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Josh Kopelman

10 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2016 by Alex Bangash · said 144 times in 59 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jul 20, 2016 negative
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Four of the top 10 Midas VCs lacked firms 10 years ago
“Four out of the top 10 VCs, Steve Anderson, Chris Saka, Josh Copeland, Peter Thiel, In that they didn't have firms 10 years ago, right?”
Alex Bangash Jul 20, 2016 ▶ 4:51 20VC: Why The Whole Industry Is Backward Looking, The Best Funds Are Entrepreneur Led and Venture Is All About Access with Alex Bangash, Founder @ Trusted Insight
Jan 28, 2019
Insight
Kopelman: Startup failure is largely determined at idea selection, not execution
“I believe that a high degree of startup mortality is baked in at the pick and not on the execution.”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 22:42 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Experiencing market crashes made Kopelman First Round's most cautious partner
“So, I think that it's probably made me the most cautious of the investors in the first round partnership, and that's not necessarily a good thing.”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 6:44 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019 positive
Insight
Kopelman: Venture capitalists are paid to take risk, not avoid risk
“Having seen the pain that companies went through, that my friends went through, that founders went through in the dot-com bus, I've had to consciously try to remember that we get paid to take risk, not avoid risk, and it's one of the real strengths of having a…”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 6:53 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019
Disclosure
First Round focuses proactive investor support on companies' first 24 months
“I tend to be far more proactive during that first 18 to 24 months, where I think we've built up a skill set and a competency around those go-to-market muscle movements, around the hunt for product market fit, And then we kind of shift to be a little more react…”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 19:03 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019 positive
Insight
Kopelman: Deal selection takes 10% of VC time, drives 80% of returns
“Maybe when you sort of look at the amount of time we spend in partner meetings and in diligence sort of doing the pick, it's 10% of our time, but it probably drives 80 plus percent of the return.”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 20:43 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Kopelman: First Round takes pro-rata in 100% of outside-led follow-on rounds
“Like first round, we pretty much tell founders when you get the first round, the second round comes free. We will take our prorata and a hundred percent of outside leads Second rounds.”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 24:17 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019 positive
Insight
Kopelman: Partner selection matters more than company picking for firm longevity
“I believe that when I look back at my career in venture, I would rather be known as a better picker of partners than a picker of companies, because that's what enables a venture firm to scale, grow, and endure just beyond any one person.”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 26:30 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 28, 2019
Insight
Kopelman: Founders spend under 10 weeks picking ideas they execute for years
“Most founders spend less than five to 10 weeks picking an idea. But they're going to then spend five to 10 years executing on that idea, and so if I had to give one critique of founders, like, the most common critique I give is I feel like they're rushing thei…”
Josh Kopelman Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 21:04 20VC: First Round's Josh Kopelman on Why Price Is Both An Art and A Science, Why Ownership Must Be Built on First Check and The Negative Consequences of Attribution in Venture
Jan 13, 2020 positive
Insight
Kaul: VCs are judged on net returns above 20% IRR, not win rates
“In this business, being conservative is a real problem, because we're in the business of returning 20% or greater net IRR to our investors, and we don't get judged by how many companies succeed out of the number of companies we invest in.”
Samir Kaul Jan 13, 2020 ▶ 6:42 20VC: Khosla Ventures Founding Partner, Samir Kaul on Why Pro Rata Is A Cop Out, Why He Likes Technical Risk and Does Not Take Market Risk & How To Approach Time Allocation Across The Portfolio In Venture
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