Hippo Insurance
also referred to as: hippo
10 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 18, 2019 by Assaf Wand · said 64 times in 9 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (54), Assaf Wand (6), Brendan Wallace (2), Victoria Treyger (1), Angela Strange (1)
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2021 5 mentions in 1 episode
2020 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: a16z's Angela Strange on Why Every Company Will Be A Fintech Company, How Founders Should Think About Niches and Optimal Insertion Points, How To Transition To Become The System of Record & Are We Entering A Period of Bundling Or Unbundling for Fint
- 20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Is Overrated, The Downside of Thematic Investing, Making Quality Decisions In Uncertain Conditions & Why He Has No Reserves Allocation
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2019 57 mentions in 6 episodes 10 per episode
- 20VC: Why Every Company Looks One Round Earlier Than It Should Be, Why Investors Don't Understand Term Sheet Psyche & How The Brand Behind The Investor Can Overweight The Attention Their Opinion Is Given with Assaf Wand, Founder & CEO @ Hippo
- 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: What It Takes To Be The Most Effective Coach To Startup Founders, The Biggest Surprises and Challenges About Transitioning To Venture From Operations & 3 Trends Shaking The World of Consumer Today with Victoria Treyger, General Partner @ Felicis Ven
- 20VC: Why Consumer Brands Must Embrace Physical Retail To Avoid Inflated Online CACs, How To Alter Fund Strategy When Investing In Consumer Retail & Why The Era of The 1,000 Store Brand Is Over with Brendan Wallace, Founder and Managing Partner @ Fifth Wa
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
Everything said about Hippo Insurance, oldest first
Jan 18, 2019
Wand: Fundraising time pressure favors VCs, so founders should run blitzes
“The time value is always in the benefits of the fund and not of the founder, and because of that, I think when you're doing a fundraising, it needs to be a condensed blitz and have 20, 30 meetings in that week, see what's going on, push it to the next level.”
Jan 18, 2019 neutral
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Jan 18, 2019 negative
Sep 8, 2020 positive
Feb 18, 2021 negative
Wand: Remote work creates a mercenary culture and increases employee turnover
“This remote work environment creates a bit of a mercenary environment because you never built any relationship with the a person. You never infused the culture of the company. So it's not a really big problem for them to leave and to move.”
Feb 18, 2021 bullish
Feb 18, 2021 positive
Feb 18, 2021 negative
Asaf Wand: Remote Work Inhibits Creativity and Complex Problem-Solving
“I think it's very, very difficult to do creative things and solve hard problems. The actual amount of work that's done on some silos is probably fine for engineers. They still close more tickets. Potentially they don't have commute. Maybe it's effective, but t…”