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Drew Oetting

9 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 27, 2017 by Drew Oetting · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Sep 27, 2017
Insight
Oetting: Functional AI Requires Vertical Enterprise Data Structures First
“In order for functional AI to exist in applications, especially in the business world, we need there to be data in software systems, which means we need enterprise software with highly complex and vertically focused data structures before AI can have very much…”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 18:50 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Insight
Oetting: Young VCs Have An Advantage Because Incumbents Aren't Threatened
“The real benefit of being young, and I'm sure that you've experienced this, is that people are really willing to help you. Partially, that's because they probably don't see you as that competitive. And so they don't see you as threatening, which is probably tr…”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 11:16 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Oetting: VCs will shift from founder-friendly to company-friendly as companies stay private longer
“But as companies stay private longer and longer, I think that that's going to change. I think what you're going to see is investors become more company friendly. And what that manifests itself in is looking at all shareholders, not just the founders.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 5:53 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Insight
Oetting: Business Growth Creates Value Only With Operating Leverage
“Growth creates value when there's an argument or there is evidence of operating leverage, because then it creates more profitability.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 16:22 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Insight
Oetting: Deep focus early in a career generates exponential returns over preserving optionality
“The reality is doubling into something you, especially early on in career, you get exponential return to your time. So focusing on one thing, you're going to get an exponential return on that.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 13:34 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Insight
Oetting: Midwest Founders Prioritize Unit Economics Due to Capital Constraints
“If you're starting a business in the Midwest, you probably had to think a lot about this because it was very expensive for you to raise money, and so you probably thought a lot more about it.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 18:09 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Oetting: Board Members Violate Fiduciary Duties By Prioritizing Founders
“As an investor, you are legally, if you're on a board, you are legally responsible for being company friendly. You are violating your obligations if you are founder friendly or if you are investor friendly. You're supposed to be company friendly to all stakeho…”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 5:22 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017 negative
Opinion
Oetting: VCs Are Too Obsessed With Technology Over Business Fundamentals
“Venture capitalists have become a little bit too obsessed with the technology itself versus the way the technology accomplishes creating a highly compelling business.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 15:36 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Sep 27, 2017 negative
Opinion
Oetting: Systemic US Racism Lies in the Court System, Ignored by Media
“On the left, there's very little talk in the mainstream media about the fact that the real prejudice and racism, in my opinion, that exists in the United States exist in the court system, not necessarily as much in other parts of the world.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 20:03 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
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