power law

5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 30, 2018 by Jerry Neumann · across every show →

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Apr 30, 2018 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Neumann: Power law dynamics make larger VC portfolios yield higher returns
“With a power law, the more investments you make, the higher your average.”
Jerry Neumann Apr 30, 2018 ▶ 5:00 20VC: Why Follow-On Investments Are Always A Better Investment, Why Spray and Pray Investing Is Like The Stock Market & Why Startups Need A Board From Day One with Jerry Neumann
Feb 5, 2024
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Rohan: Venture conviction is rarer than favorable pricing
“One undisputable law, empirical law of a venture is the power law, right? And so the rare thing is not price. The rare thing is conviction and the company. And so if you've got conviction and you found the company, you write that check, 10,000,020 million, a h…”
Terrence Rohan Feb 5, 2024 ▶ 23:29 David Tisch & Terrence Rohan: Biggest Misconceptions & Hardest Truths About Seed Investing | E1112 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 16, 2024
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Shah: Power law lets VC firms survive market cycles longer
“Given it's such a, and the industry is so driven by the power law, like, I think people can withstand cycles longer than we probably give them credit for.”
Shardul Shah Sep 16, 2024 ▶ 45:28 Shardul Shah: How Index Makes Decisions & Why Benchmarks & Averages in VC are BS | E1202 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 16, 2024 negative
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Shah: Power law returns trigger partner egos that fracture VC trust
“It's especially hard in a venture firm in light of the power law, right? Again, very few companies are going to Create returns, which means there's likely to be concentration among different investors. Which suggests that you can have a skew of ego or insecuri…”
Shardul Shah Sep 16, 2024 ▶ 27:52 Shardul Shah: How Index Makes Decisions & Why Benchmarks & Averages in VC are BS | E1202 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 22, 2025 positive
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Taneja: VC firms can manufacture power-law outliers via founder tools
“If we can create more tools to have more founders to scale, then we can actually manufacture more outliers than the ones that naturally exist on the power law.”
Hemant Taneja Sep 22, 2025 ▶ 5:52 General Catalyst CEO, Hemant Taneja: Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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