layoffs

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2020 by Steve Blank · across every show →

Everything said about layoffs, oldest first

Jul 20, 2020 negative
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Steve Blank: Incremental layoffs destroy employee morale and productivity
“The biggest mistake that I've seen time and again that people make is not making the cuts, but basically cutting a bit at a time, and while that seems well, we'll see how it's going, and we'll cut five percent, and then three weeks later, you realize, ah, we o…”
Steve Blank Jul 20, 2020 ▶ 21:57 20VC: Steve Blank on Why The Startup Ecosystem is Partially A Ponzi Scheme, 3 Things That Determine Startup Survival in a COVID World & Facebook: Platform vs Publisher and Where Does Their Responsibility Lie?
Dec 16, 2022
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Partovi: Startups conducting layoffs should cut deep and do it once
“I would definitely say that if you're cutting, cut deep and do it only once. Multiple rounds of cutting or like just dribbling it out destroys morale and it also destroys credibility.”
Hadi Partovi Dec 16, 2022 ▶ 22:29 Hadi Partovi: How I Became an Advisor to Mark Zuckerberg; Lessons from Steve Ballmer | 20VC #961 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 13, 2023 negative
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Lemkin: Layoffs are just "little snacks" that do not create growth
“Layoffs don't really solve anything. They're just little, they're little snacks, right? They make little incremental changes, but layoffs don't create growth on their own, right?”
Jason Lemkin Jan 13, 2023 ▶ 14:23 Jason Lemkin: WTF is Going On in VC? Are LPs Investing in New Funds? | 20VC #965 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 22, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Seibert: Startup valuations will crash dramatically with major layoffs in Q1-Q2
“A lot of valuations will still crash from here dramatically. And there's probably going to be huge layoffs going into Q one, Q two as well.”
Jeff Seibert Nov 22, 2023 ▶ 50:29 Jeff Seibert: Why OpenAI Will Become an Infrastructure Play | E1085 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 23, 2024 negative
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Gurski: Conducting layoffs is emotionally easier for founders than venture fundraising
“Even layoffs are simpler, because layoffs is like computation. Cut, and you're just in two or three weeks, and you continue your work. But fundraising, it's like, just like, it's each day you're getting no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and you're starting to lo…”
Dmitry Gurski Sep 23, 2024 ▶ 33:15 Dmitry Gurski: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health|E1205 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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