consumer tech

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 6, 2016 by Bijan Sabet · across every show →

Everything said about consumer tech, oldest first

Jun 6, 2016
Opinion
Investing in post-bubble consumer tech was non-obvious in the mid-2000s
“The idea of backing entrepreneurs that were first-time entrepreneurs after the bubble burst in consumer, you know, right now it seems very obvious, but I can tell you at the time, it wasn't obvious.”
Bijan Sabet Jun 6, 2016 ▶ 4:33 20VC: Spark's Bijan Sabet on Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare & Why First Time Founders Are So Exciting
Jul 3, 2017 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Snapchat Was the Last Breakout Consumer Tech Company, Says Feng
“The last breakout iconic consumer company that's proven today is Snapchat, and that launched in 2011, so it's been almost six years since we had that level of success on the consumer side”
Eric Feng Jul 3, 2017 ▶ 9:42 20VC: Kleiner Perkins GP, Eric Feng on How The Best Funds Use Tech and Data To Find Companies, Why Entrepreneurs Start The Fire and VCs Add The Rocket Fuel & Why Consumer Is Harder Than Ever Today
Feb 19, 2018 bullish
Opinion
Liew: Pessimism around consumer tech investing is unwarranted
“I actually say that the evidence suggests that there's actually a lot of breakthroughs happening on the consumer side. You know, HQ Trivia is having a moment right now. TBH, Saraja, Marco Polo, Musical.ly, as we mentioned, Cheddar, Prisma, Pokemon Go, all on t…”
Jeremy Liew Feb 19, 2018 ▶ 6:09 20VC: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on Being The First Investor in Snapchat, Why The Pessimism Around Consumer Is Wrong & Why Silicon Valley Is An Isolated Bubble and What Can Be Done To Change This
Sep 27, 2023
Insight
Lanng: Enterprise software is multi-polar, not winner-takes-all like consumer
“Because enterprise is a multi-polar world. It's not winner-takes-all. I mean, Peter Thiel's power laws works really well in consumer, but in enterprise, there's so many modes. I mean, compliance, regulatory, Incompetence.”
Christian Lanng Sep 27, 2023 ▶ 54:39 Christian Lanng: "How Being a Founder Almost Killed Me" | E1065 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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