Mo Koyfman

8 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 8, 2022 by Mo Koyfman · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Aug 8, 2022 negative
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Five-Year Employee Retention at Giant Multi-Stage VC Firms Is Zero
“These are people, these are businesses with hundreds of people working there. The odds that all of those same people are going to be there in five years are zero.”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 52:45 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022
Disclosure
Mo Koyfman Led Plaid's Seed Round and Was First Outside Director
“I led the seed round in Plaid and joined the founders, William and Zach, as their first outside board member.”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 6:48 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022
Insight
Learning Lessons From Venture Successes Is Extremely Dangerous Due to Bias
“I've actually found that learning lessons from successes is extremely dangerous because of the risk of confirmation bias. We will convince ourselves Of whatever we want to convince ourselves is the proximal cause of the success, you know, because it was succes…”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 48:54 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
The VC Industry Faces a Reckoning With Many Firms Shutting Down
“I think there will be a lot of folks that go away in this cycle. I watched it in the last go round. You know, Spark and USV and all these firms didn't exist before the last cycle. And they really made their names coming out of the O eight crisis. And on the ot…”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 58:52 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022 positive
Insight
Durable VC Firms Require Clear Leadership Rather Than Equal Partnerships
“And while both can certainly work and there are certain, and there are notable exceptions here, like union square ventures, for instance, which works very well as a partnership structure, the more durable firms in my experience often have very clear leadership…”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 9:51 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Shine Capital Reserves Follow-On Capital per Fund, Not per Company
“We don't actually reserve per company when we do a deal at all. I actually reserve a bucket for the entire fund”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 25:57 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Excess Venture Capital Creates Bad Habits and Dampens Returns
“I think we should have fewer investors and some less capital in the system. I think we've pumped too much capital into the system and it's created a lot of bad habits. And I think it's going to dampen returns, frankly.”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 57:50 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 8, 2022 negative
Insight
Giant VC Funds Cannot Be Deeply Invested in Seed Startups
“When you take money from a very big firm, definitionally at the early stage, definitionally, they can only be so invested in your success because it is a tiny amount of overall capital for the firm.”
Mo Koyfman Aug 8, 2022 ▶ 53:09 Mo Koyfman: The Secret to Winning in Venture; Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds | 20VC #915 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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