakravarthy, Managing Partner at NewBuild Venture Capital, shares her journey from engineering in Silicon Valley to more than two decades of venture investing at Intel Capital, NEA and NGP Capital. She explains why she and her partners created NewBuild around the transformation of the physical enterprise—from procurement and manufacturing to logistics and delivery. Rohini also explains what NewBuild looks for at the earliest stages, expounding on the difference between proof of value ...
Why Founders Matter More Than Their Ideas at the Earliest Stages
September 01, 2026
Isabel Bescos, Partner at Entrepreneurs First, shares how EF identifies exceptional founders before they have a company, co-founder, product, or even a business idea. She explains why EF considers itself a talent investor, what it means to invest in individuals at a stage even earlier than pre-seed, and the characteristics she looks for when evaluating potential founders. Isabel discusses will to power, personal exceptionalism, followership, resilience, and bias to action as key founder trait...
Demonstrate Ambition Before You Ask Investors to Believe in You
July 21, 2026
Sudarshan Sridharan, General Partner of SF1, shares his journey from building founder communities and operating startups to launching an early-stage venture capital firm focused on AI-native companies. He explains how he evaluates founders, why competence, integrity, and ambition matter more than polished pitches, and how artificial intelligence is reshaping the markets attracting venture capital. Throughout the conversation, Sudarshan offers practical advice on earning investor trust, buildi...
The Room Podcast · High booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
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The publicly listed email for The Sure Shot Entrepreneur: gopi@sure.ventures.
Podseeker estimates The Sure Shot Entrepreneur reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
The Sure Shot Entrepreneur typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior venture capital investors, managing or general partners, angel investors, startup founders, and experienced operators or advisors with direct expertise in early-stage company building and investment decisions. Common among recent guests: Leading or founding a venture capital firm or investment platform; Investing in early-stage startups across venture, angel, or corporate investment portfolios; Building or scaling venture-backed companies. Recent guests include Rohini Chakravarthy, Isabel Bescos, and Sudarshan Sridharan.
High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.
Recent episodes cover Business, Venture Capital, Early Stage Startups, Founder Evaluation, and Fundraising. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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