David Friedberg

10 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 14, 2022 by David Friedberg · said 5 times in 3 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Mar 14, 2022
Insight
Friedberg: Taking action generates data faster than prior analysis
“So many people I know that are super smart are too analytical and not action-oriented enough, in the sense that they kind of want to gather data before acting. More often than not, acting gives you the data you need to answer the question.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 39:26 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022
Disclosure
Friedberg earns no carried interest from portfolio company sales at TPB
“I don't make any carried interest, right? I don't take any money out if we sell a company. That money is just recycled.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 23:04 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Dot-com crash forced public tech companies to sell below cash balance
“We ended up during that period of time actually selling multiple public companies for less than their cash balance because their business models were so flawed.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 4:47 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022
Insight
Friedberg: Deploying too much capital too fast destroys business value
“You actually create negative value for the business by putting too much capital in too fast.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 10:37 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022
Insight
Friedberg: Market valuations drop first in public, then early-stage, then late-stage
“Valuations come down in public markets first. Ironically, the valuations then come down in early stage second and later stage third.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 6:38 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022
Insight
Friedberg: Price Is Not a Valid Reason to Pass on a Startup
“That's really not the reason to pass on a company. If you believe in the team, you believe in the market, you believe in the technology competency, you believe they can move up that business value creation framework, you know, let the market set the price.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 13:27 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022
Insight
Friedberg: Startups should raise as much capital as dilution criteria allow
“I would argue every business should raise as much capital as they possibly can, provided it meets their dilution or ownership criteria.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 10:42 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022 positive
Insight
Friedberg: Global energy, carbon, and health challenges are resolvable with existing science
“We have the opportunity to kind of resolve energy, resolve carbon, resolve human health. I mean, many of these challenges are resolvable based on first principles analysis of science as it sits today.”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 33:22 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Mar 14, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Late-stage VCs reinvest in existing portfolio to delay write-downs
“A lot of VCs, as you know, have marked up their investments and marked up their books of Private companies significantly over the last couple of years with these later stage rounds and ballooning values, and they don't want to take a write down. So they're mor…”
David Friedberg Mar 14, 2022 ▶ 6:46 20VC: David Friedberg on The Framework for Business Value Creation, The Bifurcation in Venture Today That No One Talks About, The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on Venture and Step by Step; How TPB Incubates, Funds and Exits The Next Generation of Companie
Jul 15, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Motamedi: Right now is the best time in years to invest in SaaS
“I couldn't disagree more. I sincerely believe it is the best time in a long time to be building SaaS companies and investing in SaaS.”
Saam Motamedi Jul 15, 2024 ▶ 16:22 Saam Motamedi: Why Series B Won’t Make Money & Why $1M ARR is a BS Milestone for Series A | E1177 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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