Saar Gur
7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 27, 2017 by Sar Gur · said 11 times in 5 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Kapwing Founder Julia Enthoven on Why Marketing Innovation Is As Important As Product Innovation, Why Every Company Is Becoming A Media Company & The Benefits Of Not Raising Money Too Early
- 20VC: Mercury Founder Immad Akhund on Why Angel Investing Makes Founders Better Operators, The Right Way For Founders To Discuss and Present Competition To Investors & How To Think About Your Initial Wedge Into The Market and How It Expands Over Time
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2017 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: When Should CEOs Ask Their VC For Help, When Do Companies Really Need A Board & What The Series A Expansion Means For Startups with Max Gazor, General Partner @ CRV
- 20VC: Why Spray & Pray Investing Is Wrong, Why Data-Informed VC Beats Data Driven VC & What To Look For When Investing In A Marketplace with Josh Breinlinger, Managing Director @ Jackson Square Ventures
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
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Mar 27, 2017 neutral
Mar 27, 2017
Gur: Exceptional CEOs actively treat executive leadership as a learned skill
“It turns out, you know, no one is born a CEO and many young founders. I don't see them applying a growth mindset to sort of understanding what being a CEO means and how that role changes over time. And some of my best CEOs are just maniacal in, in their though…”
Mar 27, 2017 negative
Mar 27, 2017
Mar 27, 2017 negative
Gur: Venture capital needs diversity to overcome male and white bias
“You know, I definitely don't think we need more VCs, but we definitely need a All the great businesses I know out there that aren't getting funded and could have a big impact in the world, and they just don't get funded because of the biases that we have as a …”
Mar 27, 2017 bullish
CRV frequently funds portfolio startups rejected by outside investors
“At CRV, we tend to come from believing in the founder's First at the time we invest, then that, you know, that investment is mostly a statement of belief in the team, and so if the team is making progress, I find time and time again, honestly, we throw good mo…”
Mar 27, 2017
Gur: Founders must treat company building itself as their core product
“So one of the things I love in being a venture capitalist is once a The company actually becomes the product, in my mind, meaning a lot of the work that we do as VCs, and many VCs will tell their CEOs, you should be spending, you know, 90% of your time on hiri…”