Adam Pritzker

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 15, 2019 by Adam Pritzker · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Mar 15, 2019 bearish

Opinion

Profitable consumer brands at $30M-$40M revenue make poor VC investments

“Brands don't have to grow forever. They can get to 30 or forty million in revenue and generate profit, which is why they're not great VC investments, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve capital.”

Adam Pritzker Mar 15, 2019 ▶ 16:06 20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble

Mar 15, 2019 neutral

Insight

Consumer brands suitable for venture capital financing are rare exceptions

“They tend to have very few skews and have a strategy in which they underprice the incumbent by selling direct, and those categories might include mattresses, razors, eyewear, and beauty, but again, I would say those are rare birds. Those are the exceptions to …”

Adam Pritzker Mar 15, 2019 ▶ 11:55 20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble

Mar 15, 2019 positive

Insight

Organic social referral is the strongest indicator of consumer brand health

“And the best sign that a brand is doing well is what I would guess I would call organic referral. So it's people are seeing the content, they're commenting on the content, and they're sharing the content organically.”

Adam Pritzker Mar 15, 2019 ▶ 18:44 20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble

Mar 15, 2019 negative

Insight

VC hyper-growth expectations conflict with the reality of scaling physical inventory

“And the problem with VC financing and the manufactured consumer goods space is that the growth expectations exceed the reality of prudently growing a physical inventory base.”

Adam Pritzker Mar 15, 2019 ▶ 10:34 20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble

Mar 15, 2019 bearish

Prediction Held up

Consumer brand exits will remain small, niche acquisitions over mega returns

“Definitely the latter. The media happens to like to cover the former, so there are amazing exceptions to the rule, and those are just wonderful stories. I think the reality is those are, again, exceptions to the rule.”

Adam Pritzker Mar 15, 2019 ▶ 22:32 20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble

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