Bijan Sabet

6 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 6, 2016 by Bijan Sabet · said 27 times in 9 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jun 6, 2016
Disclosure
Bijan Sabet makes only one to two new investments annually
“I don't make a lot of investments. I make one to two new investments a year.”
Bijan Sabet Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 22:56 20VC: Spark's Bijan Sabet on Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare & Why First Time Founders Are So Exciting
Jun 6, 2016 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
A new breakout consumer mobile company will emerge in 2016 or 2017
“If history is a guide, you know, this year, next year, we're going to see a breakout in a brand new company.”
Bijan Sabet Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 17:15 20VC: Spark's Bijan Sabet on Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare & Why First Time Founders Are So Exciting
Jun 6, 2016 negative
Insight
Founder vision and instincts matter more than academic pedigree
“And I also, I've just never bought into this kind of elitist way of thinking about like where you went to school You know, where you work, you know, whether you work at Google or, you know, Apple or something, it's more of, you know, what's your idea? What, wh…”
Bijan Sabet Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 5:54 20VC: Spark's Bijan Sabet on Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare & Why First Time Founders Are So Exciting
Jun 6, 2016 positive
Insight
First-time founders possess a unique audacity and fearlessness
“I think first time founders have a level of audacity that, you know, sometimes more experienced people don't have because they, they're just, there's no fear.”
Bijan Sabet Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 5:25 20VC: Spark's Bijan Sabet on Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare & Why First Time Founders Are So Exciting
Jan 3, 2018 neutral
Insight
Thau: VC approaches split into thesis-driven and founder-driven models
“You can either be a very thesis-driven venture capitalist like Fred, or you can be a very founder-driven venture capitalist like Bijan, and I think, you know, what fits better for my personality and the way I see things is being a founder-driven venture capita…”
Kevin Thau Jan 3, 2018 ▶ 11:38 20VC: Why VC Is A Game of Maximising Serendipity, How VCs Can Characterise Their Approach To Working & Product Lessons from Jack Dorsey & Sonos' John MacFarlane with Kevin Thau, General Partner @ Spark Capital
Aug 8, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Bijan Sabet's Twitter Series B Catapulted Spark Capital Into Top Tier
“As I was joining Spark, Bijan Sabat at Spark led Twitter series B and that investment catapulted us into the upper echelon of VC firms.”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 6:25 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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