ownership

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 1, 2019 by Pat Grady · across every show →

Everything said about ownership, oldest first

Jul 1, 2019 negative

Disclosure

Sequoia historically made the mistake of being too greedy on ownership

“I think one of the mistakes we made historically was to be a little bit too greedy, quite frankly, on ownership.”

Pat Grady Jul 1, 2019 ▶ 9:10 20VC: Sequoia's Pat Grady on What Sequoia Is Focused On Today, How Sequoia Think About Investment Decision-Making Processes & Why It Is Important To Trade A Few Points of Efficiency for Culture When It Comes To Attribution

Dec 6, 2021 bullish

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Eisenberg: Aleph Will Prioritize Ownership Stakes Over Price Discipline

“So what we're doing is even if we have to pay more, we're optimizing for ownership and we'll continue to do that.”

Michael Eisenberg Dec 6, 2021 ▶ 22:50 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

Nov 28, 2022

Insight

Kuusi: Delegating big responsibilities drives employee attention to minor details

“I think how you get people to care about the small things is that you give them ownership over the big things. And when people are responsible for the big things, they start to care about the small things that contribute to those big things.”

Miki Kuusi Nov 28, 2022 ▶ 17:48 Miki Kuusi: How I Scaled Wolt to $8B; Why I Sold to DoorDash | 20VC #953 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Feb 27, 2023 neutral

Insight

Tisch: VC ownership targets matter for the portfolio, not individual deals

“So I don't obsess over the ownership and the portfolio construction in a way that I think it matters on a deal by deal basis. I think it matters on a portfolio basis.”

David Tisch Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 12:29 David Tisch: The 3 Most Important Variables When Raising Your Seed Round | 20VC #983 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Jul 3, 2024 positive

Insight

Eyal: Small venture funds do not need high ownership in giant outcomes

“One doesn't need a large ownership in large outcomes when you have a small fund.”

Avi Eyal Jul 3, 2024 ▶ 7:58 Avi Eyal: Making $2.3BN on Monday, Stripe & PillPack from Entrée Capital MP | E1173 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Mar 10, 2025 negative

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Jake Saper: Most VC founders retain firm ownership after retiring

“The vast majority of founders of firms, when they retire, they retain a meaningful portion of the ownership of that firm.”

Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 1:30:07 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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