HQ Trivia

3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 19, 2018 by Jeremy Liew · said 18 times in 4 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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2025 6 mentions in 1 episode

20VC: Inside Bending Spoons Acquisition Machine: Evernote, Eventbrite, Vimeo | How Evernote Evaluates Acquisitions and New Product Ideas | How Evernote Mastered Product Launches, User Retention and Monetisation with Federico Simionato Dec 5, 2025 · 6 mentions · from 41:04
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2024 4 mentions in 1 episode

Kevin Hartz: "How I Lost Airbnb at Seed Because of an Exploding Term Sheet" | E1180 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 22, 2024 · 4 mentions · from 44:45
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2020 7 mentions in 1 episode

20VC: Cyan Banister on Her Relationship To Money, Risk, Her Investment Decision-Making Process, Why We Will See A Reckoning in the Early Stage Market, Her Biggest Takeaways from HQ Trivia & The Future of Silicon Valley Oct 19, 2020 · 7 mentions · from 0:30
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2018 1 mention in 1 episode

20VC: Lightspeed's Alex Taussig on VC Risk Mentality, The Current State of Retail & The Mechanics of Cash Flow Mar 12, 2018 · 1 mention · from 15:08
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Feb 19, 2018 bullish

Opinion

Liew: Pessimism around consumer tech investing is unwarranted

“I actually say that the evidence suggests that there's actually a lot of breakthroughs happening on the consumer side. You know, HQ Trivia is having a moment right now. TBH, Saraja, Marco Polo, Musical.ly, as we mentioned, Cheddar, Prisma, Pokemon Go, all on t…”

Jeremy Liew Feb 19, 2018 ▶ 6:09 20VC: Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew on Being The First Investor in Snapchat, Why The Pessimism Around Consumer Is Wrong & Why Silicon Valley Is An Isolated Bubble and What Can Be Done To Change This

Oct 19, 2020 neutral

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Cyan Banister: Nearly every venture firm issued an HQ Trivia term sheet

“So that was one of the most competitive deals that was out there. I think there wasn't a single firm that didn't issue a term sheet.”

Cyan Banister Oct 19, 2020 ▶ 24:54 20VC: Cyan Banister on Her Relationship To Money, Risk, Her Investment Decision-Making Process, Why We Will See A Reckoning in the Early Stage Market, Her Biggest Takeaways from HQ Trivia & The Future of Silicon Valley

Oct 19, 2020 negative

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Cyan Banister: HQ Trivia failed entirely because of co-founder conflicts

“So that company failed entirely because of founder conflicts.”

Cyan Banister Oct 19, 2020 ▶ 27:08 20VC: Cyan Banister on Her Relationship To Money, Risk, Her Investment Decision-Making Process, Why We Will See A Reckoning in the Early Stage Market, Her Biggest Takeaways from HQ Trivia & The Future of Silicon Valley

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