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4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2024 by Matt Lerner · across every show →

Everything said about ads, oldest first

May 31, 2024 positive
Insight
Lerner: Startups can test 12 value propositions in a week for $500
“In a week for 500 bucks, you can just test a bunch of ads. So you have one ad design and six different now you can headlines and you show it to like a lookalike audience or highly selected target that looks like your customers. And these ads won't be profitabl…”
Matt Lerner May 31, 2024 ▶ 28:55 Matt Lerner: How to Hire Growth Leaders and Teams and Why in a World of AI | E1159 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 13, 2024 positive
Opinion
Stebbings: Ads are unfairly demonized and serve as effective discovery mechanisms
“I actually think that people demonize ads Well, if done well, they're a discovery mechanism for things.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 56:31 Mike Hudack: How Facebook, Monzo and Deliveroo Build Great Products | E1201 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 30, 2024 negative
Insight
Saarinen: Early-stage founders buy via word-of-mouth, not paid ads
“Our first group of customers for startups, like small startups, early stage startups, those people don't even look at ads. Like they, I don't think they pick products because they see ads like out, out there somewhere. They pick products because they hear abou…”
Karri Saarinen Oct 30, 2024 ▶ 16:12 Karri Saarinen: How to Grow Capital Efficiently in a World of BS Growth | E1221 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 22, 2026 bullish
Opinion
O'Driscoll: Advertising is inevitable for ChatGPT to fund free users
“And the only way consumers get free stuff is if you want ads. So there's no choice. So I think it's kind of a, it's inevitable.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 46:08 Elon Musk vs Sam Altman | The Implosion of Thinking Machines | Can VC Survive Public Pricing? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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