Derek Zanutto
8 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2020 by Derek Zanutto · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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Nov 9, 2020 neutral
Zanutto: Hedge funds use early checks as loss leaders for pre-IPO allocation
“Frankly, a lot of these hedge funds manage such enormous pools of capital relative to the size of the traditional VC fund. That for them, you know, writing a 25 or fifty million dollar check into an A or a B round is a rounding error, right? So for them, they …”
Nov 9, 2020
Derek Zanutto: Pursuing market breadth over depth in expensive markets fails
“What I worry most about, and I think what's most challenging is if in markets like this where prices are incredibly high, going for breadth and trying to chase everything, I think is a losing strategy because then you're going to, you know, not have enough, en…”
Nov 9, 2020 negative
Zanutto: Startup media overemphasizes individual founders over teams
“No one investor is the be all and end all for any given company's board. No one individual can build a world beating business all on their own. And I think the media around startups and venture often defaults to the story of the individual because it's frankly…”
Nov 9, 2020 negative
Nov 9, 2020
Derek Zanutto: Enterprise Data Stack Will Consolidate as CIOs Rationalize Vendors
“And I think there's a case to be made that you're likely to see a bit more consolidation down the road as CIOs and CDOs look to rationalize all the vendors are using to solve, you know, common pain points throughout the enterprise.”
Nov 9, 2020 positive
Nov 9, 2020
Derek Zanutto: Investors must form sector theses before companies start fundraising
“And I think what that means in reality is that for investors to make informed judgments On underwriting risks and making investments, you really need to have been doing your research and your work and developing your thesis on a category well in advance of a c…”
Nov 9, 2020 negative
Zanutto: High valuations and easy money create severe downstream financing risks
“One learning that I've come away with from those conversations and experiences is if you take the money and it's at a very high price and it's easy money, there is a risk to that because you, if you take it at too high of a price, you get over your skis and th…”