Plato, every mention
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every year anyone Harry Stebbings 3Katherine Boyle 1Jason Lemkin 1Clinton Foy 1Bill Gurley 1Arielle Zuckerberg 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Plato comes up
Kevin Hartz: "How I Lost Airbnb at Seed Because of an Exploding Term Sheet" | E1180 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 44:28 Harry Stebbings Plato. 3 times in the scene
20VC: Why the Traditional Seed Fund Model No Longer Works, Why Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed Bring Signaling Risk but also Less Pressure, The One Criteria All Potential Sales Hires Need to Have and The Clear Signs of 10x Sales Hires with Jason Lemki
- ▶ 8:19 Jason Lemkin And I invested in a lot of French startups, Algolias and France and Gorgias and Plato.
20VC: Bill Gurley and Howard Marks: What Happened In 2020? What Can We Expect Looking Forward to 2021?
- ▶ 16:40 Bill Gurley So we can't all be Plato.
20VC: What Is Founder Narrative Fit and How to Detect and Invest In It, How To Avoid Consensus Thinking When Investing, Price Sensititivity; When To Pay Up vs Stay Disciplined & From New York Times To General Catalyst; Why Venture and Journalism are Not S
- ▶ 38:55 Katherine Boyle I think there's books you read and there's books you study, so my favorite book is actually one that you study, which is Plato's Republic, but I'll give you one that I haven't mentioned today that I think everyone should read.
20VC: Why You Have To Be A Good Long Term Actor To Succeed in VC & How Owning An Esports Team Could Be A $Bn Outcome with Clinton Foy, General Partner @ Crosscut Ventures
- ▶ 24:47 Clinton Foy Plato's The Symposium is also a favorite book.
20VC: Arielle Zuckerberg @ Kleiner Perkins: A Review Of My First 6 Months in Venture
- ▶ 22:47 Arielle Zuckerberg Um, so I think my favorite book, The Symposium by Plato, is my favorite work of all time.