Equal Ventures

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 23, 2023 by Rick Zullo · said 7 times in 4 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Aug 23, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rick Zullo says he hasn't taken a startup pitch in eight years
“I haven't taken a pitch in eight years because I think pitching is bullshit because I think it's all about sales, salesmanship and rather than actually like me understanding your understanding of a company.”
Rick Zullo Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 39:57 Jason Lemkin & Rick Zullo: How "Mark to Market" Corrupted Venture Capital | E1052 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 23, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Zullo: Many multistage VC partners will leave their firms within 3-5 years
“I think the reality is the broken incentives that venture firms have of all these zombie VCs that are Series A, Series B, Series C at multistage funds, a lot of those venture investors may not be there three to five years from now. If you are building a compan…”
Rick Zullo Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 1:07:04 Jason Lemkin & Rick Zullo: How "Mark to Market" Corrupted Venture Capital | E1052 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 23, 2023 negative
Insight
Rick Zullo: No correlation between seed fundraising skill and business success
“We just haven't seen a lot of correlation between the folks who are like really great at raising money at the seed stage and the folks who are really great at building a business and the people who are really great at building a business, they get pretty good …”
Rick Zullo Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 44:02 Jason Lemkin & Rick Zullo: How "Mark to Market" Corrupted Venture Capital | E1052 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 23, 2023 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Zullo: Venture market will see more startup busts than bridge rounds
“I think there's gonna be more busts than down rounds and bridges.”
Rick Zullo Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 20:16 Jason Lemkin & Rick Zullo: How "Mark to Market" Corrupted Venture Capital | E1052 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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