innovation

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 4, 2021 by Bill Gurley · across every show →

Everything said about innovation, oldest first

Jan 4, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gurley: Policy restricting innovation will catastrophically hurt standard of living
“And I fear that some of the policy reactions to some of the hardships of our time are people that want to Take the exact opposite approach rather than enable innovation. They want to lock it down and prevent it from happening, which I think will have catastrop…”
Bill Gurley Jan 4, 2021 ▶ 32:05 20VC: Bill Gurley and Howard Marks: What Happened In 2020? What Can We Expect Looking Forward to 2021?
Mar 29, 2021 positive
Opinion
Fenton: Capital Oversupply Is Good for Innovation Because It Increases Entropy
“I personally think that oversupply of capital is historically a good thing for innovation insofar as it creates higher degrees of entropy.”
Peter Fenton Mar 29, 2021 ▶ 15:42 20VC: Benchmark's Peter Fenton on The Single Question That Defines The Art of Early Stage Venture, Marketing Timing Risk, Why The Oversupply of Capital Is Good & His Biggest Lessons from 12 Years On The New Relic Board
May 17, 2023
Insight
Mostaque: Core innovation is not a business without distribution and data moats
“If you have a business that's focused on innovation at the core, that's not actually a business. It becomes a business when that innovation becomes product, becomes distribution, when it has an advantage on data and other things. Those are real moats.”
Emad Mostaque May 17, 2023 ▶ 20:45 Emad Mostaque: These 5 Companies Will Win the AI War; Why We Need National Data Sets | E1015 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 26, 2023
Insight
Babayigit: True innovation comes from iteration rather than novel problems
“True innovation happens through iteration, right? You start working on something and you iterate, you do this thing one percent different, this thing one percent different, and then the aggregate impact ends up being something completely innovative.”
Akin Babayigit Jun 26, 2023 ▶ 27:48 Akin Babayigit: How Tripledot Studios Became #1 Fastest-Growing Company in Europe | E1030 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 30, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Douwe Kiela: EU AI regulation will completely destroy innovation
“What Europe is going to try to do is overregulate everything and just completely destroy innovation.”
Douwe Kiela Jun 30, 2023 ▶ 38:28 Douwe Kiela: Why Data Size Matters More Than Model Size; Why Open Source Isn't Going to Win | E1032 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 28, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gili Raanan: High startup valuations will eventually suppress tech innovation
“My concern is around entry prices and what, and whether that would Limit innovation at some point in time because disappointment would show up.”
Gili Raanan Mar 28, 2026 ▶ 12:31 Why Margins Don't Matter for Early-Stage Startups | Gili Raanan · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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