Bird

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 2, 2019 by Jana Messerschmidt · said 16 times in 10 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (11), Jana Messerschmidt (2), Sarah Smith (1), Martin Mignot (1), Emil Michael (1)

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Sep 2, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Messerschmidt: #Angels syndicate has invested in over 100 startups
“And now, nearly five years later, we've invested in more than a hundred companies as a group, and those companies include Bird, Cameo, Gusto, Carta, Airtable, Lambda School, Carrot Fertility, Modern Fertility, Vector Space, and countless more.”
Jana Messerschmidt Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 7:04 20VC: How Founders Can Gain Leverage in Fundraising Negotiations, The Metrics You Need To Raise Your Series A in Consumer & What We Have To Change About Cap Table Construction with Jana Messerschmidt, Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jun 15, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Craft Ventures Backed Bird for Its Ability to Build Durable Scooters
“Certainly in the case of Bird, what we saw in the early days It was a explosively growing service, and the thing that we gave them credit for was the ability to develop a higher quality scooter, because the original scooters were kind of these retail scooters …”
David Sacks Jun 15, 2020 ▶ 8:53 20VC: Craft Ventures' David Sacks on How To Assess Founder Psychology, How To Accurately Evaluate CAC, Burn and Churn & What Makes The Very Best Startup Boards
Oct 25, 2022 negative
Insight
Emil Michael: Pay-to-play recaps never work for tech startups
“These pay to play things never work. It didn't work at bird. It didn't work at Lime.”
Emil Michael Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 37:45 Emil Michael: How I Negotiated the $4B Uber-China Deal, Why DoorDash Caught Up to Uber | 20VC #941 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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