Brad Burnham

6 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 11, 2016 by Albert Wenger · said 17 times in 9 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jul 11, 2016
Disclosure
Wenger had multiple failed attempts entering VC before joining USV
“I first tried to start a venture capital arm for Telebank, and then Telebank got acquired by E-Trade, and then I started my own incubator with very bad timing at the sort of height of the bubble, just before the bubble burst, and then I tried to start a ventur…”
Albert Wenger Jul 11, 2016 ▶ 3:11 20VC: USV's Albert Wenger on Automation Replacing Humans, The Universal Basic Income and The Instalment & The Deployment Phase
Jul 13, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
USV Took 80 Pitch Meetings to Raise First Fund in 2004
“It took us about 80 meetings and a heck of a lot of air travel to get that done, but we finally got the fund done in the early part of, I guess, 2004”
Brad Burnham Jul 13, 2016 ▶ 4:45 20VC: USV's Brad Burnham on Co-Founding USV with Fred Wilson, What They Look For In Potential Partners & Whether We Are Entering a Period of Consolidation or Expansion
Jul 13, 2016
Insight
Infrastructure VC Relies on IP; Application Layer Requires a Thesis
“When you move from the infrastructure layer, where I think Investing is really defined by technical differentiation and intellectual property defensibility. You know, they're, I think, being more opportunistic, more deal flow driven, made perfect sense. When y…”
Brad Burnham Jul 13, 2016 ▶ 15:32 20VC: USV's Brad Burnham on Co-Founding USV with Fred Wilson, What They Look For In Potential Partners & Whether We Are Entering a Period of Consolidation or Expansion
Jul 13, 2016 positive
Insight
Publicly Sharing Investment Theses Attracts Aligned Founders
“Putting that thesis out there and being open about it and being open about all of our thinking about markets has proven to be very helpful. Introducing us to entrepreneurs who are working in the areas that we have been thinking about.”
Brad Burnham Jul 13, 2016 ▶ 16:08 20VC: USV's Brad Burnham on Co-Founding USV with Fred Wilson, What They Look For In Potential Partners & Whether We Are Entering a Period of Consolidation or Expansion
Sep 11, 2017
Insight
Weissman: VC funds only need a few right decisions per fund
“Well, that's okay because with this business, we actually don't have to be right every time we have to make a decision just a couple times each fund.”
Andy Weissman Sep 11, 2017 ▶ 8:47 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
Jan 29, 2018 positive
Disclosure
USV hired Andrew Parker in 2006 without a resume or reference checks
“They never asked for my resume. They never checked any references. They just wanted to see my web presence. So I showed them my blog at the time because this is pre-Twitter or pre-Tumblr or anything like that. They brought me in for a 40 minute interview and t…”
Andrew Parker Jan 29, 2018 ▶ 4:28 20VC: Investing Lessons From Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham @ USV, How CEO's Can Operationally Utilise Their Board & The Single Most Important Quality of A CEO with Andrew Parker, General Partner @ Spark Capital
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