
This episode is a special replay of David George’s conversation with Harry Stebbings on 20VC.
David is a General Partner on a16z’s growth team, and in this discussion he breaks down how he thinks about breakout growth investing: why great business models are now table stakes, where real edge comes from non-consensus views on TAM, and how to underwrite upside in a world of higher prices and increasing competition.
They also dig into the mechanics behind the scenes: unit economics at growth, “pull vs push” products, winner-take-most market structures, and how David decides when to double or triple down on a company.
Along the way, they touch on SPACs, the rise of crossover funds, single-trigger decision making, and how David manages fear, pressure, and performance over the long arc of an investing career.
本期《20VC》播客邀请到了a16z增长基金合伙人戴维·乔治,他分享了在竞争激烈的增长投资领域如何构建独特优势、做出关键决策,并管理长期风险的核心思维。戴维的投资履历耀眼,曾主导或参与投资了Clubhouse、Coinbase、Databricks、Figma、Instacart、Robinhood等明星公司。本次对话深入探讨了从市场洞见到决策心理的多个层面。
戴维的投资理念核心在于以长周期视角寻找非共识机会。他并不将卓越的商业模式视为获取超额回报的来源,而视其为“入场券”。真正的优势来自于对总可寻址市场规模的非常规看法。
评估上行潜力:寻找“Glengarry Glen Ross”式市场
区分“拉动型”与“推动型”公司
审视单位经济效益:重要的“入场券”
决策机制:单一决策者模式与信念的衡量
戴维·乔治的分享揭示,在看似浮躁的增长投资世界里,真正的赢家依靠的是深度的行业洞察、非共识的长期主义,以及一套能够坚定执行决策的内心法则。
This episode is a special replay of David George’s conversation with Harry Stebbings on 20VC.
David is a General Partner on a16z’s growth team, and in this discussion he breaks down how he thinks about breakout growth investing: why great business models are now table stakes, where real edge comes from non-consensus views on TAM, and how to underwrite upside in a world of higher prices and increasing competition.
They also dig into the mechanics behind the scenes: unit economics at growth, “pull vs push” products, winner-take-most market structures, and how David decides when to double or triple down on a company.
Along the way, they touch on SPACs, the rise of crossover funds, single-trigger decision making, and how David manages fear, pressure, and performance over the long arc of an investing career.