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Matt Clifford

16 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 7 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 11, 2016 by Matt Clifford · said 16 times in 8 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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May 11, 2016
Insight
Clifford: Waiting to feel ready before starting a startup is a red herring
“I think it's very, very dangerous and very, very negative for people to believe that they need to wait until they're, in inverted commas, ready before they start a startup. I don't believe that anyone is ready. I think actually what founding a company throws a…”
Matt Clifford May 11, 2016 ▶ 9:49 20VC: Why More People Should Be Entrepreneurs & How Do You Know When You Are Ready with Matt Clifford @ Entrepreneur First
May 11, 2016 neutral
Insight
Clifford: Founder skills are procedurally generated by doing, not taught
“I mean, we, we've often talked at Entrepreneur First about your abilities as a founder are something that you discover by being a founder. I don't think they're either latent within you at birth and you know, you just, ah, you are or you're not, nor do I belie…”
Matt Clifford May 11, 2016 ▶ 8:20 20VC: Why More People Should Be Entrepreneurs & How Do You Know When You Are Ready with Matt Clifford @ Entrepreneur First
May 11, 2016 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Clifford: No psychographic test can identify if someone is a founder
“There is no test you can take. There is no you know, personality, psychographic, multiple choice quiz that will tell you whether you're a founder. Really the only way to find out is by trying because you get better by being one.”
Matt Clifford May 11, 2016 ▶ 9:04 20VC: Why More People Should Be Entrepreneurs & How Do You Know When You Are Ready with Matt Clifford @ Entrepreneur First
May 11, 2016 neutral
Opinion
Clifford: Only society's most talented and ambitious should be entrepreneurs
“No, everyone should not be an entrepreneur. And I think sometimes our message gets confused with that idea which is something we want to push back against very hard. So we absolutely do not believe that everyone should be an entrepreneur. What we actually beli…”
Matt Clifford May 11, 2016 ▶ 6:17 20VC: Why More People Should Be Entrepreneurs & How Do You Know When You Are Ready with Matt Clifford @ Entrepreneur First
Jul 1, 2024
Insight
Matt Clifford: Founder Peak Performance Matters More Than Co-Founder Synergy
“Synergies do matter, but I think probably the best predictor is how good is the best person at their best.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 48:07 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Matt Clifford: Text-Based AI Scaling Is Hitting an S-Curve Limit
“I don't think there's a lot further to go in just finding more text. You know, I think we may be at the flattening out of the S-curve on text, but I suspect the next S-curve could just involve finding ways to yeah, to use video, to use, like, interactive exper…”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 10:07 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Matt Clifford: Local Councils Blocked US Tech Giants' UK Data Center Investments
“And the number one issue that these companies had, and I'm really not exaggerating, was we want to invest billions and billions of dollars to build compute infrastructure in the UK, and your local county councils in the middle of nowhere keep vetoing our data …”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 35:14 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 bearish
Disclosure
Matt Clifford Would Not Invest in OpenAI at $90 Billion Valuation
“Ah, you know, I think it, I think I would not be, I mean, I'm a huge fan of OpenAI.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 14:06 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 negative
Opinion
Matt Clifford: Academic Literature on Entrepreneurship Offers Zero Alpha
“I would say, in general, the academic literature on entrepreneurship is Not helpful for either entrepreneurs or VCs. Might be interesting, but it's not, there's no alpha in it.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 49:51 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Matt Clifford: Helsing Is His Best Angel Investment to Date
“My, certainly my best angel investment so far.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 39:42 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 positive
Insight
Matt Clifford: Incubators Should Pick Exceptional 21-Year-Olds Over Good 31-Year-Olds
“You got into the thing where it's very hard if you're new to what we do to compare the CV of like a thirty-one-year-old Who's actually good but not exceptional, and a 21 year old who's exceptional but has no experience, and choose the 21 year old. But you actu…”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 56:40 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024
What-if
Matt Clifford: Europe and India Would Rival Silicon Valley With Top Talent
“Like, why does Silicon Valley work? Because the most ambitious and talented people in that area become founders. If the same thing happened, In the UK, in Europe, in India, we'd have very similar outcomes.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 52:51 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 negative
Insight
Matt Clifford: Not Attempting a Startup at Stanford Is a Negative Signal
“If you grew up in the Bay Area, and you go to Stanford, and you graduate, and you never thought about starting a company, and there's a very negative signal on you as a founder.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 4:02 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Matt Clifford: Cambridge CS Graduates' Top Dream Job Remains Jane Street Trader
“Even today in the UK, even with all the progress has been over the last decade in the ecosystem I would say the most aspirational job for a Cambridge computer science grad is to go work at Jane Street and be a trader.”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 51:50 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Matt Clifford: Pivoted Focus at EF to Defense Tech Over Market Potential
“One of the reasons I've, Really pivot my time within EAF to working on defensive technologies is, I think there's an amazing commercial opportunity there, but I also think it's what the world needs. We need to build the technologies that mean that the negative…”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 45:20 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 1, 2024 negative
Opinion
Matt Clifford: Degrowth Is the Worst Acceptable Idea
“So I think probably like the worst idea in the world that it's acceptable to hold in polite company is like degrowth. Like the idea that like, oh, you know, like the real problem in the world is like Too many people, too much stuff, too much consumption, we sh…”
Matt Clifford Jul 1, 2024 ▶ 43:27 Matt Clifford: The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | E1172 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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