John Vrionis
7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 9, 2019 by John Vrionis · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Dec 9, 2019 positive
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Dec 9, 2019 positive
Vrionis: Benchmark co-founder Andy Rachleff is the best board member ever
“Andy Reckliff. I had the pleasure of sitting on the NYSERA. Participating in those board meetings was just, I couldn't have paid enough to learn. And the why is, his whole style is to hold up the mirror to the founder, right? The board meetings are for them, H…”
Dec 9, 2019 negative
Vrionis: Multi-stage VCs write seed checks merely for Series A optionality
“I personally think that the stage agnostic firms, as you pointed out, are buying optionality, that they're way too smart to give up those deals before what is their sweet spot now, which are these 15, 20, twenty-five million dollar series A's. They don't want …”
Dec 9, 2019 neutral
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Vrionis: Organizational success breeds cultural inertia preventing VC firm adaptation
“When organizations are working, when they're successful, it's very hard for them to embrace significant change. And so the combination of those two things, I think, makes it very hard for VC firms to make adjustments quickly, certainly significant ones.”