Emily Melton
11 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 11, 2017 by Emily Melton · said 5 times in 3 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Elad Gil on Becoming One of Silicon Valleys Top Angels, Why Most People Get Market Sizing Wrong & Should VC Services Always Be Bundled Together?
- 20VC: DFJ's Josh Stein on Why VCs Must Adapt To Their Founders, The Major Transition Points For Aaron Levie @ Box & Why SaaS Startups Are Growing At A Rate Never Seen Before
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Jan 11, 2017 neutral
Building an early-stage startup is statistically irrational
“What you have to recognize is building a company, an early-stage company, is insanely risky. It is It's extremely challenging. You know, statistically, this is not something that a rational person wants to do. You, there are a lot of easier ways to go and make…”
Jan 11, 2017 negative
VCs rely on simplistic thinking by backing YC and Harvard dropouts
“This is where I do think people and in my industry can be simplistic in their thinking. And they, in some ways it's like being safe. No one's going to look at you funny for investing in a company. That's a young guy out of YC with a hoodie that dropped out of …”
Jan 11, 2017
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Jan 11, 2017 negative
Judging all startups by outlier growth forces premature capital risk
“I think that some of the trajectory of some of these amazing companies, which are truly outliers, that have had this, you know, up and to the right success, has forced all companies to be, you know, judged by that same curve, and that's not the way that, that …”
Jan 11, 2017
Tim Draper hired Emily Melton at DFJ after a 10-minute interview
“I actually emailed a number of VCs. There were investors in a couple of the companies that I was thinking about joining, and one of those was Tim Draper, and he agreed to meet me, and I walked into a meeting. He was late, too, and I was extremely nervous. I ha…”
Jan 11, 2017 negative
Jan 11, 2017 positive
Early-stage VCs must evaluate upside potential over downside protection
“What you really want to think through, it's not the downside scenarios, because we're investing early, and we're not writing large, large What we really need to understand and what we're evaluating new opportunities is how much could this be worth if everythin…”
Jan 11, 2017 positive
Vulnerability and honesty about challenges are critical for long-term success
“I view showing what you're excited about and what you're scared about and your weaknesses allows you to build authentic relationships. And I think a lot of people, both on the VC side and on the entrepreneurship side, what they're always constantly having to s…”
Jan 11, 2017 positive
Founder motivation determines whether a startup survives hardship or gives up
“I think you need to really spend that time to delve down and understand what is motivating them, because that's what's going to actually mean the difference between success and failure. Because there's going to be so many times in the course of a company where…”
Jan 11, 2017
The next breakout tech giant will not resemble past winners
“What I know for sure is that whatever the next big business is that is going to be built, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to look like the last, you know, big company that's these five year cycles. Like there's always some new entity that emerges t…”