Greg Bettinelli

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 22, 2016 by Greg Bettinelli · said 20 times in 5 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Aug 22, 2016 positive
Insight
Prioritize great teams in good markets over decent teams in great markets
“But in general, I think the reality is I would take a great team in a very good market over a decent team in a great market. Cause I think at the end of the day, the great end of the day, the great team has a flexibility insight to really move into great marke…”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 8:29 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
Aug 22, 2016 bullish
Assertion Supported
Bettinelli claims he coined the phrase "long LA"
“And I, then I coined the phrase long LA, which I still use. And if you see on Twitter and things that kind of all came from some original ideas of me just being very bullish on what was going on in Los Angeles.”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 4:18 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
Aug 22, 2016 negative
Disclosure
Reacting to strong founders outperforms pursuing top-down market theses
“What I quickly learned is I'm much better off reacting to strong entrepreneurs who think they can do something with a market versus my own point of view about a certain market.”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 7:46 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
Aug 22, 2016
Insight
Winning DTC investing requires recurring high-margin markets and founder advantage
“My formula is a very large market opportunity that doesn't have multiple brand participants that can play in, let's say high margin categories that have reoccurring purchasing characteristics. Meaning this idea of I can build a direct to consumer brand in cate…”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 16:47 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
Aug 22, 2016 positive
Insight
Low creation barriers make brand building critical for differentiation
“I do think brand and brand development is, is more important now, mostly because it just enables you to differentiate in a very crowded market because your ability for anyone to launch new brands is much easier now than it was ever before.”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 16:23 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
Aug 22, 2016
Assertion Supported
HauteLook reached $25 million in monthly sales before Nordstrom acquisition
“We got to a point where we were doing, say, twenty-five million dollars a month of sales before I left. And we had started, we were doing a million a month, so we had huge growth, but Nordstrom's was doing ten billion dollars a year, right?”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 14:32 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
Aug 22, 2016
Insight
Underdog founders have a higher likelihood of success than silver-spoon peers
“I think people who've kind of worked through and gotten themselves in a position to succeed in Probably have a greater likelihood of having a very successful outcome, and so those are some characteristics I look for.”
Greg Bettinelli Aug 22, 2016 ▶ 6:02 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
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