Instrumental
5 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 7, 2017 by Anna Shedletsky · said 21 times in 4 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2018 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Why The Engineer Will Replace The MBA As CEO, Why The Peace Dividends From The Autonomous Car Wars Will Generate More Value Outside of Transport & Why Old and Boring Industries Are The Most Exciting To Build In with Avidan Ross, Founding Partner @ R
- 20VC: First Round's Phin Barnes on How The Best Founders Optimize for Learning Per Dollar Spent, What Makes A Truly Special Founder/VC Relationship and Why Pattern Recognition is Another Term For Intellectual Laziness
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2017 18 mentions in 2 episodes 9 per episode
- 20VC: How To Create FOMO For Investors, How To Manage VC Conversations & A Repeatable Process For Learning New Things with Anna Shedletsky, Founder & CEO @ Instrumental.ai
- 20VC: Why Spray & Pray Investing Is Wrong, Why Data-Informed VC Beats Data Driven VC & What To Look For When Investing In A Marketplace with Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
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Apr 7, 2017
Shedletsky: Instrumental had a high-watermark term sheet pulled during redlines
“We had our high watermark term sheet pulled on us for what we believe was no fault of our own. A week after we thought we'd finished the pre-signing due diligence and had Started trading red lines back and forth, and that pulled term sheet created difficulties…”
Apr 7, 2017 positive
Shedletsky: Instrumental generated investor FOMO using a Y Combinator interview date
“A few months after taking angel funding, we applied to Y Combinator, fully intending to try to get in because we thought it would be a great network for our company, and our application was selected for an in-person interview, and I picked a date three weeks o…”
Apr 7, 2017
Shedletsky: Instrumental screens job candidates for passion over uniform backgrounds
“I think Instrumental has ended up being a team of very kind of angular people, but we're angular in different ways, and ultimately, our screen is for passion, and so we ask candidates to tell us about something they're passionate about, and that could be work-…”
Apr 7, 2017 bullish
Shedletsky: Machine learning's biggest manufacturing opportunity is full-line feedback control
“I think what's most exciting is what we're working on, which is creating closed loop feedback control around the manufacturing line, not just one specific process, as is kind of done today, but the entire line, the entire supply chain, and I think that's a sup…”
Apr 7, 2017 positive
Shedletsky: Filter candidates faster with a 15-minute upfront culture screen
“We actually found out it was easier and faster to figure out if someone was a fit by doing a culture screen first. It took 15 minutes and essentially it's, would I want to have a conversation with this person again after this call, or am I happy this call is o…”