Andy Pflaum
10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 2, 2018 by Andy Pflaum · across every show →
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Feb 2, 2018 negative
Access to early-stage capital remains unfairly difficult for non-Valley founders
“Well, I think we really need continued improvement in access to early stage capital for first-time entrepreneurs especially the ones who don't come in with deep connections here in the valley where the plurality of VC investment comes from.”
Feb 2, 2018 negative
Paid user acquisition should remain a small fraction of overall growth
“We try to never let it go beyond a certain portion, a very kind of low fraction of our overall attainment of new users. If it goes too high For any brief period of time, then that suggests that we're out of balance and we're not kind of focused on the right ar…”
Feb 2, 2018 negative
Past McKinsey research claiming rapid corporate turnover was misleading
“I'd like to thank some somewhat misleading research that was put out 10 or 15 years ago by McKinsey and some other academics that suggested that the largest companies in the country were turning over at a very rapid pace. You can find a lot of articles, and yo…”
Feb 2, 2018 bullish
Feb 2, 2018 negative
Astro paid a contractor above market rate to stop their moonlighting business
“We found and recruited an excellent contractor to work with our team based outside of the Bay Area, and he worked with us as a consultant for a while until we hired him on full time, but we made sure when we hired him on full time that we were compensating him…”
Feb 2, 2018 neutral
Startup success demands extraordinary commitment compared to corporate jobs
“You're rarely going to get extraordinary outcomes from ordinary type work, and I think in a lot of the big companies, you can do relatively ordinary work in terms of your effort and in terms of your contribution and the leverage that your contribution has. In …”
Feb 2, 2018
Narrow pitch propositions outperform broad visions in startup fundraising
“I think that the primary thing that we would change is consistent with how you want to run your business, which is the more narrow you can have of a focus on what your proposition is, the better that people can understand it and give you feedback on it, and th…”
Feb 2, 2018 neutral
Large tech incumbents tend to maintain dominance rather than face disruption
“In fact, the big companies tend to stay very strong Across most industries, there are some sectoral differences, like retail right now, for example, but this is especially true, I think, with the large tech companies. If you're very big, you have the ability t…”
Feb 2, 2018
Founders cannot get good investor advice if forced to constantly pitch
“We know we can't get the best insights and the best advice. If I'm worried about with each conversation, having to sort of sell them or pitch them on the status of the company or what our next plans are, want to be able to have honest, open discussions about t…”
Feb 2, 2018 positive
Young tech workers should join mid-stage growth startups like Stripe or Slack
“I think there's merits to all of them, but I would now lean more toward go to that medium-sized growth company. You know, if you can get in today at a company like Stripe or Slack, for example, I think you get incredible growth opportunities, and if you know, …”