Joe Fernandez
9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 6, 2018 by Joe Fernandez · said 18 times in 12 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: The Biggest Mistakes Startups Make Hiring, The 2 Reasons Startups Fail and How to Avoid Them, Why Most Startup Equity Plans are F****** and Why You Should Scrap Titles From Your Company with Eddie Vivas, Founder & CEO @ Curated
- 20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Why Founders Cannot Hedge Their Bets, The 2 Categories of Wrong Decision and How To Avoid Them & The Biggest Dangers of Being Over-Funded as a Startup
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How To Determine Whether An Investor Is Truly Aligned To Your Mission and What 2 Traits Make The Truly Special Board Members with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
- 20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How To Hire Seasoned Tier 1 Talent To An Early Stage Startup & How To Start, Scale and Manage Remote Teams with Domm Holland, Founder & CEO @ Fast
- 20VC: Hiten Shah on The Right Way To Think About Depression, Control and Burnout, Why Nobody Really Knows What They Are Doing and How One Should Receive Advice As A Result & How To Gain Self-Awareness As A Leader
- 20VC: Why Passion Is Overrated When It Comes To Starting Companies, Why VC Is Overrated As A Financing Mechanism & Why You Should Never Sell Your Company with Waseem Daher, Founder & CEO @ Pilot
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
- 20VC: Why Convertible Notes Are Ridiculous, Why Party Rounds Are Bad For Both Founder and Investor & Why Pro-Rata Rights Are A Mess with David Waxman, Founding Partner @ TenOneTen Ventures
- 20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk on Why There Is No Series A Crunch, How To Package Portfolio Companies For The Next Round & Why The Bridge Round Is Not Always A Negative Sign?
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
Everything said about Joe Fernandez, oldest first
Jul 6, 2018
Joe Fernandez suggests $10,000 internal bounties to disprove major startup initiatives
“So offering like almost a bounty of, you know, let's say, 10,000 dollars to somebody who could concretely say why this is a bad idea and why we'd be better off Putting our resources somewhere else is like a small price to pay to avoid taking that wrong turn.”
Jul 6, 2018 bullish
Fernandez: Joymode will iterate on its membership model until the company dies
“Like, there are things in our business, for example, we have this notion of a membership, which is kind of controversial in our structure, that I'm willing to basically kill the company to prove It is right, and I believe so strongly that that is kind of a cor…”
Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018
Founders should publicly praise helpful investors to subtly shame unhelpful ones
“I always want to create competition between my investors. I want the folks who have helped me to be recognized, to subtly shame the ones that haven't, and show appreciation for the people who are constantly going out of their way and making introductions and h…”
Jul 6, 2018 positive
Jul 6, 2018 negative
Joe Fernandez argues serial entrepreneurship status is inflated
“And startups are just hard. And I don't think it matters how many times you've been through it. It's gonna going to be hard. And some of the serial entrepreneurship stuff, I think, is inflated, though I appreciate the benefit I get from it daily.”
Jul 6, 2018