Ryan Graves

5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 21, 2016 by Rob Hayes · said 31 times in 8 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Mar 21, 2016 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Ryan Graves built Uber's operational core and expansion playbook
“In Ryan's case, it turned out to be true. I mean, he, he's an amazing guy. And, you know, if you look at You know, the impact that he's had on Uber and the culture there and, you know, how they, you know, kind of started, you know, going from city to city and …”
Rob Hayes Mar 21, 2016 ▶ 7:40 Uber's First Investor, First Round Capital's Rob Hayes on How The Deal Of The Decade Originated and Why Product Orientated VC Is The Future
Mar 21, 2016 neutral
Insight
VCs passed on Uber due to a small market and unknown CEO
“A lot of the reasons that people didn't invest were one, at the time it was an unknown guy, Ryan Graves running the company and two, It was seen as not a very big market.”
Rob Hayes Mar 21, 2016 ▶ 7:15 Uber's First Investor, First Round Capital's Rob Hayes on How The Deal Of The Decade Originated and Why Product Orientated VC Is The Future
Mar 21, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
No seed investor predicted Uber's ultimate scale except its founders
“Anybody that says that they did, other than, you know, Travis and Ryan, who actually did kind of have that vision early on would be lying to you.”
Rob Hayes Mar 21, 2016 ▶ 6:44 Uber's First Investor, First Round Capital's Rob Hayes on How The Deal Of The Decade Originated and Why Product Orientated VC Is The Future
Jun 27, 2016
Disclosure
David Cohen invested $50k in Uber after asking for a $100k allocation
“And I said, I was in sitting on that bar stool. I think I asked for a 100,000 dollars. And, you know, cause at the time I think that was the sort of up leveling that we were trying to do in that fund. And I got 50. It's fine. I took 50.”
David Cohen Jun 27, 2016 ▶ 20:31 20VC: Techstars Founder, David Cohen on Scaling Techstars Ventures and Investing In Uber, Twilio and Sendgrid
Nov 7, 2016 negative
Disclosure
Caldbeck: Passing on Uber at 10 employees was my biggest miss
“My biggest miss far and away was Uber. Far and away. I mean, I met Ryan when the company was 10 people, and I just, I didn't get how people could afford to be paying 50 dollars for rides that were, you know, eight, 10 blocks, and at that point, there was no no…”
Justin Caldbeck Nov 7, 2016 ▶ 21:42 20VC: Binary's Justin Caldbeck on Specialisation Being Key To Success In VC, The Biggest Problem In VC Today and Why The Future Is A Moneyless Barter Economy
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