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Sarah Kunst

9 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 15, 2020 by Sarah Kunst · across every show →

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May 15, 2020
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Kunst: Upfront transparency prevents LPs from demanding a traditional GP commit
“Almost every LP that I've ever talked to, I'm incredibly upfront about that. I'm like, look, yeah, I'm super broke. And they're like, okay, that makes sense. I'm like, okay, great. And no one's ever pushed me on an LP commit, right?”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 29:14 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kunst predicted in May 2020 that startup markets would normalize by 2022
“And then assuming that in two years for startups that we will be Relatively close to back to normal, 24 months from now.”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 22:36 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kunst: Greater diversity in VC fund managers drives higher financial returns
“I'd like to see more diversity in fund managers, and the reason for that is simple. It drives better returns”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 28:01 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020
Disclosure
Kunst: Cleo Capital targets US pre-seed valuations between $5M and $10M
“Anything much lower than five million in the US for even a very early round, it's a little bit hard for me to understand and get excited about unless it's an accelerator, which is a very different way of giving away equity, because I worry that you're not goin…”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 13:14 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kunst: Sidelined investors view the 2020 downturn as a necessary market right-sizing
“And there's a lot of money that had been sitting on the sidelines for the last Six, 1218 months, maybe still investing a little bit here or there, but their general feeling was the market's overheated, and now they're seeing a right sizing of that, and they're…”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 24:00 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020 positive
Insight
Kunst: Market disruptions make elite talent significantly more receptive to direct recruitment
“And I think, especially right now, there's a lot of people who are just like, great, I'll do a 20 minute call. Why not? Great. I hate my job. Great. I just got laid off. Great. I've secretly hated my business partner for 10 years, and I think this is a good si…”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 26:54 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kunst: LP defaults on venture capital calls are extremely rare during crises
“It's incredibly, incredibly rare, even during the 2008 financial crisis that investors refuse to allocate to their venture funds, unless they have actually gone bankrupt themselves, right?”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 6:14 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020
Insight
Kunst: Founders risk pricing out investors who rarely circle back after passing
“If you set the price, you have no idea if that price is going to be attractive to a buyer, right, to an investor, and you might find out too late that everybody loves your deal, but they feel like it's too expensive, so they all pass, and once investors pass, …”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 14:10 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
May 15, 2020
Insight
Kunst: Angel investors should not demand ten meetings for a $25,000 check
“You want to be an easy check and easy doesn't mean you're stupid. It doesn't mean that you write checks for everybody, but it means that you're not trying to take 10 meetings to write a 25,000 dollar check.”
Sarah Kunst May 15, 2020 ▶ 32:36 20VC: Sarah Kunst on Why There Is Plenty Of Investor Money Still Available, The Megan Markle Effect and How It Impacts Hiring and Talent & Whether GP Commits Prevent Diversity and Inclusion
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