David Helgason
8 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2016 by David Helgason · said 6 times in 4 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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Jul 22, 2016
Helgason: I will almost certainly never start another company as founder
“As a founder, almost certainly not. Plus Unity keeps me busy. It's just like, it's sort of a Big B stuff of interesting projects and innovation and teams and brilliant people that it sort of keeps me occupied. No, it's hard. It's hard for me to imagine that I …”
Jul 22, 2016 positive
Helgason: Startup founders should strive for a monopoly every day
“You're striving for monopoly you know, and then afterwards you don't have one because, you know, there's rarely any, but, you know, along the way you, you've bumped up, bumped off a few competitors and you have some new ones and, you know, there's some theorie…”
Jul 22, 2016
Helgason: Unity rejected acquisition offers that misaligned with its core mission
“There was a couple of times when we could have probably made some money, but you know, the acquirer was clearly not aligned with that idea. Not because they're bad people, just because they're completely different interests. And in that case, it was very easy …”
Oct 29, 2020 negative
Stressed middle managers are the most destructive force inside companies
“I think it's actually the same you see inside companies. Stressed out middle managers are kind of the most destructive force inside companies. And by the way, they're stressed out because they are being stressed out by other people. I'm not saying, you know, a…”
Oct 29, 2020
Oct 29, 2020 negative
Bad VC board behavior stems from LP pressure and asset illiquidity
“When I've seen sort of bad behavior or weird behavior, I think it often comes down to the fact that VCs are money managers for other people, and it's a bit the same as you get in kind of middle management in companies, that you get people that are under pressu…”
Oct 29, 2020