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Jamie Siminoff

10 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2016 by Wesley Chan · said 16 times in 3 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Adam D'Augelli (8), Wesley Chan (6), Mark Suster (1), Harry Stebbings (1)

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2019 9 mentions in 1 episode
2016 6 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Jamie Siminoff, oldest first

Jun 29, 2016
Insight
Exceptional founders focus on removing unnecessary features rather than adding them
“It takes a very, very rare, very smart, very, very sophisticated founder to really start thinking about what should I take out rather than what should I put in.”
Wesley Chan Jun 29, 2016 ▶ 24:52 20VC: Felicis' Wesley Chan on The Rise of IoT, Getting Recruited by Larry Page & Creating Google's Biggest Success Disaster
Jun 29, 2016 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Ring will generate hundreds of millions in revenue in 2016
“He's, you know, going to do, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, if not more this year.”
Wesley Chan Jun 29, 2016 ▶ 24:11 20VC: Felicis' Wesley Chan on The Rise of IoT, Getting Recruited by Larry Page & Creating Google's Biggest Success Disaster
Mar 3, 2023
Insight
Siminoff: Founders Should Risk Repeated Betrayal to Find Exceptional Talent
“I'd rather keep getting hurt and find a few great people than never be with great people.”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 49:38 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023
Disclosure
Siminoff Receives Only 10 to 20 Customer Emails Daily Despite Box Placement
“Not that many, like probably 10 to 20 from neighbors.”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 1:08:38 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Siminoff Rejected a Prominent VC Firm for Ignoring Ring's Mission
“Very prominent VC. We sell comes to me and says like, when you pitched me, you totally screwed up. We never saw how good the business was. We totally would have invested. And I said, no, I was interviewing you. And you didn't pass the mission test.”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 32:35 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Siminoff: Selling to Amazon or IPO Were Ring's Only Acceptable Exits
“I told my investors, I told Amazon, I was either going to go public or sell to Amazon. Those are my two options. And it was because the only company that I felt would really take the mission Take it and allow us to keep executing on it and stay true to it was …”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 39:25 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023 negative
Opinion
Siminoff: Customer Surveys Are Useless Because They Hide Actionable Product Signals
“I hate surveys by the way, I like, literally, I, in my gut, I hate them. Is like, because they don't tell you anything, they tell like, 95% of people are happy.”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 24:47 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jeff Bezos Emailed Siminoff Post-Acquisition: "Don't Let Us Mess It Up"
“First email I got the day it closed, you know, came from Jeff and said, like, don't let us, you know, mess, mess it up. You know, you, like, you know, like you are in control.”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 50:12 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Siminoff: Printing My Personal Email on Ring Boxes Actually Scaled
“Putting the email in the box is the one thing that actually did scale at Ring.”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 22:30 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jamie Siminoff Personally Flew to Install Ring Doorbells on Influencers' Homes
“I was trying to, like, get influencers on rings, so I was, like, literally, I was flying around and setting them up on people's homes”
Jamie Siminoff Mar 3, 2023 ▶ 0:04 Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff: The $1BN Amazon Acquisition; How Richard Branson Invested | 20VC #984 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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