Bastian Lehmann

13 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 8, 2024 by Bastian Lehmann · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Apr 8, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Bastian Lehmann: Investing provides far less joy than actively building companies
“And so I try to do the investing thing and, you know, I do some investments, but it does not derive me the same amount of amount of joy than, Then actively building something.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 27:33 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 negative
Opinion
Bastian Lehmann: OpenAI may struggle to build successful products beyond ChatGPT
“It's a fantastic research company is how I would describe OpenAI. I think it remains to be seen if they can launch extremely successful products other than a chat based a chat GPT.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 1:00:12 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Marc Andreessen committed to funding Bastian Lehmann over a single phone call
“He pinged me actually, because a friend told him that I was working on something and he called me and I said, I don't even know if that idea is good. And he said he said, okay, like, you, Are you, do you want to do it again? And I said, yes. It's like, well, t…”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 29:46 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 negative
Insight
Lehmann: Founders should walk away from VCs requiring deep convincing
“I do believe that there's unlimited amount of capital out there, and I believe that it is easier and it's better worth your time by focusing on the people that initially believe in that than trying to ride two or three rounds with the same VC firm and spend tw…”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 44:23 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Andreessen Horowitz passed on Postmates four or five times
“I pitched him four times or five times the entire firm with Postmates. They were smart enough to say no”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 29:20 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 neutral
Insight
Lehmann: Founders shouldn't fear failure because public attention moves on instantly
“The most important thing to realize is that it doesn't matter. We tend to take everything way too seriously. Like we, oh, if I fail, the world will think nobody cares. It takes a minute for everybody to get over it. Right? Something else will happen. Elon will…”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 33:33 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 negative
Insight
Lehmann: Top VCs and hype cannot change startup outcomes
“A lot of times even the great VCs and a lot of hype can't really change the outcome of a company.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 15:16 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Lehmann: I have sold almost none of my Uber shares
“And I have sold almost none of my shares.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 20:24 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024
Opinion
Bastian Lehmann: Failing to develop AI rapidly poses humanity's greatest existential risk
“The risk is not that there will be an evil AI that will kill us. I think the risk will be that by not becoming more intelligent and using these intelligent tools will become extinct.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 1:03:40 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2029
Lehmann: AI startups created today will grow larger than tech incumbents
“There will be companies born today that will be larger in the field of AI. Then the companies that are the largest companies that we have today, and they will start as toys and they will start as something that is probably overlooked and something that is not …”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 55:42 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024
Insight
Lehmann rejects luck, attributing success to grit and hard work
“I don't really believe in luck much. But I also don't have a definite answer. I think I believe in determination and grit and hard work.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 1:48 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024 positive
Insight
Lehmann: Host board dinners before meetings to resolve tensions early
“What I found to be a very good strategy is to actually have the board meeting and non-board meeting and do a dinner the night before with a presentation sent out a week, but at least a few days ahead of time. At the board dinner, you discuss Any sort of tensio…”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 46:56 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 8, 2024
Disclosure
Lehmann: Every single Postmates funding round was hard to raise
“Everyone, every single round.”
Bastian Lehmann Apr 8, 2024 ▶ 15:25 Bastian Lehmann: How the Uber Deal Went Down and How a $2.65BN Deal Turned into $5BN | E1137 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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