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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Chris Dixon comes up
a16z, Anish Acharya: Is SaaS Dead? Do Margins Still Matter? Why We Are Not in an AI Bubble? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 37:44 Anish Acharya So, um, when I first started, I remember sitting, I spent a bunch of time with Mark and Dixon and everyone.
- ▶ 1:11:11 Anish Acharya He, he to me is, is, is so, so interesting at the growth stage in the same way that Dixon is interesting at the early stage. 2 times in the scene
a16z's David George on the Most Controversial Bet at a16z & Do Margins and Revenue Matter in AI? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:05:39 David George People at the early stage that have developed the most clarity of thought on approach to early stage investing, like, I think it's Dixon. 6 times in the scene
OpenAI Restructuring: Who Wins and Who Loses & Mercor Raises $350M at a $10BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:23:32 unnamed speaker They can give you Chris's crypto world.
General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 1:30:38 Hemant Taneja The things I lost, I mean, I have, I have so many of these moments, like Drew Houston, when I, when he was starting Dropbox, like, I asked him to come work at GC with me, because I had him intern for Chris Dixon at back Chris's company,… 2 times in the scene
a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 58:06 Martin Casado So here's my talk track, and it's evolved over the years, and I stole this from Chris Dixon, um, which is, I say, listen, you have one mortal enemy, and you choose whoever that mortal enemy is, and whoever it is, I'm with you, we're gonna…
Trae Stephens: Why No Company is Successful Because of their VC | E1135 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 43:41 Harry Stebbings Uh, Chris Dixon actually said on the show yesterday to me, I, uh, I like to predict the future.
- ▶ 55:48 Trae Stephens Like, like I said, I'm not, I'm, I'm gonna do the opposite of what Chris Dixon did, and I'm gonna say, I, I don't have a crystal ball.
David Clark: Lessons from 32 Years of Fund Investing - Why Exits Will Be Larger | E1131 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 17:08 David Clark So one of the, one of the things, I don't know if you've, if you've had a chance to read Chris Dixon's book yet. 2 times in the scene
Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 31:03 Nick Tomaino Um, but, um, they still, you know, have made good investments and, um, you know, like Chris Dixon, I have, I have a ton of respect for. 2 times in the scene
Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 47:27 Tomasz Tunguz And so, you know, Chris Dixon had this post, every, every major innovation starts out looking like a toy.
a16z GP Martin Casado: How I Went from Engineer to VC; Lessons from Chris Dixon | 20VC #956 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 22:35 Martin Casado And I, I got this one from Chris Dixon, who I actually think is probably the, the most thoughtful investor on the planet.
Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 12:29 Kyle Harrison You have these sort of pockets that exist, but by and large, they have a Chris Dixon who is the, the sort of, you know, uh, the, the, um, leader of that fiefdom, right?
Logan Bartlett: WTF is Happening at Growth Stage Investing? | 20VC #920 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 22:49 Logan Bartlett You don't think Chris Dixon or Martine Cassato or David George in the same way that you do Marc Andreessen or Ben Horowitz or Jeff Jordan.
Ian Lee: Why DAOs Will Replace Venture Capital; Biggest Threat to Web3 | 20VC #893 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC: Why Crypto is Software Eating Money, Why Crypto Firms Will Outcompete Traditional Venture Firms, How To Price Tokens and When To Have Them, DAOs: How Are They Structured and What Makes One Successful with Avichal Garg, Co-Founder @ Electric Capital
- ▶ 9:49 Avichal Garg And given the option between people who are just sort of dead weight on the token cap table, versus people who are really experts at this stuff, like, would I rather have Chris and Ali and Katie and Namath, right?
- ▶ 15:46 Avichal Garg And obviously Chris, Katie and Mark sort of pioneered this by breaking off.
- ▶ 51:41 Avichal Garg Folks like Chris Dixon, and Marc Andreessen, and Josh Kushner, and Haymont over at General Catalyst, and Ray at Caffeinated.
20VC: Biggest Lessons and Challenges Building One of the Most Successful Seed Funds, How To Manage Investor Psychology, Self-Doubt and Insecurity & The Secret to Truly Successful Venture Partnerships with David Frankel, Co-Founder @ Founder Collective
- ▶ 4:34 David Frankel Strategic, including people like Chris Dixon, Eric Paley, Micah Rosenblum, and had the extraordinary honor of being able to invest in their company's ultra early seed stage. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:17 David Frankel I've met founders whose only job, the only thing they were good at was fundraising, and I remember being with Chris Dixon, and he made that reflection on a pitch we took together, and then he mused and, like, looked up in the ceiling and…
20VC: Eugene Wei on "Status as a Service", Why Networks Grow and Stop Growing, The Worst Design Choices Social Media Incumbents Have Made & The Next 10 Years of Media and the Metaverse
- ▶ 23:37 Eugene Wei I think Chris Dixon formulated it about network products, including social networks.
20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
- ▶ 0:07 Harry Stebbings But to our show today, and I've been looking forward to releasing this one for quite a long time now, and so I'm thrilled to welcome Brianne Kimmel, founder and managing partner at Work Life Ventures, a very new firm focused on the future…
20VC: Lessons Learned Scaling PillPack from Seed to Amazon Acquisition, Why Investors Should Spend More Time Assessing Human Capital Risk Taken by Founders & The Right Way To Think About Capital Efficiency in Scaling with David Frankel, Managing Partner @
- ▶ 0:56 Harry Stebbings ...providers in Africa, and this led to his entrance into angel investing, where he enjoyed immense success, investing in the likes of Chris Dixon's Hunch, and Alex Rampell's TrialPay, just to name a few.
- ▶ 4:22 David Frankel I met some extraordinary entrepreneurs, the likes of Eric Paley and Micah Rosenblum, who are today my partners, and people like Chris Dixon, and was lucky enough to give them all their first capital. 2 times in the scene
20VC: a16z's Alex Rampell on The Struggle Between Innovation vs Distribution, When How To Determine Whether An Application is Optimised Through Centralised or Decentralised Networks & Why Most ICOs Today Are Ridiculous
- ▶ 5:46 Alex Rampell And actually Chris Dixon and I started a company called fraud eliminator, which became site advisor, which was also venture backed, but all of these different shareware and software companies and products that I had experienced with before…
- ▶ 6:27 Harry Stebbings Now, I'd love to take responsibility for these next few questions, but we spoke to Chris Dixon before the show. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:03 Alex Rampell I mean, I think Chris Dixon actually wrote a phenomenal blog post on like the real innovation in this stuff. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:28 Harry Stebbings You mentioned Chris Dixon's writing before. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 39:12 Harry Stebbings Alex, as I said, I heard so many great things from both Chris, Max, and Mark.
20VC: The Future Business Model For Drones & Why Enterprise Drones Need To Be As Boring As Possible with Jonathan Downey, Founder & CEO @ Airware
- ▶ 21:50 Jonathan Downey You know, I really love Chris Dixon's blog. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Why Founders Should Not Focus On Top Line Valuation, Why Capital Efficiency Is Key To Returns And Investment Success & Why Despite Popular Thought, $100m Is An Exciting Exit For VC with Micah Rosenbloom, Managing Partner @ Founder Collective
- ▶ 6:35 Micah Rosenbloom And of course now we're all partners and Chris Dixon was in my class and we became friends and Sal Khan. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:20 Micah Rosenbloom Did it alongside Chris at Andreessen.
20VC: Is Big Data Still A Thing with Matt Turck, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital
- ▶ 22:12 Matt Turck You know, so starting, starting with the classics, you know, Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Radfeld, and all those things, and I think that's, that's really, um, you know, part of, uh, what, what all of us should be reading on a, on a daily…
20 VC 089: Eric Paley @ Founder Collective on Outliers, Inspirational Founders and Pro Rata
- ▶ 0:11 Harry Stebbings And Founder Collective, if you're not aware, is one of the world's most prestigious and successful seed funds, with investments in the likes of Uber, MakerBot, About.me, and Chris Dixon's Hunch.
- ▶ 7:52 Eric Paley And he was doing the same with Micah, and he was doing the same with another classmate of ours from business school, who's Chris Dixon.
20 VC 088: David Frankel @ Founder Collective: The Most Founder Friendly VC in Existence
- ▶ 0:13 Harry Stebbings It is, of course, Founder Collective, with investments in the likes of Uber, Chris Dixon's Hunch, About.me, MakerBot, and many, many more incredible companies.
- ▶ 4:06 David Frankel And, you know, one percent of our class did something entrepreneurial, but I managed to kind of have many lunches in the canteen with amazing people like Chris Dixon, and Eric Paley, and Todd Kreiselman, and Victoria Brown, and totally… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:05 Harry Stebbings And you, you previously alluded to your portfolio investments from your network, so the likes of Chris Dixon with Hunch, Eric Paley with Brontes. 10 times in the scene
20 VC 085: Mark Suster @ Upfront Ventures on Being A Super Entrepreneur Driven VC
- ▶ 24:47 Mark Suster Um, I love reading Chris Dixon when he writes, he writes less often, but he has a way of contextualizing issues in a much more concise version, uh, than I do, but I'd say those are, you know, probably three that I really enjoy.