# @20vc on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=_xNus2GrG2c
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31774717-20vc-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/dfc387551a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-23T14:00:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 20VC with Harry Stebbings (@20vc) — https://gondola.cc/20vc

## Caption

Johannes Reck is the Founder and CEO of GetYourGuide, the $2BN company that started with a holiday to China and nothing to do. For the first two years, GetYourGuide received only 5 bookings. Today the platform  is worth $2BN. They have raised from some of the best, including an amazing story with Masa Son and Softbank.
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In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

00:00 – Intro
00:33 – Start Episode
02:16 – “We Had 5 Bookings in 2 Years. 3 Were My Mum.”
07:34 – “I Asked My Parents to Remortgage Their House for a Pivot”
08:08 – The Vatican Tour That Changed Everything
13:28 – Why VCs Rejected GetYourGuide 100+ Times
16:06 – “I Regret Our Series A — Too Much Dilution” - The $14M Series A That Nearly Killed the Company
23:04 – Recruiting Netflix’s Head of Growth Nearly Killed Me
24:37 – “I Hired All the Wrong People – Then Laid Off 30%”
34:45 – The $450M SoftBank Deal... Then COVID Hit
36:30 – “We Went to $0 in Revenue in 3 Weeks”
40:12 – The Sequoia Tree Mindset: Grow Through Fire
01:05:38 – US vs Europe: Why European Founders Are Tougher
01:08:17 – “Germany Spends €100B on Pensions, €7B on VC – It’s Insane”
01:12:40 – 90% of Our Team in Berlin Aren’t German. Here’s Why.
01:19:04 – Quick-Fire Round
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## Stats

- **Views:** 19,574
- **Likes:** 415
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 21

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20VC with Harry Stebbings | @20vc | https://gondola.cc/20vc | Podcast |

## Tags

getyourguide, founder, softbank, johannesreck, 20vc, twitter, harrystebbings, vc, spotify, ceo

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