Jason Citron
12 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 17, 2024 by Danny Rimer · said 13 times in 8 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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2025 5 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
- Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- What Does it Take to Be Good at Series A and B Today? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Solly Solomou, Founder & CEO @ LADbible Group: From Penniless Shop Offices to Public Company | E1259 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Nabeel Hyatt, GP @ Spark Capital: To Win in AI, Investors Need to Change Their Approach | E1255 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- TS Anil, CEO @Monzo: From Layoffs, Downrounds and Low Employee NPS, To $1BN in Revenue | E1254 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2024 6 mentions in 1 episode
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Jun 17, 2024 positive
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Jason Citron says choosing the right problems is more critical than resource allocation
“But I do think that selecting the right problem sets is It is probably more important than the resource allocation to some extent. Like if you have the right problems, but your resource allocation is sort of wrong, you'll notice that and then you can correct i…”
Nov 25, 2024
Jason Citron expects new Discord executives to do zero work for 60 days
“The short version is that I don't expect them to do any work for the first, like, 60 days. They come in and they just need to learn. I just want them to meet the people, learn what we're doing, figure out why we're doing things, and every day what I expect the…”
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Jason Citron says building a durable gaming company requires a distribution advantage
“The thesis back in 2012, at the time, my sense was that the way you built a durable company in gaming over time was you actually needed to have some kind of established distribution advantage, and so I kind of put these things together and thought that, like, …”
Nov 25, 2024
Jason Citron says reference checks are far more critical than executive interviews
“Actually interviewing execs and very sort of more senior experienced people is really good for getting a feel for whether I would enjoy working with them. Can we brainstorm? Can we debate? Do I enjoy, you know, being with them? But I rarely find that folks lik…”
Nov 25, 2024 negative
Jason Citron says 20-person synchronous product reviews become performative ceremonies
“Most things don't actually need a lot of participation in discussion. Like the team has done a tremendous amount of work and they're trying to get feedback from me and the forum of the, of a 20 person product review turns it into like this bizarre ceremony.”
Nov 25, 2024 neutral
Nov 25, 2024 negative
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Jason Citron's prior exit cushion allowed Discord to reject early acquisition offers
“It certainly helps to in a sense that every successful company along its journey gets acquisition offers. And so by having a cushion, it made it easier to turn down offers because we could just go for the big, you know, outcome and try to build a generational …”
Nov 25, 2024 positive
Nov 25, 2024 negative
Jason Citron calls scaling Discord to 1,000 employees his biggest management mistake
“That period for us when we went from 200 to a thousand in basically two and a half years was the moment in time when I think I made the most management mistakes at Discord. And a lot of it is, is where basically I hired a lot of people and because it was a new…”
Nov 25, 2024 neutral
Jason Citron says the main second-time founder advantage is early-stage experience
“The real impact from being a second time founder actually has to do with the levels and how there are a lot of levels I had already played once in my previous company, so there were things about building my second startup, about building discord that were easi…”