# @20vc on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=VgkXOE-V-fc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66214578-20vc-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/68cb0d5106.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-30T13:58:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 20VC with Harry Stebbings (@20vc) — https://gondola.cc/20vc

## Caption

Nico Laqua is the Co-Founder and CEO of Corgi Insurance, an AI-native insurance carrier built for startups. Corgi is the most intense workplace culture in America.

The team works 7 days per week. The founder sleeps in the office. ⅔ of the first 30 team members have a Corgi tattoo.

This week, Corgi raised $106M, valuing the company at a whopping $2.6BN.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:14 Fear of Losing vs Hunger to Win
03:37 Going to University Was My Biggest Mistake
07:34 Working 7 Days a Week
08:57 How Work Trials Filter Out the Wrong People
12:42 Why Nico Wants to Build the Most Important Company in the World
12:49 He Actually Lives in the Office
22:04 Why London Could Become the Center of AI Outside the US
26:46 Learning From the Greats: Napoleon, Alexander & Startup Culture
30:08 Is It Possible to Stay This Intense at 1,000 People?
34:46 Raising $150M: What Nico Looks for in Investors
45:12 AI Makes Sales & Marketing More Important, Not Less
48:20 Boards Are Mostly Theatrical
49:16 OpenAI vs. Anthropic
53:15 Are VCs Responsible for the Rise in Startup Fraud?

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- **Likes:** 168
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## Credits

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

## Tags

startup, harrystebbings, 20vc

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