Martin Mignot is a Partner at Index Ventures, the best-performing fund in the world right now. In the last three months, they have sold Wiz for $ 32 billion, sold Scale for $14.9 billion, and IPO'd Figma as the largest investor. In addition to this, they are the largest or second-largest shareholders in Roblox, Revolut, Adyen and Datadog. ---------------------------------------------- Agenda for Today: 00:00 – Intro 01:47 – Why Most People Shouldn’t Become VCs 10:18– The Founder Trait That Trumps Market Size Every Time 18:45 – How Spotify Still Haunts Index Ventures & What They Learn From It? 26:11 – The Brutal Truth About European vs. U.S. Founders 34:20 – The Case for a European AI Giant (and Who Might Build It) 42:40 – The Return of the 7-Day Founder Work Week 47:11 – Biggest Lessons from Leading Revolut’s Series A 54:04 – Betting Against Nick Storonsky? Don’t. 1:05:51 – Quick-Fire Round ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: open.spotify.c...