Marvin Liao

6 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 28, 2015 by Marvin Liao · across every show →

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Oct 28, 2015 bullish
Disclosure
Liao made seven or eight digital health investments in six months
“I've probably made about seven or eight digital health investments in the last probably six months now.”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 14:36 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
Oct 28, 2015 neutral
Disclosure
Liao volunteered 10-15 hours weekly before 500 Startups hired him
“I was spending almost close to, I think, like, almost 10 to 15 hours, like, a week over there, because it was fun, and they felt guilty, and I guess they gave me a job when they opened up the San Francisco office.”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 3:26 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
Oct 28, 2015 negative
Disclosure
Liao admits he was a 'horrible' angel investor who lost money
“As an angel investor, I'll be frank, I was a horrible angel investor, so I've kind of, my wife is still kind of pissed off at me for all the money that I lost.”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 3:47 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
Oct 28, 2015 negative
Opinion
Founders should avoid mentors who advise startups as their primary income
“I worry about, sort of, like, mentors who do this as, like, as their job, where they're, like, advising, sort of, startups as, like, their, you know, like, their main, sort of, like, income. I do, sort of, worry about that, where I, kind of, like, you do it be…”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 9:39 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
Oct 28, 2015 neutral
Insight
Silicon Valley's 'rule of 2-3' limits free mentor meetings before compensation
“There's this rule in Silicon Valley called the rule of two to three. ... You know, your first, like, two to three meetings, your first two to three introductions are free, but, sort of, if you, if they want more than that, there needs to be some type of, sort …”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 9:10 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
Oct 28, 2015
Disclosure
Liao requires $10K-$50K MRR before investing in enterprise SaaS startups
“Like, I won't look at a pre-launch sort of like enterprise SaaS company. I want to see something in the range of 10 to sometimes 50,000 dollars a month in recurring revenue.”
Marvin Liao Oct 28, 2015 ▶ 13:23 20 VC 083: 500 Startups Week: New Funds, Startup Mentoring and Dave's Masterplan with Marvin Liao, Partner @ 500 Startups
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