Andy Weissman

7 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2015 by Nicholas Chirls · said 21 times in 11 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Sep 14, 2015 positive
Disclosure
USV partner Andy Weissman helped Notation Capital raise its first fund
“These folks were not just mentors in the sense that they helped me learn the business, but actually they helped us raise Notations First Fund in many ways, and so Andy Weissman has been has been a mentor to us, who's a partner at Union Square Ventures.”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 5:33 20 VC 071: Pre-Seed Investing, Why Now Is The Best Time with Nicholas Chirls @ Notation Capital
Sep 11, 2017
Insight
Andy Weissman: Venture Capital Success Stems From Process, Not Foresight
“And so, I believe that a large, if not the largest part of that, is about the process you create to make those decisions, and if you have a process, and you perfect that process, and you stick with that process, sometimes it works, and that's luck, right? Whet…”
Andy Weissman Sep 11, 2017 ▶ 4:31 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
Sep 11, 2017
Insight
Weissman: VC funds only need a few right decisions per fund
“Well, that's okay because with this business, we actually don't have to be right every time we have to make a decision just a couple times each fund.”
Andy Weissman Sep 11, 2017 ▶ 8:47 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
Sep 11, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
USV repeatedly rejected Betaworks before making co-founder Andy Weissman a partner
“And as a New York company, we wanted what we thought the best and smartest and most empathetic venture investors in New York to invest in our company, which was USV, so we kept pitching them, and they kept saying no. They rejected my company as a business”
Andy Weissman Sep 11, 2017 ▶ 3:06 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
Sep 11, 2017
Disclosure
Andy Weissman lost a major deal by over-indexing on valuation
“I made a mistake by losing the deal, and I got stuck on price is probably why I lost it.”
Andy Weissman Sep 11, 2017 ▶ 8:33 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
Oct 27, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: YouNow has raised over $25M from USV and Venrock
“And to fund this immense growth, they've raised over twenty five million dollars in funding from some of the greats of the investing world, including Andy Weissman at USV, David Patman at Venrock, and a future guest on the show, I'm very excited to say, in the…”
Harry Stebbings Oct 27, 2017 ▶ 0:36 20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow
Sep 6, 2024 positive
Opinion
Chirls: Andy Weissman and Bryce Roberts represent top independent VC alternatives
“This has changed over time, but right now probably Andy Weissman and Bryce Roberts. I think they represent many of the things that I just described about being the alternative to the big AUM firms. They think independently, and they have the guts to be themsel…”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 6, 2024 ▶ 1:04:45 Nicholas Chirls: Why Big VCs Ruin Startups, VC is a Ponzi Scheme Today & Most VCs are Bankers |E1198 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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