E994: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin shares his state machine that answers all growth questions; Future of Early-Stage VC w/Pete Flint (NFX), Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Lever CTO Nate Smit

1:03 Jason intros Phil Libin from LAUNCH Scale 2019 1:51 Phil Libin on "The State Machine that Answers All Growth Questions" 32:40 Jason joins Phil on stage for Q&A 39:56 Jason intros Phil (NFX), Rebecca (Canvas Ventures) & Dave (Freestyle Capital) 41:34 Transitioning from founder to VC 44:08 How to let a founder know when they are headed down the wrong path 47:42 At what stage does a founder have to change their mindset? 49:49 Dave Samuel on Airtable CEO Howie Liu not taking his advice and succeeding anyway 52:21 How Rebecca Lynn recruited current LendingClub CEO Scott Sanborn in the early days 55:39 Should startups still relocate to the Bay Area under any circumstances? 1:03:40 How are VCs dealing with the influx in the number of startups over the past 10 years? 1:13:23 LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk: Lever CTO Nate Smith