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4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 25, 2016 by Semil Shah · across every show →

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Jul 25, 2016
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Semil Shah: Emerging VCs Must Build an Independent Track Record First
“No one's going to believe that you can generate deal flow and pick from the deal flow and do that in a sustainable way unless you do it because other people won't believe that you can do it.”
Semil Shah Jul 25, 2016 ▶ 2:55 20VC: Semil Shah on Why The Most Important Thing An Investor Can Do Is Attract Follow On & The Fundamentals of VC Branding
Jun 3, 2019
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Coelius: Deal flow and access are the only hard things in venture capital
“The only two hard things that I can see in this business are basically deal flow and access. So if you don't have basically good deal flow and you don't have access, you're out of luck. You're not going to be successful.”
Zach Coelius Jun 3, 2019 ▶ 13:21 20VC: Why Portfolio Construction Is Inefficient, Why The Only Thing That Matters In Venture Is Pricing & The Future of Venture; Bundled or Unbundled with Zach Coelius
Nov 15, 2021 neutral
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Zaki: Thrive Capital built internal companies to generate deal flow
“We had to start our own companies to generate our own deal flow.”
Kareem Zaki Nov 15, 2021 ▶ 12:10 20VC: Thrive Capital's Kareem Zaki on The One Rule That Drives Investment Decision-Making and Focus at Thrive, Why Every Large Institution Will Enter Venture Capital Over the Next Decade and How To Create a Firm Culture That Attracts The Best Young Talent
Apr 17, 2025
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O'Driscoll: Higher deal flow makes deal picking more, not less, critical
“You see every deal, which means you see every bad deal, and there are 99 shit deals for every one good deal, so the more deal flow you see, the more important picking is.”
Rory O'Driscoll Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 29:38 a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN & Why Josh Kushner Has Mastered the Game · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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