individual investors

also referred to as: individual investor

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Aug 12, 2016 by Adam Nash · across every show →

Everything said about individual investors, oldest first

Aug 12, 2016 negative
Assertion Supported
Retail investors underperform the market by 4.5 percentage points, says Adam Nash
“The doll bar research indicates that individuals underperform the market, not by 10 or 20 basis points, not by half a percent, but by four to four and a half percent, depending on the time period.”
Adam Nash Aug 12, 2016 ▶ 17:30 20VC: Wealthfront's Adam Nash on What Makes Great CEO's & Why Humans Suck At Investing
Sep 21, 2016 positive
Insight
Skok: Emerging VCs should target endowments over individual investors
“It's very important to look at this as a business that is At least a decade long fund at a time, and you never really know the results of your fund's performance for some number of years. So you need to get investors who are very patient, and you have the you …”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 13:06 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
Oct 21, 2022 neutral
Insight
Harrison: VC branding power has shifted to individual investors
“I think that the center of gravity has shifted to your point, largely to the individual investors. And I think there's very few firms that have kept up with that shift in the center of gravity.”
Kyle Harrison Oct 21, 2022 ▶ 30:11 Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 27, 2024 bearish
Insight
Lemkin: Individual Investors Should Avoid Venture Capital Funds for Index Funds
“My advice to everyone out there that, like, emails me, hey, can I invest in Sastra Fund? Don't put money into any of them, is my advice to individuals. To individuals because I don't even think everyone's full of shit. I think even making three, if you do a se…”
Jason Lemkin May 27, 2024 ▶ 1:18:57 Jason Lemkin: Why Pricing is Worse Than Ever and There is More Funding Than Ever | E1157 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 18, 2025
Insight
O'Driscoll: VC funds rarely get over one meaningful secondary win
“The truth is the number of times that as an individual investor, you're in a company that's so fricking amazing that there's a free liquid secondary market where you're in early enough that you have a big enough hit to move the difference is low. If you have o…”
Rory O'Driscoll Sep 18, 2025 ▶ 1:14:16 Opendoor CEO, Kaz Nejatian: OpenAI and Oracle, How Can Either Afford to Do This · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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