James Wise
6 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 12, 2015 by James Wise · said 7 times in 3 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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2017 3 mentions in 1 episode
2016 1 mention in 1 episode
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Mar 12, 2015
Wise: Series A investors back a team's problem-solving ability
“What makes a great Series A for me is someone who has also on top of that shown that they can learn and they can iterate to get to that. Because when you give Series A funding, it is still very, very high risk. And so what you're still backing is the ability o…”
Mar 12, 2015 positive
Apr 25, 2016 negative
Wise: Raising new micro-funds for quick capital is short-sighted
“There is a huge, there's quite a big rush, actually, I've noticed of people saying, hey, I'm going to go and raise my own fund now. There's, you know, there's some money on the table. And I think it's great, but it's quite short-term view for what is a very lo…”
Apr 25, 2016 neutral
Apr 25, 2016 negative
Wise: Core VC tasks do not require prior operational experience
“It's really not clear that you need to have huge amounts of entrepreneurial experience in order to do the two things which VCs should be able to do really well. One is insightfully source companies. So find interesting companies in areas which are fast growing…”