free cash flow

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 12, 2024 by Thomas Plantenga · across every show →

Everything said about free cash flow, oldest first

Feb 12, 2024 negative
Insight
Plantenga: Absolute free cash flow matters far more than EBITDA margin
“70% EBITDA margin says nothing. It's about the absolute amount of EBITDA or free cash flow. Like a business is valued on money. More money that comes freely out of it is better. Doesn't matter under which ratio that money comes out there. And we've been lookin…”
Thomas Plantenga Feb 12, 2024 ▶ 1:06:24 Thomas Plantenga & Alex Taussig: Vinted CEO's Ultimate Guide to Scaling Marketplaces | E1114 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 20, 2024 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Stebbings: Microsoft generates $350 million per day in free cash flow
“They don't have the cash flow capabilities of Microsoft doing three hundred and fifty million dollars a day in free cash flow.”
Harry Stebbings Mar 20, 2024 ▶ 53:38 Jean-Michel Lemieux: Three Product Decisions Every Team Needs to Make | E1129 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 22, 2026 neutral
Insight
O'Driscoll: Software Stocks Face Long Flat Periods Transitioning to Cash Flow
“It's a long journey from the hope and the sizzle of a revenue, a forward revenue multiple at a high growth rate. To the steady anchor of, you know, 12 times free cash flow. It's a long and tedious journey. And there's a long flat period for the stock while tha…”
Rory O'Driscoll Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 4:55 Elon Musk vs Sam Altman | The Implosion of Thinking Machines | Can VC Survive Public Pricing? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 7, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
O'Driscoll: Big Tech AI CapEx growth consumes most free cash flow
“These same companies are doubling down on CapEx, letting it grow 50, 60%, such that CapEx is now eating most of their free cash flow.”
Rory O'Driscoll May 7, 2026 ▶ 4:01 Anthropic's Raise & What It Means for Potential IPO? Mag7: Google & Amazon Up, Meta & Microsoft Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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