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Midwest

5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 17, 2015 by Ezra Galston · across every show →

Everything said about Midwest, oldest first

Aug 17, 2015
Assertion Contradicted
Galston: One-third of the Fortune 500 is headquartered in the Midwest
“A third of the entire Fortune 500 is right here in the Midwest.”
Ezra Galston Aug 17, 2015 ▶ 7:29 20 VC 063: What It Takes To Standout In A Crowded Market with Ezra Galston @ Chicago Ventures
Dec 5, 2016 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Drive Capital is the only venture firm with scale in the Midwest
“We have drive capital in Columbus, which is excellent and a great team. They're putting meaningful capital to work in the Midwest, but really outside of drive, we have very little scale of capital and that makes it more challenging for our company.”
Scott Dorsey Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 25:44 20VC: Lessons Learnt From Marc Benioff & Selling To Salesforce For $2.7bn, What Product Market Fit Really Looks Like & Why Pricing Is Startup's Biggest Problem with Scott Dorsey, Managing Partner @ HighAlpha
Dec 5, 2016 neutral
Insight
Dorsey: Midwest tech startups must grow executive talent internally or import it
“You've got a smaller pool of software executives in the Midwest. And as a result, you have to either grow your own or pull them in from other parts of the country.”
Scott Dorsey Dec 5, 2016 ▶ 25:14 20VC: Lessons Learnt From Marc Benioff & Selling To Salesforce For $2.7bn, What Product Market Fit Really Looks Like & Why Pricing Is Startup's Biggest Problem with Scott Dorsey, Managing Partner @ HighAlpha
Sep 27, 2017 positive
Insight
Oetting: Midwest Founders Prioritize Unit Economics Due to Capital Constraints
“If you're starting a business in the Midwest, you probably had to think a lot about this because it was very expensive for you to raise money, and so you probably thought a lot more about it.”
Drew Oetting Sep 27, 2017 ▶ 18:09 20VC: Why VCs Have Forgotten Their Job To Invest In Entrepreneurs not Technologists, How To Know When Growth Creates Value and When It Destroys It & How To Bootstrap Learning Most People Acquire Over Decades with 8VC Founding Partner, Drew Oetting
Apr 15, 2021 negative
Opinion
Foster: Midwestern companies generally lack the ambition found in Silicon Valley
“Having operated inside of Silicon Valley, like We've tried to sort of borrow some of the ambition that you find in companies there. Like, I think you don't necessarily get that in the Midwest.”
Wade Foster Apr 15, 2021 ▶ 15:13 20VC: Scaling Zapier To $140M ARR and a $5Bn Valuation on $1.4M of Funding, What Founders Misunderstand About Fundraising & How Founders Should Think About Secondaries Today with Wade Foster, Founder & CEO @ Zapier
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