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EPISODE · Dec 16, 2025 · 51 MIN

Why The Second Decade Is The Best For Startups — A convo w/ Spenser Skates, CEO Amplitude Analytics

from The IO Podcast: Investor + Operator

In today's episode, Tyler and Sterling sit down with Spenser Skates, Founder and CEO of Amplitude Analytics, the digital Analytics platform that helps thousand of businesses find ways to grow and improve.Spenser shares how he got his first investors, how to have the best relationships with VCs, his mindset around product and employees, and everything he's learned from over a decade growing his company, taking it public, and beyond!Chapters:(00:00:00) Intro(00:09:36) Why Eric Vishria from Benchmark is the top investor of this generation(00:17:05) How great investors actually help massively(00:25:45) how do you stay motivated during the second decade?(00:33:57) how does Spenser judge whether he's successful as a ceo?(00:40:16) why he's more vocal on x(00:45:00) who is his favorite operator?(00:47:25) recap--Subscribe for more startup content!Check out Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/ This podcast was brought to you by PELION. Learn more about them here: https://pelionvc.com/

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