Adam Smith
1 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 18, 2024 by Alain de Botton · said 42 times in 29 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (28), Nick Frosst (2), Mike Maples (2), David Cahn (2), Alain de Botton (2), Tobi Lütke (1), Spencer Kimball (1), Ryan Petersen (1)
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2026 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- Why Now is the Time for the App Layer | Why Startups Should be TokenMaxxing | Mike Mignano, USV · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Open-Source | Token Maxing, AI Hangovers & The Coming ROI Reckoning · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Shopify CEO on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- every mention in 2026, scene by scene →
2025 16 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- Carvana CEO & Co-Founder, Ernest Garcia: Building a $50B Company, Losing 99% and Coming Back · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Cohere Founder, Nick Frosst: How To Compete with OpenAI & Anthropic, and Sam Altman’s AI Disservice · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Mike Maples: Three Frameworks to Evaluate Startups and Founders | E1242 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Why Apple Needs a Management Overhaul & Why Google is Catching Up with Hyperscalers · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Scott Galloway on Billionaire Happiness, Money & Self-Worth | Why We Should Drink More & Not WFH · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- OpenAI, SBF & Perplexity: What VCs Know That You Don’t · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 10 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- David Cahn: Why Servers, Steel and Power Are the Pillars Powering the Future of AI | E1186 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Alain De Botton: Why Status is Making You Miserable & Why Parents Want Their Kids to Fail · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Nicolai Tangen: Managing the Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund in the World | E1122 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Daniel Khachab: "We Are in the Middle of a Cold War for AI Talent" | E1220 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Alexis Ohanian: The Full P&L Breakdown of the World's Most Valuable Women's Sports Team | E1187 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Why Founders Must Use VCs as a Barometer, How to Make Distributed Teams Work Successfully & The Biggest Mistake People Make Early In Their Career with Dylan Serota, Founder @ Terminal
- 20VC: Why Virtually All Companies Hire The Wrong Way, Why EdTech Is The Most Brutal Market & How To Scale Your Sales Team for Engineering Founders with Mike Sliagadze, Founder & CEO @ Top Hat
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Betaworks' John Borthwick on Why The VC Model Is So Inefficient, Why Venture Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Frontier Tech Could Only Have Been Disappointing Over The Last Year
- 20VC: Michael Dearing on 5 Key Principles He Uses To Assess Startup Founders, Why Benevolent Dictatorship Is A Beautiful Thing & Why Markets Are Better Capital Allocators Than CEOs
- 20VC: How Investors Can Get Into The Best Deals & Why Founders First Point Of Contact Should Be With The Investment Decision-Maker with Spencer Kimball, Founder & CEO @ Cockroach Labs
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →