Ashton Kutcher
18 statements across 3 episodes · 8 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 17, 2020 by Ashton Kutcher · said 17 times in 11 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
2020 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Arlan Hamilton: "We Have Come For Cake, Not The Crumbs", Arlan's Plan To Return $1Bn in 10 Years, Why Arlan Plans To Giveaway or Invest 90% of Her Wealth & What The LP Class Can Do To Ensure More Under-Represented Managers Get Funded
- 20VC: The Chainsmokers on Raising Their First $35M Fund and Entering The World of Venture, Dealing with Vulnerability and Insecurity Today & How Music and Venture Compare; The Similarities and Differences
- 20VC: Calm Founder Alex Tew on What It Takes To Build Viral Products Today, The Current State of Customer Acquisition Costs, What Makes The Best Brands
- 20VC: How Founders Should Think Through Distribution and Customer Acquisition Today, The Challenges of the Digital Advertising Duopoly Currently & How To Structure Company Post Mortems Effectively with Gabriel Weinberg, Founder & CEO @ DuckDuckGo
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2019 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 2 mentions in 1 episode
2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Duolingo's Luis von Ahn on How CEO's Can Scale With The Company, How VC Herd Mentality In The Valley Really Works and How Chatbots & AI Play A Role In The Future of EdTech
- 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
Everything said about Ashton Kutcher, oldest first
Feb 17, 2020
Feb 17, 2020 negative
Kutcher: Traditional VC fund ownership demands are becoming increasingly egregious
“A lot of funds have these mandates about How much of a company they need to own to make the investment of value to them, and oftentimes I see those ownership percentages becoming, especially now, just becoming more and more egregious, where funds want to own a…”
Feb 17, 2020
Kutcher's early angel portfolio included Skype, Alibaba, and Foursquare
“I invested in Skype and Alibaba and Foursquare and this platform called Brizly, which was like a Twitter client And just started putzing around and finding my way towards interesting companies and interesting people and had some early success, which then led m…”
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Feb 17, 2020
Kutcher sources deals by asking Twitter followers for home screen screenshots
“And I've actually like solicited my entire Twitter audience at times. Like, Hey, can you send me a snapshot of your home screen? I'd like to see what you're using, you know? And then I just run pattern recognition across thousands or hundreds of home screens. …”
Feb 17, 2020
Feb 17, 2020
Kutcher: Fatherhood expands an investor's consumer understanding through empathy
“When you have children, you have more than one head because you have such Empathy for those individuals. You have their lens as well, which gives you a broader scope of interest, investigation, compassion, and a broader scope for consumers that you otherwise w…”
Feb 17, 2020
Feb 17, 2020 positive
Feb 17, 2020 neutral
Kutcher: Sound Ventures' average check size is $1.5M to $5M
“Our check size has gone from, you know, when I was writing personal checks, it was like 25,000 dollars or 50,000 dollars. Then when we did our first fund, I think our average check size was, you know, a 100,000 to 200,000 dollars. And now our average check siz…”
Feb 17, 2020
Feb 17, 2020 positive
Kutcher mandates his team spends 40% of their time helping portfolio companies
“So the thing I'm constantly pressing on my team is let's make sure that we're proportionately spending enough time adding value to companies relative to looking for the next deal. And you should look at your day and really break down your day and go, am I at l…”
Sep 11, 2020 positive
Harry Stebbings: Calm has raised over $143 million from top investors
“To date, the company's raised over a hundred and forty three million dollars in financing from some of the best, including Lightspeed, Insight, TPG, and then some very cool names, including Ashton Kutcher, Harry Styles, Brad Feld, and Jason Calicanis.”
Apr 17, 2023 positive
Braun: Ashton Kutcher Quickly Eases Founder Nervousness in Pitch Meetings
“So while they might come in nervous because they're in front of the superstar Ashton Kutcher, I argue that he is so down to earth and good at what he does that he can fix that very, very quickly and bring the best out of people because he brings the best out o…”