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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where OpenTable comes up
Marc Benioff, Salesforce Founder: Why Salesforce Isn't Hiring Software Engineers | E1236 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 27:01 Marc Benioff We had delivered it to the first five customers, which included companies like Wiley, the bookseller, Open Table, the restaurant company, ADP, Disney, etc.
Sam Altman: What Startups Will be Steamrolled by OpenAI & Where is Opportunity | E1223 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 10:30 Sam Altman Um, and either it can like use open table or it can like call the restaurant.
Adam Grenier: The Inside Story to Uber’s Hypergrowth; How We Spent $1B/mo in China | E989 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 31:56 Harry Stebbings He obviously was at open table.
The Ultimate Guide for Building a Two-Sided Marketplace | a16z's Jeff Jordan · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:18 Jeff Jordan I, I always contrasted OpenTable with, um, Fandango. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:41 Jeff Jordan Open table is pretty interesting because it, um, it was a long slog before it became an overnight success because aggregating supply did take time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:36 Jeff Jordan I mean, you, you give tools to be able to, uh, to, yeah, once open tables, it was, you know, it's a high quality problem when we had too much supply in a market
- ▶ 6:28 Jeff Jordan When I got to open table, it was such a good idea.
a16z GP Jeff Jordan: The Ultimate Guide to Two-Sided Marketplaces | 20VC #966 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 6:16 Jeff Jordan I, I always contrasted OpenTable with, um, Fandango. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:33 Jeff Jordan I mean, you, you give tools to be able to, uh, to, yeah, once open tables was, you know, it's a high quality problem when we had too much supply in a market that, uh,
- ▶ 12:26 Jeff Jordan When I got to open table, it was such a good idea.
- ▶ 43:36 Jeff Jordan I, I had a board member at, uh, Open Table who wanted to design the product and, you know, that, that for me was not a, a productive board activity.
20VC: 13 of the Great Investing Minds on When to Pay Up vs When To Remain Disciplined and Walk Because the Price is too High: The Ultimate Guide to Price Sensitivity
- ▶ 4:53 Harry Stebbings Some of Bill's previous winners include Uber, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Michael's include Lemonade, Melio, and HoneyBook, to name a few for each.
20VC: Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impending Bust, What Happens with a Market Crash, How Do Public Markets Impact Private Valuations & The Biggest Lessons from 20 Years Investing in Venture
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings He's widely recognized as one of the greats in venture, having worked with Grubhub, Nextdoor, Uber, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Zillow, to name a few.
20VC: A Masterclass in Leadership and Scaling Companies: The Decisions only the CEO Can Make, The Secret To Talent Acquisition and Retention and How To Find The Unscalable Things that are Fundamental To Scale with Christa Quarles, CEO @ Corel Corporation
- ▶ 0:16 Harry Stebbings Prior to Coral, Krista spent close to four years as CEO at OpenTable, driving a chapter of transformational change for the company.
- ▶ 7:37 Harry Stebbings When you blend the different experiences that you've had from the investment banking, Disney, Open Table, now obviously with Coral, it's so broad, so it's terrible, awful interview question, but like, what does the craft of leadership mean… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:59 Krista Quarles Yeah, and I will say I, I hit that head on when I was at OpenTable, because if you look at the history of OpenTable, it just worked, and it's not fair to just say that, but it is the power of a network effect 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:27 Krista Quarles So we had an example of this sort of deal with like open table pay where we wanted to get rid of the whole, like put your check and the whole back and forth and the dance.
- ▶ 30:17 Krista Quarles When I left OpenTable and I was looking at president jobs, I was like, well, it's just a two variable equation.
20VC: Bill Gurley and Howard Marks: What Happened In 2020? What Can We Expect Looking Forward to 2021?
- ▶ 0:46 Harry Stebbings As for Bill, widely recognized as one of the greats of our time, having worked with the likes of Grubhub, Nextdoor, Uber, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Zillow.
20VC: Benchmark's Bill Gurley on 5 Traits Benchmark Look For When Adding To The Partnership, Why The Abundance of Capital Is Today's Biggest Challenge in VC & The Right Way To Think About Market Size When Assessing Opportunities
- ▶ 0:39 Harry Stebbings As for Bill, he's widely recognized as one of the greats of our time in venture, having worked with the likes of Grubhub, Nextdoor, Uber, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Zillow.
- ▶ 13:29 Bill Gurley Open table was one where everything 2 times in the scene
20VC: Lessons From Scaling Trulia to IPO, How To Maximise Your Impact within Your Organisation and Why No One Is Ever 100% Ready For The Next Job with Heather Fernandez, Founder @ CEO @ Solv
- ▶ 11:59 Harry Stebbings I've heard it described before as the open table for health
20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible
- ▶ 20:17 Harry Stebbings Having done it, having mastered marketplaces at OpenTable, he would be immensely valuable to you.
20 VC 063: What It Takes To Standout In A Crowded Market with Ezra Galston @ Chicago Ventures
- ▶ 10:00 Ezra Galston It's kind of like an on-demand parking platform, Kapow Events, which is like, uh, open table for booking corporate and client entertainment, um, curbside shift gig.