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The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified discusses Navan: strategy shift

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The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedJun 18, 2026

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified

Investor Stories 480: The Traits of Visionary Founders: Customer Obsession, Self Disruption, and Why Love Can Be a Competitive Advantage (Dillon, Patnam, Ries)

What was said

There's always an incubation team in turn saying, what does Nirvana look like five years from now? If there is a Nirvana disruptor, I want to disrupt myself. And he always invests in that, you know, in some ways.

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Quotes from the episode

  • “There's always an incubation team in turn saying, what does Nirvana look like five years from now? If there is a Nirvana disruptor, I want to disrupt myself. And he always invests in that, you know, in some ways.”

    Sandesh PatnamThe Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedView

  • “he always said, like, I'm going to if there's going to be a disruptor, I'm going to disrupt myself. And so I need to know what's coming. I'm going to separate the team, I'm going to build a Nivan inside a Nivan. So that's going to be the next-gen Nivan.”

    Sandesh PatnamThe Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing DemystifiedView

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Speaker
Sandesh Patnam
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Event date
Jun 2026

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Podcast
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
Episode
Investor Stories 480: The Traits of Visionary Founders: Customer Obsession, Self Disruption, and Why Love Can Be a Competitive Advantage...
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Recorded at estimate
2026-06

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