Jack Groetzinger

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 1, 2018 by Jack Groetzinger · said 7 times in 4 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jun 1, 2018
Insight
Blogging and open-sourcing code act as force multipliers in recruiting
“I think people tend to be a little bit myopic and not invest in sort of employer brand building stuff that can actually be really impactful. So, you know, a few examples of that are blogging about the things that you're doing, open sourcing software, Both of t…”
Jack Groetzinger Jun 1, 2018 ▶ 11:40 20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek
Jun 1, 2018 negative
Disclosure
SeatGeek raised nearly $100M before hiring its first finance employee
“We waited forever to hire a full-time finance person. I think we'd raised almost a hundred million dollars before we hired anyone full-time in finance”
Jack Groetzinger Jun 1, 2018 ▶ 5:25 20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek
Jun 1, 2018 positive
Disclosure
SeatGeek delayed fundraising until unit economics proved highly favorable
“We waited a long time to raise money until we were really sort of irrefutable and controvertible evidence that the CAC LTV math was heavily in our favor and would be idiots not to raise more money.”
Jack Groetzinger Jun 1, 2018 ▶ 21:35 20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek
Jun 1, 2018 positive
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Technical skill is the most important factor for startup founders
“Being technical is far and away the most important criterion that sort of drives success. Basically, you can't have too many technical people On a founding team.”
Jack Groetzinger Jun 1, 2018 ▶ 4:23 20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek
Jun 1, 2018 neutral
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Board seats are immutable commitments requiring extensive founder diligence
“When you agree to take someone out of your board and raise a bunch of money from someone, just how long-term sort of immutable the commitment is. I think if a lot of founders realized that fully, they would do more work and more diligence and spend more, more …”
Jack Groetzinger Jun 1, 2018 ▶ 6:53 20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek
Jun 1, 2018 positive
Insight
Ticket buyers wanted actionable recommendations over raw data
“Pretty early on, we realized, thanks to user feedback, that people didn't just want data. They actually wanted us to help them suggest what tickets to buy and sort of push them through that process.”
Jack Groetzinger Jun 1, 2018 ▶ 3:41 20VC: Why Every Startup Will Either Fail or Rebrand, How To Do OKRs The Right Way & How To Know The Reversible From the Irreversible Mistakes with Jack Groetzinger, Founder & CEO @ SeatGeek
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