Parker Thompson

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 21, 2016 by Parker Thompson · said 4 times in 2 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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20VC: AngelList's Naval Ravikant on The Secrets To Success At Seed, Why Micro VC Is The Return of Traditional Series A & Why We Will See The Unbundling Of Traditional VC Brands Apr 10, 2017 · 3 mentions · from 6:37
20VC: Homebrew's Hunter Walk on Why There Is No Series A Crunch, How To Package Portfolio Companies For The Next Round & Why The Bridge Round Is Not Always A Negative Sign? Apr 3, 2017 · 1 mention · from 14:31
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Dec 21, 2016 bullish

Opinion

Bridge rounds offer strong risk-adjusted returns due to flat valuations

“So my personal opinion is bridges are a great way to make money because these are strong companies. And actually a lot of risk has been taken out of the business with Very little valuation bump”

Parker Thompson Dec 21, 2016 ▶ 18:26 20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?

Dec 21, 2016 positive

Insight

A founder's velocity of learning strongly predicts early-stage startup success

“How fast do these people learn is something I focus more and more on. So I try to ask people questions that give me insight into their learning process and their velocity of learning. Cause I think at the early stage, that seems to be a strong predictor of suc…”

Parker Thompson Dec 21, 2016 ▶ 7:46 20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?

Dec 21, 2016

Assertion Supported

Parker Thompson created the Startup L Jackson Twitter parody account

“Now, Parker is a partner at AngelList, And creator of popular Twitter parody account Startup L Jackson.”

Harry Stebbings Dec 21, 2016 ▶ 0:25 20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?

Dec 21, 2016 negative

Disclosure

Founders who optimize primarily for minimizing dilution are a negative signal

“And I think anybody who's optimizing for dilution, first of all, if, like, that That's your mentality, and we're having a conversation, I'm already biased against investing.”

Parker Thompson Dec 21, 2016 ▶ 20:42 20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?

Dec 21, 2016

Insight

Founders should multiply their calculated capital requirements by 1.5

“I tend to talk to founders about focusing on how much money you need and what you think you can accomplish, and my general rule is figure out what you think you need and multiply by 1.5, because something's going to go wrong”

Parker Thompson Dec 21, 2016 ▶ 20:27 20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?

Dec 21, 2016

Insight

Pre-product startups should raise as much capital as possible

“So if I'm talking to a pre-product company, right, typically my advice to them would be raise as much money as possible because you have no idea where you're going to be in a year.”

Parker Thompson Dec 21, 2016 ▶ 20:04 20VC: AngelList's Parker Thompson on How He Evaluates Startup Founders & Why The Move To Series A Is Harder Than Ever?

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