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Pete Flint

8 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2017 by James Currier · said 11 times in 4 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (9), James Currier (2)

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Dec 13, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Currier: Trulia achieved a $3.5B acquisition with zero marketing spend
“Pete Flint, my partner, he grew Trulia to a, you know, three and a half billion dollar acquisition with zero marketing spend.”
James Currier Dec 13, 2017 ▶ 18:22 20VC: How To Balance Between Vision and Stubbornness, Why Speed Is The Most Important Startup Superpower & The Main Role of A Startup Founder Today with James Currier, Managing Director @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018 negative
Insight
Flint: Investors overemphasize market size instead of problem size
“What they often get wrong is that it's really not about the size of the market, it's about the size of the problem, and what is the available market for that, and kind of often the most interesting businesses have no market today.”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 30:12 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018 positive
Insight
Flint: Founder peer learning is more valuable than board members or coaches
“Learning from my peers, I always found was sort of way more valuable than learning from sort of board members and often coaches, quite frankly.”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 25:48 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018
Insight
Flint: Meaningful startups either drive or ride cultural change
“You know, I see really every significant, meaningful startup has an impact on the culture, either It's driving that cultural change, or it is really cresting and surfing that cultural change.”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 10:48 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018 positive
Insight
Flint: Network effect businesses remain tremendously capital efficient
“Building sort of core, building business on top of core distribution platforms like Facebook and Google is just so much harder these days, but fundamentally, you look back over the sort of course of history and see these network effect businesses are tremendou…”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 18:22 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018
Insight
Flint: Startup timing is about scaling near critical mass, not being first
“I think what's really important is it's not about whether you're Earlier or later than your competitors on an absolute basis. It's really about who can achieve the necessary scale to be a breakout leader when they're closer to this critical mass point.”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 11:45 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Flint: No obvious free distribution channels exist for startups in 2018
“I think at this time in 2018, it's just like, there's not a sort of obvious free and open distribution channel that is driving a whole bunch of startup innovation.”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 17:43 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
Jul 9, 2018 negative
Insight
Flint: VCs should pass on early-stage deals if genuine passion is missing
“At the early, early stages, there is so much about passion involved in really foreseeing success, and if you as an investor are not passionate about this, you're not feeling the true passion for the entrepreneurs, you're not seeing that passion in them, then I…”
Pete Flint Jul 9, 2018 ▶ 28:03 20VC: Lessons From 2x $Bn Exits in Trulia and lastminute.com, 3 Leading Indicators That Suggest Potential Marketplace Success & Why We Are Going To See A Fundamental Change To The World of VC with Pete Flint, Managing Partner @ NFX
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