Santi Subotovsky
14 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 7 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2019 by Santi Subotovsky · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Jul 15, 2019 bullish
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Jul 15, 2019 positive
Subotovsky: Zoom founder Eric Yuan prioritized fit over maximizing valuation
“Eric has always been this incredible human being focused on the right thing and not focused on, oh, I want to get the best customer or the best deal or the best valuation or the best pricing. He's always focused on finding the right customer, the right valuati…”
Jul 15, 2019 negative
Subotovsky: Emergence Capital missed out on investing early in Cloudflare
“So the biggest miss that I've had is when I first joined Emergence one of my good friends and classmates, Matthew Prince and Michelle, were getting started with Cloudflare, and I invited them to present here at Emergence, and I didn't know how venture worked, …”
Jul 15, 2019 bearish
Subotovsky: Next-gen startups will disrupt legacy email, CRM, and calendar incumbents
“Email, calendar, CRM, marketing automation, those haven't changed significantly in decades. So I believe that in the next 10 years, we're gonna see a lot of the leading companies in those categories disrupted by new generations of companies that are rebuilding…”
Jul 15, 2019 positive
Subotovsky: VC should only fund early risk, not proven models
“Venture capital should be used For discovery, for product development, early on when you're taking a risk, then when the model is working out, you should be able to access a different type of capital, and we're gonna start seeing those distinctions for differe…”
Jul 15, 2019
Subotovsky: Key startup board decisions happen in one-on-ones, not meetings
“And over time, what I realized is that those board meetings are great opportunities to align everyone, but most of the work gets done outside of board meetings. So the big decisions come up when you're having this one-on-ones with the CEO, the CMO, the head of…”
Jul 15, 2019 bearish
Subotovsky: VC will be disrupted by specialized capital, not mega-funds
“I feel that venture capital is going to get disrupted, and I feel it's not going to get disrupted by humongous funds. It's going to get disrupted by people who are funding businesses and are providing the right capital for the right needs.”
Jul 15, 2019 neutral
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Jul 15, 2019 negative
Jul 15, 2019 negative
Subotovsky: Two-week fundraising cycles are problematic in most cases
“It's like getting married after meeting someone online for two weeks, chatting, and then the next thing you do is you get married. That's, I mean, the majority of the cases, that's going to be problematic. You might get lucky every now and then, but it's going…”
Jul 15, 2019 negative
Subotovsky: VCs rejected him in 2010 due to demographic background
“I talked to a number of venture firms, and the message that I got from a lot of venture firms was that given my background, I was not a perfect fit for venture. And when I double clicked on what they meant by that, it was more that there were not a lot of Lati…”
Jul 15, 2019 positive
Subotovsky: Supporting full executive teams creates maximum leverage for CEOs
“Because what I realized is for a CEO, if you can help them build stronger relationships, and if you can help the executives be better at what they do, that helps the CEOs, and that helps the company. So I make it a priority to give the CEO leverage by helping …”