Eurie Kim
11 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 22, 2018 by Eurie Kim · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Jan 22, 2018 negative
Eurie Kim: Early-stage brands cannot survive without high gross margins
“Certain categories have structurally higher margins than others. Beauty is obviously one of them. And by vertically integrating their earlier stage teams have the ability to start investing in their businesses and marketing and customer service. Because they h…”
Jan 22, 2018 bullish
Jan 22, 2018 bullish
Jan 22, 2018
Eurie Kim: Top DTC Brands Achieve Product-Market Fit Within Two Years
“They actually reach clear product market fit, certainly with their consumers in terms of consumer love within their first year or two of business, you know, and it's typically really hard for a brand to start breaking out several years after being in business.”
Nov 17, 2023 bearish
Nov 17, 2023 neutral
Kim: Average Series A valuations hit $35M in both 2021 and 2023
“Meeting last week or two weeks ago, and essentially a valuations are at 35, which was the same as 21. And now we all know about the spikes and the 20 on a hundred and all of that, but like as an average, it was 24 in 2020 thirty five million bucks and 21 forty…”
Nov 17, 2023
Kim: Multi-stage funds write seed checks primarily to train junior partners
“And it's a, it's candidly, it's an effort for their earlier partners to get some experience because they're not going to be able to put growth in dollars to work because growth is harder. The traction needs to be higher. Now you're like, okay, well, why don't …”
Nov 17, 2023
Kim: Long fund return lags obscure underperformance and shorten LP memory
“The lag is long. By the time you've had a bad fund, you might've had another good fund. You know, start to return. And so it all gets mixed in where, you know, the returns are happening from funds that are earlier than the bad ones that we have yet to see play…”
Nov 17, 2023 neutral
Kim: Average seed valuations hovered around $10M to $11M recently
“We were joking just before we started that, you know, I had a two on seven back in the day that, you know, I'm still working with now and is doing really well, but we're talking to 10 and 11 of the last two years as your average seed price.”
Nov 17, 2023 positive
Kim: Smart founders accept lower seed valuations for dedicated investor support
“If you're a founder that understands what you're building and what type of people you want to partner with, then you do see that people are taking a lower price point valuation in the beginning with the understanding that they want help. They want the help tha…”