Gartner

9 statements across 8 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement May 4, 2016 by Brian O'Malley · said 51 times in 28 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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May 4, 2016
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Markets featured in Gartner reports are four to eight years too late
“When I say a market, it's less that you've got some Gartner report that shows a magic quadrant that tells you that this market's already great, right? Cause it's a point where that's already published and you're probably four years too late to that market. If …”
Brian O'Malley May 4, 2016 ▶ 21:43 20VC: Accel's Brian O'Malley On The Prioritisation Of Growth, The Metrics That Show True Customer Retention & Why The Most Interesting Companies Create A Market
Oct 29, 2018 bullish
Assertion Supported
Global government IT spending tops $400 billion annually
“Gartner has talked about government spending over four hundred billion dollars a year on IT. That is larger than all of retail, transportation, and utilities combined. That level puts you in the same category as all banking IT worldwide.”
Ron Bouganim Oct 29, 2018 ▶ 24:06 20VC: The 2 Core Roles Played By The Best Seed Investors Today, What To Look For In Potential Co-Investors & Why Seed Funds Can Grow Ownership in Their Best Companies Across Rounds with Ron Bouganim, Founder @ Govtech Fund
Feb 11, 2023 bullish
Assertion Supported
Bain Capital Turned a $70M Gartner Acquisition Into a $20B Valuation
“It's basically gone from a 70, I think we bought for seventy million, it's worth over twenty billion today. And I'm still on the board.”
Steve Pagliuca Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 18:48 Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca: What Went Wrong with the Chelsea FC Acquisition | 20VC #976 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 24, 2023 negative
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Podjarny: Founders shouldn't base strategic decisions on Gartner market size estimates
“What Gartner at the time said about, you know, application security market size, you know, those are transitory there. I mean, those would change over time. And I think they're not important. You know, you shouldn't make decisions based on those.”
Guy Podjarny May 24, 2023 ▶ 16:21 Guy Podjarney: $7.4B Startup Founder; How to Analyse Market Size; Good vs Great Messaging | E1018 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 24, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Gartner: Sellers Get Only 9% of Buyer Time During Inbound Deals
“When on an inbound lead to your business, the seller now gets nine percent of that buyer's time to evaluate whether they're going to go with you or not. And Harry, in that nine percent, this is according to Gartner, in that nine percent, you must split that ti…”
Sean Murray Jan 24, 2024 ▶ 3:09 Sean Murray: Why Discovery Today is F***** & How to Scale Into Enterprise Effectively | E1107 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 24, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Gartner: Digital-Only Buyers Suffer 1.65x Higher Purchase Regret Rate
“According to Gartner, Harry 43% of buyers, according to Gartner, 43% of buyers That had a digital only experience in purchasing have a 1.65 X higher regret rate, right?”
Sean Murray Jan 24, 2024 ▶ 13:44 Sean Murray: Why Discovery Today is F***** & How to Scale Into Enterprise Effectively | E1107 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 14, 2024
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Gonto: Startups ignore Gartner reports while enterprise buyers rely on them
“If you're selling to an enterprise company, I think what Gartner, Forrester say matter because they are like the analysts. So in those cases, sending something like a Forrester total economic impact, like the ROI white paper is very useful. If you're selling t…”
Martin Gontovnikas (Gonto) Feb 14, 2024 ▶ 36:26 Martin Gontovnikas (Gonto): The Biggest Mistakes Startups Make When Scaling into Enterprises | E1115 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 3, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Gartner upgraded 2024 SaaS spend growth forecast to 20 percent
“Gartner just did a report the other day, and they slightly upgraded actually the amount of spend in SAS this year to 20% growth this year.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 3, 2024 ▶ 9:08 Jason Lemkin: PluralSight S*** the Bed & The Next IPO Candidates | E1160 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 11, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Schneider: Gartner claimed ITSM market was capped at $1B during ServiceNow's IPO
“During the IPO process, we had Gartner Show up at a lot of the investor pitches and say, the size of the ITSM market is gonna be capped out at a billion dollars. So, we don't see the growth potential for ServiceNow.”
David Schneider Sep 11, 2024 ▶ 26:42 David Schneider: Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs" & VC Value Add - Is it Real? | E1200 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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