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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Benchmark comes up
Michael Eisenberg: How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race | E1167 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 4:40 Michael Eisenberg Seeking Alpha, which is a company, by the way, I did 19 years ago on Benchmark, and I'm still on the board of.
- ▶ 15:19 Michael Eisenberg You know, when I first joined Benchmark in 2005, I had some time on my hands and have a portfolio.
- ▶ 42:38 Michael Eisenberg I kind of drank the benchmark Kool-Aid. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:39 Michael Eisenberg Bruce Dunleavy from Ventura used to say that venture capital has the highest barrier to exit of any business out there.
Michael Eisenberg and Adi Levanon: Israeli Resilience in Crisis | E1072 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 33:53 Michael Eisenberg You probably saw Sarah Table, graduate of Harvard, an incredible investor at my former firm Benchmark, just how disgusted she was
20VC: The Memo: Bill Gurley, Doug Leone, Keith Rabois; Investing Lessons from Prior Busts, How Their Investor Psychology Changed, What Can Be Applied To Today's Market
- ▶ 16:52 Michael Eisenberg The second part of this is it informs our investment strategy in general at Olive, which is a lot along the lines of benchmark, which is we like to work with partners.
20VC: Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impending Bust, What Happens with a Market Crash, How Do Public Markets Impact Private Valuations & The Biggest Lessons from 20 Years Investing in Venture
- ▶ 17:50 Michael Eisenberg You know, when I was at Benchmark, they used to say that more companies die of indigestion than die of starvation.
- ▶ 22:36 Michael Eisenberg That guides us, which, you know, one of the things I learned at benchmark is that ownership still matters a lot. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:23 Michael Eisenberg And I think it's one of the really powerful things about the benchmark model that we've adopted at Olive as well.
20VC: Aleph's Michael Eisenberg on Why Generalists Over Specialists, Why Boutique Smaller Firms Over Multi-Stage Firms, Portfolio Construction Theory, Capital Concentration Limits and How To Think Through Reserve Allocations with Market Cycles in Mind?
- ▶ 5:31 Michael Eisenberg Then, you know, Bill Gurley and Alex Balkansky and Bruce came calling to join Benchmark Israel, which I did, did that for a while, and my agreement when Benchmark, as Peter Fenton has so famously said, decided to get out of the imperial… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:31 Michael Eisenberg Then, you know, Bill Gurley and Alex Balkansky and Bruce came calling to join Benchmark Israel, which I did, did that for a while, and my agreement when Benchmark, as Peter Fenton has so famously said, decided to get out of the imperial…
- ▶ 10:11 Michael Eisenberg The second part of this is it informs our investment strategy in general at Olive, which is a lot along the lines of benchmark, which is we like to work with partners.
- ▶ 23:05 Michael Eisenberg And so what benchmark taught me over time was if you want to be a company builder, you need to stay small.
- ▶ 27:00 Michael Eisenberg My benchmark partner, Peter Fenton used to be firmly of the view.