growth stage companies

4 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 25, 2019 by Alex Clayton · across every show →

Everything said about growth stage companies, oldest first

Mar 25, 2019
Insight
Top growth-stage software companies do not need venture capital
“At the end of the day, the best companies in growth don't need the money, and so that makes it pretty tough”
Alex Clayton Mar 25, 2019 ▶ 9:42 20VC: Spark Capital's Alex Clayton on How The Best Growth Investors Source, Evaluate and Win Deals, Why Market Depth Is Crucial When Analysing Markets & Why Capital Is Only A Temporary Competitive Advantage
Aug 16, 2024
Insight
Sturdy: Growth Companies Wait Too Long to Diversify Before IPO
“I would say in the growth stage, more often they wait too long, particularly as they're ramping up in, in the couple of years prior to IPO, because it's almost always Needed for a strong public company to have some sort of diversification.”
Laela Sturdy Aug 16, 2024 ▶ 9:58 Laela Sturdy: Life Inside Alphabet's $7BN Growth Fund | E1190 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 16, 2024
Insight
Sturdy: Growth startups fail by under-resourcing their second-act product bets
“The mistake I typically see companies doing at that stage, the growth stage is too much, not making concentrated enough bets in the second, third act. And they're not significant enough. They're not focused enough. They're not large enough to really, to make a…”
Laela Sturdy Aug 16, 2024 ▶ 12:36 Laela Sturdy: Life Inside Alphabet's $7BN Growth Fund | E1190 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 5, 2026
Opinion
Weitzman: Seed-stage hiring is easier than ever, but growth-stage hiring is harder
“The competition for growth stage companies hiring exceptional leadership talent is more difficult. For seed companies, I would say it's the easiest time ever because the impact of even just the founder on their own is bigger because they can orchestrate agents…”
Cliff Weitzman Sep 5, 2026 ▶ 33:14 How to Build Your Own Data Center & Why Every Startup Should Do It
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