Matt Williams

5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 31, 2015 by Matt Williams · said 5 times in 2 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jul 31, 2015
Insight
Matt Williams: First-time founders should bootstrap until achieving clear product-market fit
“So if it is a if it's a relatively new founding team that's never founded another company my advice is quite simple, which is to bootstrap as long as you can until you see some very clear traction, some very clear product market fit For the offering that you h…”
Matt Williams Jul 31, 2015 ▶ 8:49 FF 006: Acquired by Amazon, CEO @ Digg, EIR @ a16z and now Founder @ Pro.com with Matt Williams
Jul 31, 2015
Disclosure
Matt Williams funded LiveBid employee salaries with his personal credit card
“You know, I was already at the point of starting to put, you know, salaries on my credit card for those employees that had families.”
Matt Williams Jul 31, 2015 ▶ 7:27 FF 006: Acquired by Amazon, CEO @ Digg, EIR @ a16z and now Founder @ Pro.com with Matt Williams
Jul 31, 2015
Assertion Supported
Matt Williams: Most acquired founders leave within three years; he stayed twelve
“Very few founders ever kind of last longer than two or three years at most startups that get, then get acquired. I, you know, I think there's, there are very few, I happen to be one of the rare, you know, kind of rare ones that I was at Amazon for about 12 yea…”
Matt Williams Jul 31, 2015 ▶ 13:21 FF 006: Acquired by Amazon, CEO @ Digg, EIR @ a16z and now Founder @ Pro.com with Matt Williams
Jul 31, 2015
What-if
Matt Williams: Digg turnaround needed fresh outside talent sooner after v4 launch
“That probably would have more quickly brought in some additional talent that that, that hadn't kind of lived through the pain of, you know, kind of the V four launch and brought in new blood more, kind of more quickly to really help not only carry new perspect…”
Matt Williams Jul 31, 2015 ▶ 15:52 FF 006: Acquired by Amazon, CEO @ Digg, EIR @ a16z and now Founder @ Pro.com with Matt Williams
Jul 31, 2015
Assertion Supported
Matt Williams laid off 40% of Digg staff in his first six weeks
“It was a really hard, you know, kind of first six weeks, which included laying off about 40% of the staff”
Matt Williams Jul 31, 2015 ▶ 14:54 FF 006: Acquired by Amazon, CEO @ Digg, EIR @ a16z and now Founder @ Pro.com with Matt Williams
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