Michael Kim
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 6, 2016 by Michael Kim · said 25 times in 11 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2020 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: Multi-Stage Funds Investing At Seed Are Option Value Investing, Why The Biggest Enemy For Venture Firms Is Group Think and How Running Companies Changes Your Investment Mentality with Manu Kumar, Founder @ K9 Ventures
- 20VC: Moxxie Ventures' Katie Stanton on What It Takes To Raise A First Time Fund As A Solo GP, The Entrance of Multi-Stage Funds Into Seed Rounds and The Inverse Relationship of Those That Fund Diverse Managers and Those That Say They Do
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2018 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: Why The Engineer Will Replace The MBA As CEO, Why The Peace Dividends From The Autonomous Car Wars Will Generate More Value Outside of Transport & Why Old and Boring Industries Are The Most Exciting To Build In with Avidan Ross, Founding Partner @ R
- 20VC: Why Brands Can Have The Same Revenue Multiples As Enterprise Companies & The Right Way To Think About Amazon In Today's World of Commerce with Eurie Kim, General Partner @ Forerunner Ventures
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2017 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade
- 20VC: Why Cheque Size & Follow On Decision-Making Does Not Matter, Why Intelligence Is Overrated & Why You Should Do Everything You Can To Make Other People Successful with Anthony Pompliano, Founding Partner @ Full Tilt Capital
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2016 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: 500 Startups' Dave McClure on Whether Unicorns Are Necessary For Venture Returns & Why Ownership Is Not The Math To Think About When Investing
- 20VC: Why The Whole Industry Is Backward Looking, The Best Funds Are Entrepreneur Led and Venture Is All About Access with Alex Bangash, Founder @ Trusted Insight
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Everything said about Michael Kim, oldest first
Jul 6, 2016 negative
Kim: 1% seed stakes do not move the needle in typical exits
“The typical venture exit is between 50 to a hundred million. If you own 10% of that company, that's ten million dollars back at a hundred million dollar exit. Ten million back to a seed fund is very meaningful. If you own one percent, you get the same kind of …”
Jul 6, 2016 neutral
Aug 15, 2016 bearish
Venture math should focus on probability distributions, not ownership percentages
“But the point that I was making with Michael is that ownership really isn't the math that we use to kind of think about how we invest. We really think more in terms of number of investments and the likely probability distribution of finding large outcomes. And…”