David Baszucki

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 19, 2021 by David Sze · said 39 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Apr 19, 2021 bullish
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David Baszucki predicted early on that Roblox would surpass Minecraft
“I remember him saying, we're going to be bigger than Minecraft someday, and at that time, that was like the most laughable statement in the world, but Dave was convinced, and I just remember I'd check in with him, and he'd chip away at it, and eventually it be…”
David Sze Apr 19, 2021 ▶ 12:17 20VC: Greylock's David Sze on His Biggest Lessons Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Reid Hoffman, The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, How To Think Through Price Discipline Today and How Truly Strong Venture Partnerships Function
Apr 19, 2021 bullish
What-if
Sze: Roblox would have failed if Baszucki followed outside advice
“If he'd done all the things, if he'd taken the thousands of pieces of advice and gotten all mixed up and twisted around, there's no way Roblox would have succeeded”
David Sze Apr 19, 2021 ▶ 38:58 20VC: Greylock's David Sze on His Biggest Lessons Working with Mark Zuckerberg and Reid Hoffman, The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, How To Think Through Price Discipline Today and How Truly Strong Venture Partnerships Function
Apr 29, 2021
Disclosure
Fralic: I did not share Baszucki's conviction on Roblox's eventual scale
“And to be honest, I didn't share that conviction all the time. I didn't think it could be as big as it is now, but I think he always did.”
Chris Fralic Apr 29, 2021 ▶ 13:14 20VC: The Roblox Memo: First Round's Chris Fralic on The 17 Year Journey to Build a $41BN Market Cap Company, Why It Is Way Harder To Increase Ownership Across Rounds Today & What Happens Post SPACMania
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