Niko Bonatsos
10 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 5, 2015 by Niko Bonatsos · said 27 times in 11 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
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2026 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 1 episode
2020 3 mentions in 1 episode
2018 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja on Why We Are In A Golden Age For VC, Why Pro-Rata Is A Lazy Posture and Why He Does Not Focus On Price
- 20VC: Phil Libin on Why The Concept of A Silicon Valley Style Startup Is Made To Benefit VCs, Why The Very Structure of Companies Is Outdated and Inefficient & What It Means To Build The Netflix of Product
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2017 7 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
- 20VC: Kleiner Perkins' MZ Zaveri on Why Success In Venture Is About The 3 F's, How VCs Can Manage Deal Heat & Is There Too Much Venture Dollars At Seed
- 20VC: Why Strategic Investing Is Slow Motion M&A, Why Valuation Is The Hardest Element of M&A & What Determines Between Cash vs Stock Deals with Chad Richard, SVP of Business & Corporate Development @ Yelp
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2016 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: Why Adaptability Is Key To Fundraising, Why Supply Is Always The First Priority In Marketplaces & Why Sometimes You Have To Hire Fast & Fire Fast with Nav Athwal, Founder & CEO @ RealtyShares
- 20 VC FF 032: Jeff Seibert on Lessons From Being Acquired By Twitter & Box and Now Leading Twitter's Consumer Product
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
2015 2 mentions in 1 episode
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Feb 5, 2015 positive
Bonatsos: Back founders if 5% of their vision justifies the investment
“Once in a while, you get to meet an individual that can create a reality sourcing field, and can paint a very detailed version of the future. And as soon as you hear about all this, you're like, shit, if five percent of what that person told me comes true in a…”
Feb 5, 2015 neutral
Feb 5, 2015 neutral
Bonatsos predicts edtech will complement rather than replace traditional schools
“I don't. I think it's gonna complement the school experience and life, but I have a hard time saying totally replacing schools because, you know, a lot of the schools are owned by states, by and funded by the government, and it's gonna be a massive, you know, …”
Feb 5, 2015 bullish
Feb 5, 2015 bearish
Feb 5, 2015
Bonatsos: Data shows $10B+ tech companies usually have 2-3 co-founders
“You know, historically, if you look into the data the companies that have built unicorns or that have built Tech products and companies that have become ten billion dollar plus market cap enterprises tend to have a team founding team of two to three, you know,…”
Feb 5, 2015
Feb 5, 2015 neutral
Feb 5, 2015
Bonatsos: Building on third-party platforms creates severe platform risk
“Taking platform risk is a very serious gamble. And for sure, when you decide to build on top of somebody else's platform, user acquisition may become easier. You don't have to deal with a lot of other hassles that historically, you know, you may have to deal, …”