20VC: Twitter's Most Controversial VC Delian Asparouhov on Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | Why Western Europe Will Be Like the Third World | Why SaaS as an Industry Might Be Dead

Delian Asparouhov is a Partner at Founders Fund and Co-Founder and President of Varda Space Industries, which is building the world's first space factories. At Founders Fund Delian has led deals in the likes of Ramp ($7BN) and Sword Health ($3BN) among others. Before joining Founders Fund, he was a Principal at Khosla Ventures, Head of Growth at Teespring, and Founder of a healthcare company called Nightingale. In Today's Episode with Delian Asparouhov We Discuss: 1. Venture Capital: Winners, Losers and Everyone Else: • Who are the Top 3 venture firms in the world today according to Delian? • Why does Delian believe that Benchmark are not the firm they were? • Who will be the winners in venture in the next 10 years? • Who will be the losers in venture in the next 10 years? 2. Inside Founders Fund: What No One Sees: • What are the most important and impactful elements of Founders Fund that no one knows about? • What does Delian believe that the Founders Fund partnership will strongly disagree with him on? • Why does Founders Fund believe the path of most resistance is the best way to make decisions? • What single topic has Delian publicly disagreed with Peter Thiel on most? How did it go? 3. What Every Young VC Needs to Know: • What are Delian's single biggest tips to young VCs looking to scale the VC ladder today? • What are the five core pillars of venture according to Delian? What should young VCs focus on? • Why does Delian disagree with Founders Fund partners that "the best founders do not need the help of their VCs?" • Does Delian agree with Vinod Khosla that "90% of VCs do detract value?" • What are the biggest ways that Delian believes VCs can and do detract value? 4. Europe Will Be Third World, Parenting and Marriage: • Why does Delian believe that Western Europe will become like the third world? • What are Delian's single biggest tips on finding a life partner? • What have been the biggest changes to Delian since becoming a father? • What question does no one ask Delian that someone should ask him?