employee

also referred to as: employees

10 statements across 10 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 18, 2019 by Assaf Wand · across every show →

Everything said about employee, oldest first

Jan 18, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wand: The average age of a Hippo employee is 42 years old
“Average age of our employees is around 42.”
Assaf Wand Jan 18, 2019 ▶ 12:41 20VC: Why Every Company Looks One Round Earlier Than It Should Be, Why Investors Don't Understand Term Sheet Psyche & How The Brand Behind The Investor Can Overweight The Attention Their Opinion Is Given with Assaf Wand, Founder & CEO @ Hippo
Jan 13, 2023 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Lemkin: Employees joining a $1B unicorn in 2023 will make nothing
“If as an employee, if you join a company with, in, in 2023 with a valuation over a billion as an employee, you're gonna make nothing. It doesn't matter what it sells for, you're gonna make nothing.”
Jason Lemkin Jan 13, 2023 ▶ 22:52 Jason Lemkin: WTF is Going On in VC? Are LPs Investing in New Funds? | 20VC #965 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 17, 2023
Insight
Clark: Leaders limit employee potential out of fear of overstretching them
“And, you know, I think people too often put limits on what they think their people are capable of out of fear of overstretching them in some way.”
Dave Clark Jul 17, 2023 ▶ 1:43 Dave Clark: Lessons from Leading 1M Employees w/ Jeff Bezos at Amazon to CEO of Flexport | E1036 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 3, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jason Lemkin: Employees work the same amount today but are present less often
“I think sometimes I think people work less than they used to. I think they work the same. It's just, they're not present nearly as often.”
Jason Lemkin Nov 3, 2023 ▶ 40:49 Roundtable #5 with Jack Altman, Auren Hoffman, Jason Lemkin, Harry Stebbings | E1077 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 6, 2023
Insight
Zwillinger: Employees tire of brand narrative much faster than consumers do
“Not getting tired of the story that you're telling to consumers before they do, which it takes a long time for consumers to get tired. It's much quicker for employees to get tired.”
Joey Zwillinger Nov 6, 2023 ▶ 46:12 Joey Zwillinger: From $4.1BN to $142M Market Cap;Why Public Markets Have Written Allbirds Off |E1078 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 13, 2024 positive
Insight
Blomfield: People who constantly call out broken systems make great startup founders
“I think it makes great founders, where they're like, just so annoyed if something's broken, they have to fix it, and they have to tell people something's wrong, and it's a, you can make a shitty employee, but a really good founder.”
Tom Blomfield May 13, 2024 ▶ 21:35 Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 26, 2024 positive
Insight
Bialecki: Founders should not worry secondary liquidity will demotivate employees
“I guess my advice is don't, I would, I don't overthink the, oh my gosh, will people be demotivated? I think it's actually, it's a good, it's a positive thing.”
Andrew Bialecki Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 29:13 Andrew Bialecki: Is Klaviyo the Most Under-Priced Public Company? | E1170 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 7, 2025
Insight
Jason Lemkin: Startup Employees Care About Stock Value, Not Dilution
“But we forget about the employees don't care about, they don't even know what dilution is. All they care about is what happens with their stock.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 7, 2025 ▶ 8:14 Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever? Meta & Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 15, 2026
Insight
Traits making bad employees are often typical founder qualities
“There are people who would be bad employees in any company because they're just like difficult to work with. They don't listen to like instructions. So like they don't follow like roadmaps. Or not, they're not like easy to collaborate, but maybe the flip side …”
Aravind Srinivas Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 1:02:22 Perplexity CEO: Micron Will Be More Valuable Than Meta & How Export Controls Helped Not Hurt China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 7, 2026 negative
Opinion
Greze: Misleading headline valuations on fundraising rounds is unethical toward employees
“Personally, I don't think it's ethical. I don't think it's ethical towards employees. You know, most of all, if you're not, I mean, maybe when you hire someone, you tell them for sure. Because it's like the dilution wasn't that number one. It's not where most …”
Jean-Denis Greze Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:03:07 Town vs Instinct vs GrokBot | Why the AI Assistant Market Is Not a Bubble
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