Mike Hirschland
9 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 18, 2019 by Mike Hirschland · across every show →
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Mar 18, 2019 negative
Mar 18, 2019 neutral
Resolute Ventures prefers investing before startups show early traction
“Our MO, what we really like to do is to be backing teams we fall in love with ideas that we fall in love with, and just that, and so we really do not necessarily look for traction at all. Now, in some instances, when companies approach us, they happen to have …”
Mar 18, 2019 negative
Seed-stage investor boards are an unnecessary drag on founder time
“And I think too often having a formalized board, an investor led board during the seed stage brings a lot of the trappings of From the post-series A board dynamic into the seed stage, where there's some degree of formality, there's a fair amount of preparation…”
Mar 18, 2019 negative
Very few VCs are actually interested in pre-traction startups
“And too often, everybody says they do all of it, when in fact, they're very Few investors, VCs, who really are interested in pretraction, So I think there's just a lot of confusion in the marketplace in terms of who really wants to invest when and clarity arou…”
Mar 18, 2019 negative
Mar 18, 2019 positive
Series A is the right time to form a startup board
“Well, I think it's around the Series A. I think when you're raising a Series A level amount of capital, I think that the investors have an understandable interest In governance and as a company is starting to mature and build out its organization and its manag…”
Mar 18, 2019
True VC support requires direct feedback, not superficial founder-friendliness
“There's a difference between, you know, the phrase that's become tossed about a lot being quote founder friendly on the one hand, which means that you're always going to be yielding to the founder and supporting what they want and want to do versus having, you…”
Mar 18, 2019
Mar 18, 2019
Founders rush investor selection instead of thoroughly evaluating fit
“I think in many instances, yes. I think founders, with good reason, want a very fast process, and they want to get back to work, and are sometimes inclined, really, just to get the best deal as quickly as they can and get back to work. I would personally advis…”