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How We Got Fred Wilson, Benchmark and Index to Invest $94M | Why Robinhood's Strategy is Wrong
20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Jun 27, 2026
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How We Got Fred Wilson, Benchmark and Index to Invest $94M | Why Robinhood's Strategy is Wrong
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Harry Stebbings
(Podcast host and intelligence analyst)
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Paul Erlanger
(Co-founder and CEO, FOMO)
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Executive Summary
FOMO operates with a radically lean and flat structure (17 employees, no hierarchy, no 1-on-1s), leveraging high equity grants and a strong mission to drive performance.
The company strategically utilizes AI engineering tools like Claude Code and Codex to maintain high product velocity, with the CEO believing it's feasible to spend 20% of developer salaries on AI tokens.
FOMO's product strategy centers on a social graph as a defensible moat, contrasting with 'everything app' competitors and learning from the failures of platforms like Clubhouse by focusing on native creators.
The company is expanding globally with plans to offer non-US users access to equities and perpetuals on pre-IPO assets, aiming to democratize access to markets that retail investors traditionally cannot reach.
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