General Assembly
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 9, 2016 by Christian Hernandez · said 28 times in 12 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (16), Jason Stoffer (3), Brad Hargreaves (3), Spencer Lazar (1), Scott Belsky (1), Sam Lessin (1), Rebecca Kaden (1), Christian Hernandez (1)
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2019 11 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Why The Current VC Financing Mechanism For Consumer Brands Is Broken, Why The Infrastructure To Power Emerging Brands Is Broken and What The Re-Platforming of Retail Means For The Next Decade in Consumer with Adam Pritzker, Chairman & CEO @ Assemble
- 20VC: Cameo's Steven Galanis on Why You Must Fall In Love With Your Mission Not Your Product, How To Extract As Much Value From Your Investor Base As Possible & Should You Really Hire For 6 Months Ahead of What You Need?
- 20VC: Lime CEO Brad Bao on How Lime Assess The Micro-Mobility Landscape and Competition Today, What It Takes To Launch and Win A New City & Why Lime Have Spent $0 on Marketing To Date
- 20VC: Plaid's Zach Perret on Why You Have To Hire For Spikes and What That Really Means, Fintech Predictions From Incumbent Entrants To The Rise of Europe & The 2 Big Questions That CEOs Should Ask Themselves
- 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
- 20VC: Scott Belsky on Why We Must Challenge Our Faith In The Strength of Resources, Why We Must Rethink The Product Creation and Design Process & How To Determine Between The Good and The Truly Great When Assessing Individuals
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 7 mentions in 1 episode
2017 5 mentions in 1 episode
2016 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Maveron's Rebecca Kaden on The Patterns Of Entrepreneurship and Taking A Consumer Product From Niche To Mass Market
- 20VC: Sam Lessin on Why Bots Will Change Business & The Internet Has Mostly Failed
- 20VC: Christian Hernandez on The Importance of Mobile and The Relationship Between Growth vs Revenue
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
Everything said about General Assembly, oldest first
Mar 9, 2016 negative
Jul 23, 2018 negative
Coding bootcamps suffer from non-repeat purchases and high search acquisition costs
“The problem with coding bootcamps is it's a one-time purchase. It's not repeated. Customers often search for it in Google, and even if you have the best product, it's hard to make that readily apparent in the consumer's minds.”
Jul 23, 2018
Professional managers cannot execute strategic pivots; the CEO must lead
“You can't hire professional managers to really change the focus of a business. My biggest lesson was when you have an incredibly important strategic initiative, the CEO needs to clear everything off their plate and make it happen.”