John Borthwick

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 6, 2017 by John Borthwick · said 10 times in 7 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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2026 1 mention in 1 episode

Why Now is the Time for the App Layer | Why Startups Should be TokenMaxxing | Mike Mignano, USV · 20VC with Harry Stebbings Jul 6, 2026 · 1 mention · from 1:03:31
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2017 1 mention in 1 episode

20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible Sep 11, 2017 · 1 mention · from 0:27
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2016 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode

20VC: Giphy's Adam Leibsohn on From Being Homeless To Founding a Multi Hundred Million Dollar Startup & The Challenges of Creating One of The World's Largest Search Engine Sep 9, 2016 · 1 mention · from 7:14
20VC: Digg CEO, Gary Liu on The Rebirth Of Digg & The Evolution Of Content Feb 26, 2016 · 1 mention · from 12:21
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2015 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

20 VC 079: BETAWORKS WEEK: East vs West Coast Investing with Peter Rojas, EIR @ Betaworks, Co-Founder @ Weblogs & Engadget Oct 14, 2015 · 3 mentions · from 6:52
20 VC FF 025: Crowdfunding Gimlet Media and Why The Nature Of Startup Equity Is Changing with Erin Glenn, CEO @ Betaworks' backed, Quire Dec 4, 2015 · 2 mentions · from 0:24
20 VC 071: Pre-Seed Investing, Why Now Is The Best Time with Nicholas Chirls @ Notation Capital Sep 14, 2015 · 1 mention · from 4:15
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Mar 6, 2017 bullish

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Borthwick: Conversational AI and frontier tech will take 5 to 10 years to mature

“Well, you know what? Is that I wouldn't have expected them to be anything but disappointing, because they are going to take, it is going to take five to 10 years for us to figure out how to talk to machines.”

John Borthwick Mar 6, 2017 ▶ 20:20 20VC: Betaworks' John Borthwick on Why The VC Model Is So Inefficient, Why Venture Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Frontier Tech Could Only Have Been Disappointing Over The Last Year

Mar 6, 2017 negative

Opinion

Borthwick: Venture capital fund cycles must be longer than 10 to 12 years

“I think that they have to be longer. I think so. I do. Because I think that the fundamental trends that we are working, you know, the transformation that technology is driving in our society is much longer than that.”

John Borthwick Mar 6, 2017 ▶ 18:41 20VC: Betaworks' John Borthwick on Why The VC Model Is So Inefficient, Why Venture Fund Cycles Are Too Short & Why Frontier Tech Could Only Have Been Disappointing Over The Last Year

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