Turing Distinguished Leader Series: David Zhang, Partner at TCV

2023-05-05

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Originally published on YouTube 7 months ago. The theme of this episode is how to scale unicorns. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV. He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. Here’s how the conversation unfolded: 1:26 - Introduction to TCV 4:54 - Current market trends and advice to Founders 15:36 - Evaluation metrics for measuring the quality of growth 19:54 - Board room advice for these uncertain times 24:33 - A...

Originally published on YouTube 7 months ago.

The theme of this episode is how to scale unicorns. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV. He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software.

Here’s how the conversation unfolded:

1:26 - Introduction to TCV

4:54 - Current market trends and advice to Founders

15:36 - Evaluation metrics for measuring the quality of growth

19:54 - Board room advice for these uncertain times

24:33 - Adjusting in the post-product market growth scaling stage

35:21 - Pitfalls in the post-product market growth scaling stage

42:40 - Talking points in board room meetings for maximum impact

46:53 - Inflection points for companies in the scaling phase

52:06 - Books/Podcast/Blogs Recommendations

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