David Wu
9 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2015 by David Wu · said 5 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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2016 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
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Jul 29, 2015
Jul 29, 2015
Founders should reference check VCs with their least successful portfolio companies
“Do that same amount of diligence. And, you know, go talk to, Portfolio companies, probably the most successful and the least successful portfolio companies in some of the investors that you're thinking of taking money from, and really understand, you know, how…”
Jul 29, 2015 bullish
Jul 29, 2015 neutral
Jul 29, 2015 positive
Non-startup achievements predict success for first-time founders
“Past success is often indicative of future success, and so even a first-time founder, you know, maybe a nineteen-year-old coming out of the UK has had some body of work of things they've accomplished in their life, whether it's winning awards in sports or scho…”
Jul 29, 2015 negative
Jul 29, 2015 neutral
Jul 29, 2015 neutral
David Wu passed on investing in Stitch Fix, Instacart, and Dollar Shave Club
“But from an investor perspective, I would probably say that, you know, the biggest mistakes have to be, you know, my personal portfolio to date. Or anti-portfolio. And three that come to mind are all for different reasons where companies that I passed on that …”
Jul 29, 2015 positive
Maveron evaluates potential CEOs using a 10-trait scorecard reviewed post-investment
“We, we've kind of put together a list of 10 key traits that we believe are kind of the key success traits for a Maveron consumer successful founder, and we actually score all our potential investments CEOs against this scorecard, and we often look back six mon…”