consumer apps

also referred to as: consumer app

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 30, 2015 by Ed Sim · across every show →

Everything said about consumer apps, oldest first

Nov 30, 2015 positive
Insight
Enterprise founders achieve repeatable success easier than consumer entrepreneurs
“And in consumer, I think it's harder to be a repeat consumer entrepreneur, right? Because you typically start an app, you know, let's say, and launch that thing, and then you try to start another one, but you can't bring that same customer base over. You've go…”
Ed Sim Nov 30, 2015 ▶ 12:32 20 VC 092: The Repeatable Playbook of SaaS with Ed Sim, Founding Partner @ BoldStart Ventures
Feb 4, 2019 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Another wave of consumer apps is not coming anytime soon
“I would love to see some form of consumer apps come back. I think we're at like a pretty boring place for consumer apps for the last bunch of years, and I don't think we're done building them. That's kind of, I don't know how that would happen. I think you'd n…”
Sam Lessin Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 33:16 20VC: Slow Ventures' Sam Lessin on How VC Forces Certain Companies To Exist and Makes It Difficult To Finance Others, Why Cities Won't Let Scooter Companies Be Profitable and Why Dapps Are A Concern and Where Emphasis Should Be Placed In Crypto
Aug 5, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Arora: Consumer applications will be rewritten for AI agents within a decade
“I think every consumer app will get rewritten in the next five to 10 years. You know, why would I not have my agent talk to my DoorDash app or Uber app?”
Nikesh Arora Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 1:00:25 Leo Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness Blows Up | Moonshot AI Raises $3.5B at $35B
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