Laela Sturdy
14 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 24, 2017 by Laela Sturdy · said 19 times in 11 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2022 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: The Biggest Mistakes Startups Make Hiring, The 2 Reasons Startups Fail and How to Avoid Them, Why Most Startup Equity Plans are F****** and Why You Should Scrap Titles From Your Company with Eddie Vivas, Founder & CEO @ Curated
- 20VC: Startups Fail Because They Do Not Take Enough Risk, Why A/B Testing is Inefficient and Slows You Down, Why It is Impossible To Hire Good PMs so Stop Trying & 3 Key Signals The Best Engineers Present with Grant LaFontaine, Founder & CEO @ Whatnot
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2021 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: a16z's David George on Leading a16z's Growth Fund Today, The Biggest Misconceptions of Growth Investing, How a16z Think Through Portfolio Construction, Investment Decision-Making and Scenario Planning & How The Entrance of New Players Has Changed Th
- 20VC: Twilio's Jeff Lawson on What It Takes To Create a Tribe, How To Create Anti-Fragile Organisations Through Decentralised Decision-Making and Why Values Are Nice But Principles Are Better
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2020 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Gusto Co-Founder, Tomer London on Why Most Founders Approach Fundraising With The Wrong Mindset Today, How To Construct A Values/Motivation Alignment Test To Determine The Right Investors For You & Why Delight Is So Crucial To The Success of Any Con
- 20VC: Lessons from Investing in Uber and Airbnb, How To Think Through Bundling vs Unbundling, Late Stage Funds Moving Earlier, Early Stage Funds Moving Later& The Mechanics of Venture That Founders Should Know with Derek Zanutto, General Partner @ Capital
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2019 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 2 mentions in 1 episode
2017 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Duolingo's Luis von Ahn on How CEO's Can Scale With The Company, How VC Herd Mentality In The Valley Really Works and How Chatbots & AI Play A Role In The Future of EdTech
- 20VC: The Blurring of Early & Late Stage, Why Your Go To Market Strategy Is More Important Now Than Ever & Why Venture Is The Academia Of Tech with Roseanne Wincek @ IVP
- 20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade
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Everything said about Laela Sturdy, oldest first
Apr 24, 2017 positive
Jul 8, 2021
Generational companies recruit world-class leaders years earlier than typical startups
“One of the things that I've seen in terms of commonalities of the truly generational transformative companies is that they are able to get world-class leaders to join their companies way earlier than they should.”
Jul 8, 2021 positive
Jul 8, 2021
Jul 8, 2021 negative
CapitalG passed on investing early in Nubank due to market unfamiliarity
“I would say one of the big, cause I looked at new bank early. That's a good example. And I think I was, while I was loved the founder and so impressed with the business traction, the risk around a new market and a model I didn't totally understand just made me…”
Jul 8, 2021
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024 neutral
Aug 16, 2024
Sturdy: Outlier founder skills alone cannot sustain a company at scale
“It absolutely is a team sport. You can no longer just rely on one, that, that one outlier or that extreme outlier advantages or skills or gifts that, that founder has. Sure. Those continue to contribute in an outsized way to the company's success. But it will …”
Aug 16, 2024 positive
Sturdy: Non-founder CEOs are often best suited to scale growth companies
“So I would like to invest in a non-founder led company. You point out Satya, I know dozens of incredible CEOs that were not founders and have same, but different mix of special sauce that makes them The right person to lead that company, and often to lead the …”
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024 neutral
Sturdy: CapitalG only underwrites existing products in base-case scenarios
“Now when I look at an investment, almost always my base case is I'm only going to underwrite what exists today. I can get excited about the possibility of the future, and that's built into the upside case, but if there's not evidence of the launch of that prod…”
Aug 16, 2024 positive
Sturdy: Outlier founder traits and data drive outsized venture returns
“That's one of my core investment theses is always look for outlier metrics and look for outlier personality traits in a founder. I believe that outlier data is really important to pay attention to, and that will end up having outsized impact and returns.”