The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
by Nick Moran
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Investor Stories 481: Lessons Learned from Centana Growth, a16z, and Emergence: Trusting Management, Spotting Original Thinkers, and Investing Before Revenue (Byunn, Ulevitch, Saper)
Jun 25, 2026
Unknown duration
511. The Future of Military Planning: Defense Tech Beyond the Bubble, AI Software as Combat Power, and the Rise of AI Wargaming (Grant Demaree)
Jun 22, 2026
Unknown duration
Investor Stories 480: The Traits of Visionary Founders: Customer Obsession, Self Disruption, and Why Love Can Be a Competitive Advantage (Dillon, Patnam, Ries)
Jun 18, 2026
Unknown duration
Investor Stories 479: Startup Lessons from Steve Blank, Seth Levine, and Ben Orthlieb: Hubris, Influence, and Founder Selection (Orthlieb, Levine, Blank)
Jun 11, 2026
6m 14s
510. The Hyper-Scaler CEO Whisperer and Founder of the Lean Startup Movement on Incorruptible Startups, Building to Thrive and Survive, and Creating a Governance Fortress (Eric Ries)
Jun 8, 2026
57m 36s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/25/26 |  Investor Stories 481: Lessons Learned from Centana Growth, a16z, and Emergence: Trusting Management, Spotting Original Thinkers, and Investing Before Revenue (Byunn, Ulevitch, Saper) | On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Eric Byunn of Centana Growth David Ulevitch of Andreessen Horowitz Jake Saper of Emergence Capital We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 |  511. The Future of Military Planning: Defense Tech Beyond the Bubble, AI Software as Combat Power, and the Rise of AI Wargaming (Grant Demaree) | Grant Demaree of Onebrief joins Nick to discuss The Future of Military Planning: Defense Tech Beyond the Bubble, AI Software as Combat Power, and the Rise of AI Wargaming. In this episode we cover: West Point and Army Background's Impact on Founding One Brief Challenges and Insights in Military Planning Co-Founder Relationships and Founder Mode Future of One Brief and Defense Tech Defense Tech and American Hegemony Military Staff of the Future Guest Links: Grant's LinkedIn Grant's X Onebrief's LinkedIn Onebrief's Website The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Investor Stories 480: The Traits of Visionary Founders: Customer Obsession, Self Disruption, and Why Love Can Be a Competitive Advantage (Dillon, Patnam, Ries) | On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Natalie Dillon of Maveron Sandesh Patnam of Premji Invest Eric Ries Author of The Lean Startup We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Investor Stories 479: Startup Lessons from Steve Blank, Seth Levine, and Ben Orthlieb: Hubris, Influence, and Founder Selection (Orthlieb, Levine, Blank)✨ | startup lessonsventure capital+3 | Ben OrthliebSeth Levine+1 | Blue MoonFoundry+2 | — | startupventure capital+4 | Ramp$150 | 6m 14s | |
| 6/8/26 |  510. The Hyper-Scaler CEO Whisperer and Founder of the Lean Startup Movement on Incorruptible Startups, Building to Thrive and Survive, and Creating a Governance Fortress (Eric Ries)✨ | Incorruptible StartupsGovernance Fortress+3 | Eric Ries | New Stack VenturesNovo Nordisk+1 | — | Incorruptible StartupsGovernance Fortress+3 | Ramp$150 | 57m 36s | |
| 6/4/26 |  Investor Stories 478: Visionary Founder Lessons from Poshmark, Centana, and EquipmentShare: Love, Listening, and Leadership (Chaddha, Byunn, Schlacks)✨ | founder lessonsventure capital+3 | Navin ChaddhaEric Byunn+1 | MayfieldCentana Growth+2 | — | PoshmarkCentana+5 | Ramp$150 | 6m 36s | |
| 5/28/26 |  Investor Stories 477: Why VCs Passed on Figma, ClickUp, Uber, Pinterest, Okta, DoorDash, and Anthropic: Lessons from Investor Anti Portfolios (Ulevitch, Saper, Patnam)✨ | venture capitalinvestment decisions+3 | David UlevitchJake Saper+1 | Andreessen HorowitzEmergence Capital+2 | — | FigmaClickUp+8 | Ramp$150 | 7m 00s | |
| 5/25/26 |  509. The Downstream Effects of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic Soaking Up $3T in the Public Market, Who Is Netscape and Who Is Google in the AI Era, and the Impact of Private Credit Redemption Requests on PE and VC (Sandesh Patnam)✨ | AI investmentprivate equity+5 | Sandesh Patnam | Premji InvestNew Stack Ventures+2 | — | SpaceXOpenAI+6 | RampCODE | 53m 13s | |
| 5/21/26 |  Investor Stories 476: Staying in Your Zone of Genius, Why People Change for Themselves, and The Hard Lessons of Founder Accountability (Callaghan, Schlacks, Dillon)✨ | investor lessonsfounder accountability+3 | Jon CallaghanWilly Schlacks+1 | True VenturesEquipmentShare+2 | — | venture capitalstartup investing+3 | Ramp$150 | 7m 02s | |
| 5/14/26 |  Investor Stories 475: What Makes Founders Exceptional, Navigating Complex Ethical Issues, and Building with Intensity (Ortlieb, Ulevitch, Saper)✨ | founder exceptionalismethical issues+3 | Ben OrthliebDavid Ulevitch+1 | Blue MoonAndreessen Horowitz+2 | — | venture capitalstartup founders+5 | Ramp$150 | 5m 05s | |
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| 5/11/26 |  508. Maintaining U.S. Dominance, Navigating Defense Tech, Prime Obsolence, and Why Your Startup is Likely DOA (Steve Blank)✨ | U.S. dominancedefense technology+4 | Steve Blank | Gordian Knot Center for National Security InnovationNew Stack Ventures | — | product developmentMVPs+5 | RampCODE | 57m 51s | |
| 5/7/26 |  Investor Stories 474: Trusting Your Own Point of View, Why Conventional Wisdom Leads to Mediocrity, and Building a Personal Conviction Engine (Byunn, Levine, Dillon)✨ | venture capitalinvestor advice+3 | Eric ByunnSeth Levine+1 | Centana GrowthFoundry+2 | — | venture capitalinvesting advice+3 | Ramp$150 | 6m 12s | |
| 4/30/26 |  Investor Stories 473: Speed at Legora, Intensity at Mysten, Mastery at Heights Labs — Why These Founders Stand Out (Effron, Austin, Simpson)✨ | venture capitalstartup investing+3 | Jacob EffronEthan Austin+1 | RedpointOutside VC+2 | — | venture capitalfounders+3 | Ramp$150 | 6m 23s | |
| 4/27/26 |  507. Consumer Retrenchment or Reallocation, AI Impact on GTM and Purchase Decisions, How to Balance Consumer Sentiment vs. Behavior, and Where Smaller Funds Win (Natalie Dillon)✨ | Consumer RetrenchmentAI Impact on GTM+4 | Natalie Dillon | MaveronNew Stack Ventures+2 | — | Consumer RetrenchmentAI+5 | RampCODE | 35m 36s | |
| 4/23/26 |  Investor Stories 472: Think Big, Stay Patient, Earn Access — Venture Advice from Foresite, Mayfield, and Blue Moon (Tananbaum, Chaddha, Orthlieb)✨ | venture capitalinvestor advice+3 | Jim TananbaumNavin Chaddha+1 | Foresite CapitalMayfield+2 | — | venture capitalinvesting advice+3 | Ramp$150 | 3m 40s | |
| 4/16/26 |  Investor Stories 471: Missing Great AI Bets, Losing Conviction, and Overweighting Founders — Lessons from Redpoint, a16z, and Outside VC (Effron, Austin, Simpson)✨ | AIventure capital+3 | Jacob EffronEthan Austin+1 | RedpointOutside VC+2 | — | AI betsventure capital+5 | Ramp$150 | 6m 44s | |
| 4/13/26 |  506. Mirage PMF, What LLMs Will Take On and What They Will Avoid, Why Outcomes Will Shift Models from Software to Services, and How Pricing Playbooks Are Being Rewritten (Jake Saper)✨ | Mirage PMFAI and Software+4 | Jake Saper | Emergence CapitalSalesforce+3 | — | Mirage PMFAI+5 | RampCODE | 49m 07s | |
| 4/9/26 |  Investor Stories 470: Passing on Uber, Perplexity, and Fintech's Breakout Winners — The Stories Behind the Misses (Orthlieb, Callaghan, Byunn)✨ | venture capitalstartup investing+3 | Ben OrthliebJon Callaghan+1 | Blue MoonTrue Ventures+2 | — | UberPerplexity+3 | Ramp$150 | 5m 51s | |
| 4/2/26 |  Investor Stories 469: What Visionary Leaders at Pixxel, eToro, and Founders Fund Do Differently (Mohapatra, Banks, Orlovski)✨ | venture capitalstartup investing+3 | Hemant MohapatraLara Banks+1 | Lightspeed IndiaMakena Capital Management+2 | — | venture capitalstartup+3 | Ramp$150 | 9m 16s | |
| 3/30/26 |  505. The Ins and Outs of EquipmentShare's $6B IPO, The Construction Job Site in 10 Years, Where AI Thrives and Struggles to Solve Complex Problems, and Roll Ups in the VC Space (Willy Schlacks)✨ | IPO processconstruction technology+4 | Willy Schlacks | EquipmentShareNew Stack Ventures+2 | — | EquipmentShareIPO+7 | RampCODE | 49m 19s | |
| 3/26/26 |  Investor Stories 468: Selling Too Early, LP Pressure, and Investor Tension — Lessons from Investors at Foundry Group, Centana Growth, and Andreessen Horowitz (Levine, Byunn, Ulevitch)✨ | investor storiesventure capital+3 | Seth LevineEric Byunn+1 | Foundry GroupCentana Growth+2 | — | investor storiesventure capital+3 | Ramp$150 | 10m 41s | |
| 3/23/26 |  Investor Stories 467: Investors from Techstars, Redpoint, and Andreessen Horowitz on Strategy, Writing, and Building an Edge in Venture (Cohen, Effron, Simpson)✨ | venture capitalstartup investing+3 | David CohenJacob Effron+1 | TechstarsRedpoint+2 | — | venture capitalinvestor stories+7 | Ramp$150 | 5m 12s | |
| 3/19/26 |  Investor Stories 466: Jim Tananbaum, Eric Byunn, and Ben Orthlieb on the Questions LPs Should Be Asking (Tananbaum, Orthlieb, Byunn) | On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jim Tananbaum of Foresite Capital Ben Orthlieb of Blue Moon Eric Byunn of Centana Growth We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an allocator. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. | — | ||||||
| 3/16/26 |  504. American Dynamism: The Future of U.S. Industrials, Backing Companies with Major Production Components, Manufacturing Sovereignty, and Why Space Dominance is Critical (David Ulevitch) | David Ulevitch of Andreessen Horowitz joins Nick to discuss American Dynamism: The Future of U.S. Industrials, Backing Companies with Major Production Components, Manufacturing Sovereignty, and Why Space Dominance is Critical. In this episode we cover: Challenges in Venture Capital and Investment Philosophy Handling Startups and Market Pivots Navigating Dual-Use Startups Government Sales and Market Education Long-Term Revenue and Production Challenges American Dynamism Practice and Investment Thesis Supply Chain and Vertical Integration Policy Advocacy and Government Affairs Future of American Dynamism and Energy Investments Guest Links: David's LinkedIn David's X a16z's LinkedIn a16z's Website The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 |  Investor Stories 465: Pricing Too Late, Selling Too Early, Investing Too Fast — Hard Lessons from Top VCs (Ramanujam, Cohen, Orlovski) | On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Madhavan Ramanujam of 49 Palms Ventures David Cohen of Techstars Victor Orlovski of R136 Ventures We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter. | — | ||||||
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