Marc Lore
24 statements across 2 episodes · 8 bullish · 5 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 12, 2021 by Marc Lore · said 16 times in 4 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2023 9 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
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Jul 12, 2021 bullish
Marc Lore invested $15M total into Archer Aviation before $1B SPAC
“I gave them five million and helped them raise the fifty million, the same kind of Same kind of thing. I kicked off the fifty million dollar round with 10, and that all came together, and they had sixty million dollars. They had the best team in the world. The…”
Jul 12, 2021
Marc Lore: Half-trusting people yields all downside and no upside
“I've found, and I'm very trusting, when you openly trust someone, really trust them, like where they can burn you, like put yourself in a place where they could burn you. They rarely do. Occasionally you might get burned, and that's part of one of the conseque…”
Jul 12, 2021
Marc Lore: Childhood-driven motivation cannot be replicated but can become an asset
“You can't tell somebody that doesn't have this unhealthy childhood to find that motivation. It's something that's unexplainable, but I think it's really healthy when it starts, and I think with therapy and time, I think it can morph into something that's healt…”
Jul 12, 2021
Marc Lore: Founders Cannot Successfully Manage HR on the Side
“If you think that, or the CEO or the founder of a company thinks that they can found the company, do the capital, do the vision, do all the parts of the business, and on the side with their pinky, do like the chief people stuff. That's not gonna work. You're n…”
Jul 12, 2021
Marc Lore Invested $390,000 in Life Savings to Launch First Startup
“I have 390,000 saved and putting it in. And he goes, all right, you've really lost your mind now, but you know what? You're all in. And I think you're going to make this work. So can I put 50 grand in as your first investor? And he did.”
Jul 12, 2021 positive
Marc Lore: Candidates with top-10% resumes and SPOTIC traits are hired on the spot
“And if I find a top 10% resume with spotty traits, home run, and then I hire them on the spot. I don't need to do any references at that point. They've already proven on their resume and do the values that they're amazing.”
Jul 12, 2021 bullish
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Jul 12, 2021 negative
Marc Lore: Reference checks almost never change hiring decisions
“It's very, very, very rare, and I talked to people about this, that you'll actually change your mind from a reference. Like, I want to hire this person, let me check the references, and then you're like, no, now I'm not going to hire the person. Or, I don't th…”
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Jul 12, 2021 negative
Lore: Most founders cannot state a clear 10-year vision in three sentences
“I don't think people spend enough time on the vision. They'll say, like, if you ask somebody, what is your vision? 10 to 15 years, where do you want to be? It's rare that somebody will be able to, like, recite a, like, really tight three to five sentences of e…”
Jul 12, 2021 positive
Marc Lore tracks Myers-Briggs personality types for all friends and colleagues
“I'm a big fan of Myers-Briggs personality test. There's 16 personalities. I try and know the personality type of all my friends, family, and anyone, colleagues, because I think understanding the personality type is like kind of the first, you know, the beginni…”
Jul 12, 2021 positive
Marc Lore argues default trust yields high upside with only 2% failure rate
“I found that actually it is more like one 50. Like it's rare that you will get burned and you'll get better at associating with people that are less likely to burn you. But the upside is tremendous. Like I said, if you go halfway on trusting or three quarters,…”
Jul 12, 2021 bullish
Marc Lore targets a $500M fund concentrated in 15 companies
“Yeah, it would be, you know, more like 15 investments. How do you put ten million seed in a company, and then the company winds up, let's say you own 40% for ten million, and then the company winds up doing a fifty million dollar round that you lead to keep yo…”
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Jul 12, 2021 negative
Lore: Stage-specific VC value-add is overdone and causes conflict
“I think it's a little overdone, this idea that, like, they help in a different way, the C or the A. When I think about my best investors, because they came in all the rounds, I treat them all like they're just great. They're sounding boards, they open doors, t…”
Jul 12, 2021 bullish
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Jul 12, 2021
Marc Lore: Never take risks on core values, only with capital
“I don't think you take risk on values. So I think you need to be really grounded, know what your values are, what your core values, and never deviate, and even live them when they're hard. I think that Sometimes it's hard, but that means you're living your val…”
Jul 12, 2021 negative
Jul 12, 2021 positive
May 5, 2023
Alex Rodriguez: Eliminate mid-tier candidates immediately to avoid being tricked
“The tens and the fives are easy to recognize. The tens, you know, jump out of the page, and the fives are people you're probably not going to hire. The challenge is when you have the six and the sevens, and the six and the sevens have the gift of gab, and are …”