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Pear VC

7 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 20, 2017 by Harry Stebbings · said 31 times in 8 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (23), Pejman Nozad (1), Katie Stanton (1)

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Feb 20, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Nozad went from undocumented immigrant to backing 200+ companies worth $20B+
“It reads, I was once an undocumented immigrant. Now, I'm a VC. I've backed over 200 companies worth over twenty billion, and I've created thousands of jobs.”
Harry Stebbings Feb 20, 2017 ▶ 1:06 20VC: Pejman Nozad: Tech's Most Unlikely VC: From Yoghurt Shop To Investing In Startups Now Worth $20Bn+
May 24, 2017 bullish
Disclosure
Pear VC Invested in Nova Credit Before It Had a Product
“We invested before there was a product. There were students at Stanford and they were coming here to our lectures or talks, et cetera. Just an amazing team.”
Mar Hershenson May 24, 2017 ▶ 24:06 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
May 24, 2017 neutral
Insight
VC Platforms Are Intensive Service Operations Scaling via People, Not Software
“At the end of the day, to be honest, what we do is, you know, you can automate and replicate some of it, but it's a very intensive services business, right? It's people. Everybody's different. Founder has a problem, and they really need that human contact with…”
Mar Hershenson May 24, 2017 ▶ 7:56 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
May 24, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Active Seed Fund Involvement Typically Lasts 18 to 24 Months
“The nature of seed is such that they're around for 18 to 24 months, right? It could be less, it could be more, but on average, that's the number.”
Mar Hershenson May 24, 2017 ▶ 20:48 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
May 24, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
11 of 13 Pear Launchpad Companies Raised Top 2016 Seed Rounds
“So, you know, last year we had about 13 companies 11 of them ended up raising a seed round from great people. Accel, first round, Index, just really, really top name people. And the other two went back to school.”
Mar Hershenson May 24, 2017 ▶ 5:17 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
May 24, 2017 neutral
Insight
Only 1 in 100 Startup Pitches Generates Strong Investment Conviction
“You meet a hundred companies, and 95 of them, you know, it's a clear no, four of them, it's like, maybe, and one of them, you're like, oh my god, I gotta do it”
Mar Hershenson May 24, 2017 ▶ 17:07 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
May 24, 2017
Disclosure
Pear VC Evaluates Pre-Product Founders Solely on Obsession and Drive
“And the only thing we're judging is the human being, and the founder, and whether we think they are obsessed, hungry to achieve something.”
Mar Hershenson May 24, 2017 ▶ 6:27 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc
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