Shervin Pishevar: What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | E1245

Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber’s Series B at Menlo alongside leading Warby Parker’s Series A and investing in Tumblr, all in just 18 months at Menlo. Following Menlo, Shervin co-founded Sherpa Capital and today Shervin is averaging over 73x on his investments. As an angel investor, Shervin made over 100 investments in the likes of Dollar Shave Club, Postmates, Facebook and more. ---------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode with Shervin Pishevar: (00:00) Intro (01:00) Mother’s Impact Getting Into Tech (03:29) The Uber Story and Joining Menlo: How It All Started (05:01) Meeting Travis Kalanick (14:14) Being Strategic Advisor at Uber (21:36) Recruiting Emil Michael (26:05) Uber China: The Challenges and Triumphs (30:01) $15 Billion Raise (34:06) The Beginning of the End: Betrayal by Benchmark (47:30) The SoftBank Investment & Leadership Changes (55:17) Expenses on the Investigation (58:19) The Future of Venture Capital (01:04:25) Quantum Computing & AI: The Next Frontier (01:10:27) Spicy Questions (01:11:48) Quick-Fire Round ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZ... Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow Harry Stebbings on Twitter:   / harrystebbings   Follow Shervin Pishevar on Twitter:   / shervin   Follow 20VC on Instagram:   / 20vchq   Follow 20VC on TikTok:   / 20vc_tok   Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/con... ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #shervinpishevar #uber #menlo #investor #venturecapital #startups #traviskalanick #benchmark