Julia DeWahl
13 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 3, 2020 by Julia DeWahl · across every show →
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Jul 3, 2020
DeWahl: Founders should inform early employees before layering management above them
“I think it's important to actually bring the person in on the fact that you are going to be hiring someone in above them. Not necessarily to be interviewing them, but to kind of give them a bit of a heads up and to say, hey, this is what we're looking for. So …”
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DeWahl: Founders should use broad open-ended questions in customer discovery
“I think I always advise that people start with broad open-ended questions. You really can't go wrong there. This allows the customer to actually more proactively Bring up areas of concern or frustration that they have just to share what matters to them. And if…”
Jul 3, 2020 positive
DeWahl: Founders of complex startups must be detail-oriented P&L systems thinkers
“As for evaluating founders for these types of businesses, I look for systems thinkers who are detail oriented, but can also think strategically about the structure of their business model. So they're thinking about things like economies of scale over time, whe…”
Jul 3, 2020
DeWahl: Customers express pain points; product builders must craft the vision
“The customer is not meant to be the one coming up with a vision for your product. So they're there to share their feelings, share their concerns, share their frustrations. And then it's the responsibility of the product builders to synthesize what they've hear…”
Jul 3, 2020
DeWahl: Early Opendoor sellers were primarily motivated by buying their next home
“For example, when we were focused on building the seller product in the beginning at Opendoor, we were again, so focused on building a product that was all about selling. But when we went and started asking people to tell us about their experience selling thei…”
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DeWahl: Operating and investing complement each other through distinct operational views
“Operating and investing are incredibly complimentary. Investing encourages you to be up there at that 30,000 foot view, seeing patterns across industries, comparing business models, looking at macro trends to see where those next pockets of opportunity might b…”
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DeWahl: Time constraints on market research are angel investing's biggest hurdle
“I think for most people, it's finding the time to get to know others, to be out there in the Twitter sphere or wherever it is where people are talking about ideas. I think finding the time to really get to know the problem space and the team once they've engag…”