media

8 statements across 7 episodes · 1 bullish · 6 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jan 6, 2020 by Gaurav Jain · across every show →

Everything said about media, oldest first

Jan 6, 2020 negative
Assertion Supported
Jain: Media overstates frequency of massive initial seed rounds for new founders
“I think it happens much less frequently than the media may make it up to seem. Mostly because when that happens, it becomes news. Hence, we all hear about it, and it makes it feel like that is what is happening day to day. But the reality on the ground is, for…”
Gaurav Jain Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 13:35 20VC: Why Now Is The Hardest Time To Raise an Institutional Pre-Seed in the Last Decade, What To Do When The Founder and VC Interests Do Not Align & The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds with Gaurav Jain, Founder & Managing Partner @ Afore Capital
Nov 11, 2021 positive
Opinion
The media prefers virtue signaling over authentic founders like Palmer Luckey
“The media likes people who virtue signal, not necessarily people who speak their minds. Palmer has always been good about speaking his mind.”
Brian Singerman Nov 11, 2021 ▶ 22:28 20VC: The Anduril Memo: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on What Makes Palmer Luckey One of the Greatest Innovators in History, Why It Is BS The DOD Do Not Want To Work With Silicon Valley & Why in Venture You Have To Play A Different Game to the Hedge Fun
Apr 13, 2022
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Holland: Fast never burned $10 million a month despite media reports
“The burn that's being reported by the media is not the real burn. Our burn was much lower. It was significantly lower. We've never done ten million dollars a month of burn before, right?”
Dom Holland Apr 13, 2022 ▶ 10:11 20VC Exclusive: Fast's Domm Holland on What Really Happened at Fast? Were they really Burning $10M per Month? Where did Bolt Succeed Where Fast Did Not? What is It Really Like To Have Stripe Invest in your Company?
Oct 3, 2022 negative
Opinion
Conrad: Media coverage simplistically paints founders as either heroes or villains
“The sort of media view of like founders it, it's sort of like, You're either a superhero or a supervillain, and there's only room for those two. It's like you're, you know, and there's such a like, You're either, it's either like saint or super villain and the…”
Parker Conrad Oct 3, 2022 ▶ 1:03:04 Parker Conrad: How I Got Ousted from Zenefits and Came Back with a Vengence | 20VC #932 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 11, 2023 negative
Insight
Running a Sports Franchise Based on Media Opinions Is a Major Mistake
“The worst thing you can do, with all due respect to you, Harry, the media, the worst thing you can do is run your team based on the media or based on what the media is saying that you should do”
Steve Pagliuca Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 34:27 Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca: What Went Wrong with the Chelsea FC Acquisition | 20VC #976 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 10, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ryan: New consumer e-commerce and media startups are unlikely to succeed today
“Media and e-commerce are both sexy and accessible industries. So, 50,000 entrepreneurs have gone after them, and so the next guy right now just probably isn't gonna come up with a good idea.”
Kevin Ryan Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 21:19 Kevin Ryan: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers & Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC|E1138 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 10, 2024 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Almost No Media Venture Investments Have Succeeded Recently Except Podcasts
“Same with media you know, with the exception of actually podcasts, hardly anything has worked. In the last five years in media.”
Kevin Ryan Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 14:59 Kevin Ryan: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers & Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC|E1138 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Bouaziz claims tech journalism is fundamentally broken due to unverified reporting
“And, like, when you see the things that they can publish with unnamed sources that are completely false, with no retractions and things like that, you kind of, Start thinking that in many ways there's something super broken about media”
Alex Bouaziz Oct 20, 2025 ▶ 8:56 Deel CEO, Alex Bouaziz on Raising $300M+ at a $17BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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