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David Cohen

17 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2015 by Tak Lo · said 10 times in 5 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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May 18, 2015
Assertion Partly supported
Tak Lo: Techstars originated from David Cohen and Brad Feld's open office hours
“Techstars was created actually between David Cohen and Brad Feld's open office hours.”
Tak Lo May 18, 2015 ▶ 15:09 20 VC 037: How To Get a Job at a Startup, Startup Lessons and Brad Feld's 'Open Office Hours' with Tak Lo, Director @ Techstars
Jun 27, 2016 positive
Insight
David Cohen: Best investments come from instantaneous 5-to-10-minute instincts
“Most of the best investments I've ever Had have been that five, 10 minute instantaneous, you know, like I'm in reaction, right?”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 14:22 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cohen: First Bullet Time fund had an average pre-money valuation of $2.8M
“So the average pre-money valuation of an investment in my first fund is 2.8 million dollars, which is quite sane.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 8:03 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
David Cohen vows to never invest via uncapped convertible notes again
“I've done one in my life, and I plan to do no more.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 15:21 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016 positive
Disclosure
David Cohen: Twilio and Uber were Fund 1's first and fourth investments
“The first investment I made was in a company called Twilio. Fourth investment I made was in a company called Uber.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 5:46 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Techstars requires approval from only one partner for seed investments
“We've maintained, even though we have four partners now working on the larger investments, we've maintained this idea that if somebody gets excited, that's all you need. Go make the seed investment.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 14:46 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016
Disclosure
David Cohen invested $50k in Uber after asking for a $100k allocation
“And I said, I was in sitting on that bar stool. I think I asked for a 100,000 dollars. And, you know, cause at the time I think that was the sort of up leveling that we were trying to do in that fund. And I got 50. It's fine. I took 50.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 20:31 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Cohen targeted 50 fund investments with $50k initial check sizes
“I had a certain size fund, right? I, it was 50 K per check with a double down. So that's 50 investments, right? That's what I wanted in terms of diversification.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 9:10 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016
Disclosure
David Cohen raised $2.5M for Bullet Time Ventures Fund 1 in weeks
“I raised two and a half million almost instantaneously a couple of weeks.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 5:23 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Jun 27, 2016
Insight
Cohen: Consistency in investment strategy matters more than the strategy itself
“It's about having a consistent strategy and just sticking to it. You know, it almost doesn't matter so much what the strategy is as that you're consistent about it and stick to it.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 6:50 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Feb 11, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
David Cohen: Having too many optimists can kill entire companies
“And I've literally seen it kill entire companies by just being too many optimists, hanging out, spending each other up.”
David Cohen Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 8:09 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
Feb 11, 2019 neutral
Insight
Cohen: Structure investment terms to test and hedge founder predictions
“So when you're getting a story from the entrepreneurs about what's going to happen, try to find ways to make the terms match that story and the eventuality that that story may not happen.”
David Cohen Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 17:21 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
Feb 11, 2019
Insight
Cohen: Trust between founders and investors is rebuildable if openly discussed
“So again, we all do things wrong, but if I can trust that we're going to be able to talk about that openly, especially in a board or investor context, or this works in personal life as well, Then I think it's easy to rebuild almost no matter what the transgres…”
David Cohen Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 6:42 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
Feb 11, 2019
Insight
Cohen: A founder's reaction when confronted reveals their true character
“What they say in that moment of integrity is how you can really tell how a person will behave and their value.”
David Cohen Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 4:57 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
Feb 11, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: David Cohen's portfolio companies have created over $80B in value
“To date, David has backed hundreds of startups, including the likes of, check this out, Uber, SendGrid, Twilio, ClassPass, PillPack, and many more. In total, these investments have gone on to create more than eighty billion dollars in value”
Harry Stebbings Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 0:30 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
Feb 11, 2019 positive
Insight
Cohen: Early-stage startups should raise 18 to 24 months of runway
“The company has, but I think at the seed stage, I would look for a minimum of 18 months. Today, I prefer two years, actually. So, sort of seed and series A investing.”
David Cohen Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 18:27 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
Feb 11, 2019 negative
Opinion
Cohen: Nearly 98% of startup bridge rounds are bridges to nowhere
“Yeah, my stats are only a 98%, so I'm not sure if I get it right, but it's somewhere in that zone. No, they often are bridges to nowhere”
David Cohen Feb 11, 2019 ▶ 17:44 20VC: Techstars Founder David Cohen on Why Seed Investing Is A Different Asset Class To Venture, What Makes The Best And The Worst Board Members & Why Every Company Has To Have A Pessimist In The Room
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