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General Motors

also referred to as: gm

includes General Motors Pension Fund

6 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jun 8, 2015 by Charlie O'Donnell · said 41 times in 27 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (11), Charlie O'Donnell (5), Vinod Khosla (2), René Haas (2), Zach Coelius (1), Tim Chang (1), Shyam Sankar (1), Scott Sandell (1)

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Jun 8, 2015
Assertion Supported
GM Pension Fund has invested in every Accel fund since Accel I
“GM had been an investor in venture funds since the late seventies. They're invested in Excel, for example, all the way on from Excel number one all the way on through.”
Charlie O'Donnell Jun 8, 2015 ▶ 3:28 20 VC 043: How To Be A VC Analyst and Lessons From Union Square and First Round with Charlie O'Donnell, Founder @ Brooklyn Bridge Venture
Jun 8, 2016 positive
Insight
Hyatt: Autonomous Vehicle Startups Must Partner With Major Automakers to Scale
“It, I think was the absolute right thing to do for the company. You know, I think I supported Kyle in decision, and it is a good exit but more importantly, you know, Kyle wants to lead the self-driving revolution, and we knew all along that that would require …”
Nabeel Hyatt Jun 8, 2016 ▶ 19:02 20VC: Spark's Nabeel Hyatt on Investing in Oculus and Cruise & What It Takes To Invest Ahead Of The Curve
Nov 8, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Ries: Most companies use Alfred Sloan's 1920s GM matrix blueprint
“Most organizations today are built to a blueprint that was perfected really in the 19 twenties by Alfred Sloan when he was the CEO of General Motors.”
Eric Ries Nov 8, 2017 ▶ 4:37 20VC: The Lean Startup's Eric Ries on The Missing Function of Entrepreneurship in Most Companies, Creating A New Accountability Paradigm & How To Structure Promotions and Compensation In The New Structure
Aug 16, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kan: Sam Altman brought whiskey to celebrate GM acquisition, found team working
“I always think about the time when we announced that we were being acquired by General Motors, which by all means is, you know, a great feat for such a small company at the time. And Sam Altman came into our office to celebrate and he brought a bottle of whisk…”
Daniel Kan Aug 16, 2019 ▶ 14:41 20VC: Cruise's Daniel Kan on Lessons From Scaling The Team From 40 To 1,500 People, How Daniel Thinks About Continuous Learning & Self-Development and Why CEOs Hiring Themselves Out Of Roles Is Wrong
Mar 11, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sandell: Tech startups founded today will rival ExxonMobil and GM
“The result will be that some very iconic companies are being built today that will be the Exxon's and General Motors of tomorrow, or the IBMs, and we've already seen a handful of examples. The FANG companies have already shown us what kind of upside is availab…”
Scott Sandell Mar 11, 2021 ▶ 10:14 20VC: NEA's Scott Sandell on SPACS and Why Liquidity is One of the Challenges of our Time, Why We Are At An Inflection Point For Secondaries & Why There Is Nothing To Suggest The Boom Will Not Continue
Jun 13, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Grinberg: Software engineers will increasingly transition into full business outcome GM roles
“I think, so it's starting to exist more and more, but I think it's kind of this like GM or general manager Like role for someone who used to be an engineer, where basically you own end to end an outcome that is not just a shipped feature, but like a business o…”
Matan Grinberg Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 31:11 OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Open-Source | Token Maxing, AI Hangovers & The Coming ROI Reckoning · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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