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Roger Dickey

8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 29, 2017 by Roger Dickey · across every show →

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Sep 29, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gigster received $3M in project submissions within 24 hours of launch
“So we launched Gigster November, December, twenty-fourteen, pretty much the same week that we launched. Actually, it was, I believe, within one or two days, we had three million dollars worth of business submitted. Literally, I think it was the first 24 hours.”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 4:53 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 neutral
Disclosure
Roger Dickey admits over 50 of his angel investments haven't returned capital
“So in, in, in my case, I have 40 or 50 companies that probably, probably 50 plus companies that haven't returned yet.”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 18:46 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 bearish
Opinion
Roger Dickey claimed in 2017 that social app venture opportunities were dead
“I don't think there are opportunities in, in social or photo sharing apps right now.”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 22:37 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Roger Dickey predicted in 2017 that most seed-stage AI investments would fail
“I think artificial intelligence is the wave. It's that's the trend right now that's forming new companies. So you have a lot of people that are investing in teams that probably aren't the best teams to be going after those opportunities. I think there are goin…”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 22:48 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Roger Dickey predicts a higher-level language will soon simplify software creation
“I believe that there will be a higher level language for software that makes software Easier to build. You know, we've gone from assembly to, you know, C++ to JavaScript, now to these web frameworks. I think there's going to be something even higher level than…”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 19:51 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Roger Dickey tested 25 business ideas before launching Gigster
“Before Gigster, we actually tried about 25 different ideas. We built prototypes, shipped them on Product Hunt or Hacker News.”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 2:58 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Roger Dickey helped build Mafia Wars to $1B revenue and 100M users
“Prior to Gigster, Roger founded Mafia Wars, where he helped build the business to one billion in revenue and a hundred million users.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 0:30 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
Sep 29, 2017 positive
Insight
Roger Dickey prioritizes target market over team or product in angel investing
“Of all those things, market is the first thing I look at when I'm making an angel investment because I've actually seen, I've now been investing long enough that I've seen great founders pursue terrible markets and the businesses just don't go anywhere.”
Roger Dickey Sep 29, 2017 ▶ 14:08 20VC: If You Do Not Like VCs, You Have Not Worked With a Good One, How Andreesen Have Added The Same Level of Value As A Co-Founder, Why Market Is The First Thing To Consider When Angel Investing & Why Series A Is A Hiring Decision with Roger Dickey, Foun
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