Michael Skok

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 21, 2016 by Michael Skok · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Sep 21, 2016 negative
Opinion
Michael Skok: Early-stage startup valuation is a stunningly stupid concept
“Well, first of all, valuation is just a stunningly stupid concept. Who on earth can value a person? I can't. And at the stage that we're working at, we're valuing people.”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 21:54 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
Sep 21, 2016
Assertion Supported
Michael Skok: Demandware raised $70M before going public
“I've invested in companies like Demandware, for example, which probably took about seventy million dollars worth of capital before we got it public.”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 11:54 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
Sep 21, 2016 positive
Insight
Startups should target a Minimum Viable Segment before broader market fit
“MVP is great, but I'll tell you the next big milestone that most people miss is in product market fit. They say, Oh, well, you're going to go prove that that product's being accepted by the market. Yes. But the market's huge if you're going up to something sig…”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 18:01 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
Sep 21, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Skok: Infrastructure startups take up to 3 years to reach MVS
“In some cases, I've seen it, for example, when you get into infrastructure products, you know, this is things like, for example, data warehousing as a service, companies like Casino that are doing that. That could take three years, because you're knocking down…”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 18:34 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
Sep 21, 2016
Insight
Skok: Category-creating startups begin by addressing latent, unrecognized customer needs
“In many instances, if you're creating something, you're going to start at a latent aspirational level. You really won't have customers begging for what you're doing because you're creating it. They don't know they have that need.”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 20:50 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
Sep 21, 2016 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Skok: Underscore VC founders committed 5x traditional GP capital
“I mean, we put five times as much capital in individually as the founders here than would traditionally be the case.”
Michael Skok Sep 21, 2016 ▶ 10:46 20VC: Why Valuation Is A Stupid Concept, VC Is Ripe For Disruption & Not All LPs Are Made Equal with Michael Skok, Founding Partner @ Underscore VC
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