David Politis

5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 23, 2016 by David Politis · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Dec 23, 2016 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Politis failed to articulate BetterCloud's 10-year vision in early fundraising
“I did not do a good job in any round. Really articulating the really, really big vision for BetterCloud. I kind of take this under-promise, over-deliver approach, and I'm just conservative in, in my approach in general, in planning and in, in everything. And s…”
David Politis Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 23:23 20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
Dec 23, 2016
Disclosure
BetterCloud requires leaders to share 360 feedback and weaknesses with team
“The key part of this is that the leader has to then take that feedback, good, bad, and ugly, and show it to their entire team. And with that feedback, they also have to tell them what they're going to do to work on their weaknesses.”
David Politis Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 17:42 20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
Dec 23, 2016
Assertion Partly supported
Politis became Vocalocity CEO after the firm laid off almost everyone
“Six months after starting that job, they ended up letting go of everyone in the company except for me and one engineer, and so the two of us were left there to build this business. They actually made me CEO of the company.”
David Politis Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 3:37 20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
Dec 23, 2016
Disclosure
BetterCloud caused culture shock by introducing ten HR programs simultaneously
“We made a mistake in is we got so excited about being deliberate. We made 80 changes that, you know, I don't know, we made something like we put in 10 people programs at once over a period of a couple months, and it was shock. It just shocked everyone. It was …”
David Politis Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 19:00 20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
Dec 23, 2016 negative
Insight
Politis: Recruiting and retaining employees via perks is lazy and unhealthy
“In general, I feel like incentivizing or recruiting or retaining people through perks is, is pretty lazy. I think it's superficial. It's unhealthy.”
David Politis Dec 23, 2016 ▶ 11:30 20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud
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