Adam Leibsohn

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 9, 2016 by Adam Leibsohn · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Sep 9, 2016 bullish
Prediction Partly held up
Giphy will expand GIFs into virtual reality, smart glasses, and paper
“GIFs in virtual reality, GIFs in your glasses, GIFs outside of computers, GIFs on paper. You know, a whole new kind of search engine that no one's ever seen before, where everything moves, which resembles all of life. Just think of what you look at in the worl…”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 25:18 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
Sep 9, 2016 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Startups attempting to turn personal data into currency will keep resurfacing
“I was not the first to try this. I've not been the last. I think it'll come around again and again and again.”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 9:57 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
Sep 9, 2016 neutral
Insight
Relying on too many 'what ifs' signals a startup is dead
“When you start dealing in too many what ifs, you probably know it's done. I think that's a good signal.”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 9:38 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
Sep 9, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Leibsohn targeted VCs and tech journalists with vanity Google search ads
“I started taking out search ads against prominent VCs and reporters in tech so that when they Googled themselves, they'd get an ad from me and it worked astonishingly well.”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 6:49 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
Sep 9, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Leibsohn's early startup Voyeurl acquired 50,000 pre-launch signups
“So we got like 50,000 signups and then, you know, lo and behold, we turn the service on and it goes great.”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 7:33 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
Sep 9, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
A massive mainstream audience still does not know what GIFs are
“There's, you know, there's a giant group of people out there that don't know what gifts are still, that don't know how to use them. And our job is to make sure they can, and then make sure that it's easy. And so you want to make gifts as fluid as what, you kno…”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 24:33 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
Sep 9, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Leibsohn spent a year homeless to self-fund his first startup
“I actually gave up my apartment, and I went homeless for a year, and instead of quitting my job, I kept my job, and I paid rent like I would pay rent, but I didn't have anything to rent, so I paid that rent into a savings account and built my own fund.”
Adam Leibsohn Sep 9, 2016 ▶ 5:07 20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine
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