Chris Dark

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 4, 2015 by Chris Dark · across every show →

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May 4, 2015 negative
Insight
Chris Dark: Investors calling a startup 'interesting' means they will not invest
“If someone just keeps telling you it's interesting, that is, of course, the word of death. Interesting means they're not interested.”
Chris Dark May 4, 2015 ▶ 13:58 20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
May 4, 2015 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chris Dark: Blockchain will fundamentally solve the $500B global remittance industry
“Whether it's Bitcoin or Stellar or whatever that, that, that will fundamentally change remittance around the world, and that's a half a trillion dollar industry or so. So that alone, it absolutely will solve.”
Chris Dark May 4, 2015 ▶ 22:30 20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
May 4, 2015 neutral
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Chris Dark: Valuation gaps like $40M versus $50M have minimal impact on founder equity
“People get very caught up on, oh, well, you know, I'm raising at forty million, maybe I think it should be 50. And actually, if you actually go and work out the difference To your ownership as a founder in those scenarios, it's very, very little. It's much mor…”
Chris Dark May 4, 2015 ▶ 14:58 20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
May 4, 2015 bullish
Disclosure
Chris Dark: Bitcoin is irrelevant compared to the underlying blockchain technology
“I'm very long Bitcoin, so I have a bunch of Bitcoins, and not because I trade them or anything, it's just like, well, if the, look, the Bitcoin's irrelevant, right? What matters is the blockchain”
Chris Dark May 4, 2015 ▶ 22:12 20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
May 4, 2015
Insight
Chris Dark: Most prospective founders actually prefer being early startup employees
“A lot of people Think they want to be a founder, but they don't really. What they actually want to be is kind of the fifth, sixth employee have a little bit of infrastructure around them, and work in a kind of fast-paced startup. Very few people really want to…”
Chris Dark May 4, 2015 ▶ 23:29 20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
May 4, 2015 positive
Insight
Chris Dark: Founders should test investor promises by asking for help before closing
“Everyone's going to tell you, every investor's going to tell you how helpful they're going to be. They're going to introduce you to everyone in the world that you want to meet and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's really simple. You say, okay, that's fant…”
Chris Dark May 4, 2015 ▶ 15:16 20 VC 033: The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital, Atomico and Entrepreneurship with Chris Dark, President International @ C2FO
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