Kamal Ravikant

8 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 5, 2015 by Kamal Ravikant · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Oct 5, 2015 positive
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Kamal Ravikant: Cloud infrastructure lets two people build what once required thirty
“And to build, you know, currently, like what we built back in the late nineties with giant teams of 20, 30 engineers and product managers and all, and we have our own servers and our own hardware. You can do that now with one or two guys and Amazon services an…”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 5, 2015 ▶ 13:06 20 VC 077: PART 1: Kamal Ravikant: 'I'm Not Your Traditional VC'
Oct 5, 2015 positive
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Kamal Ravikant: My self-published book outsells most New York Times bestsellers
“That shit, that's what happened with me, and my book outsells most New York Times bestsellers, and it's only on Amazon, right?”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 5, 2015 ▶ 13:38 20 VC 077: PART 1: Kamal Ravikant: 'I'm Not Your Traditional VC'
Oct 5, 2015 neutral
Disclosure
Kamal Ravikant lost money after tax liabilities in the dot-com crash
“Watching my stock price crash, and by the end, actually, I think I didn't even break even out of the IRS money, you know, but it was a great experience.”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 5, 2015 ▶ 3:53 20 VC 077: PART 1: Kamal Ravikant: 'I'm Not Your Traditional VC'
Oct 5, 2015 negative
Opinion
Kamal Ravikant: Venture capital is not real work compared to running startups
“And honestly, I don't think it's real work, because what is my work? It's meetings and research, and maybe once in a while fundraising, right, and helping companies, which I do anyway. Like, real work is making payroll, you know, having to go and put payroll o…”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 5, 2015 ▶ 8:14 20 VC 077: PART 1: Kamal Ravikant: 'I'm Not Your Traditional VC'
Oct 7, 2015 neutral
Insight
Kamal Ravikant: A VC's primary job is saying no to almost everything
“As an entrepreneur, my job was to say yes to everything and figure it out, right? My job as a VC, that this is the weird thing, is to say no to everything and to find that occasional yes.”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 7, 2015 ▶ 17:30 20 VC 077: Part 2: Kamal Ravikant: The Future Of Venture Capital
Oct 7, 2015 positive
Disclosure
Kamal Ravikant broke his rule against uncapped notes to back Bolt
“My most recent investment was a company called Bolt. And normally, funny enough, it was a uncapped note. I never signed on do uncapped notes, just on principle alone.”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 7, 2015 ▶ 14:44 20 VC 077: Part 2: Kamal Ravikant: The Future Of Venture Capital
Oct 7, 2015 negative
Opinion
Kamal Ravikant: VCs shouldn't legally invest LP capital into social deals
“I don't think legally should be able to invest in that, because it's not my money. It's other people who trust it. I really feel very strongly. These people trusted me with their money.”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 7, 2015 ▶ 17:18 20 VC 077: Part 2: Kamal Ravikant: The Future Of Venture Capital
Oct 7, 2015 positive
Opinion
Kamal Ravikant calls James Altucher the Oprah of the web
“Yeah, it does, James is, I call him the Oprah of the web.”
Kamal Ravikant Oct 7, 2015 ▶ 12:35 20 VC 077: Part 2: Kamal Ravikant: The Future Of Venture Capital
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