Scott Farquhar
14 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 9, 2023 by Scott Farquhar · said 53 times in 15 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (31), Mike Cannon-Brookes (16), Heather Fernandez (2), Tooey Courtemanche (1), Rich Wong (1), Miles Clements (1), Jean-Michel Lemieux (1)
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2026 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2025 32 mentions in 4 episodes 8 per episode
- Atlassian CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes on Why Everything is Overvalued & Are We in an AI Bubble · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- OpenAI’s $10BN Secondary Sale, Ramp Hits $1BN ARR & Brex Hits $700M · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- OpenAI Restructuring: Who Wins and Who Loses & Mercor Raises $350M at a $10BN Valuation · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2024 8 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
2023 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- Roundtable #7: Spotify, Adobe and Linkedin on How AI Changes The Future of Product & Design | E1097 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Tooey Courtemanche: From Construction Worker to Billionaire CEO | E1090 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Keith Rabois & Mike Shebat: Creating an Olympian Mindset to Work Ethic| E1087 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- David Meyer: Why You Should Hire People Who Aren’t In Product Already | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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2021 3 mentions in 1 episode
2018 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Scott Farquhar, oldest first
Oct 9, 2023 neutral
Oct 9, 2023 bullish
Farquhar: Bootstrapping software startups is still viable in niche markets
“But there are many markets, like, ah, that go after very, very small, like, niche software. Constellation Software is a public company out there that does a lot of this, where they literally invest in, ah, you know, reservation systems for dog kennels or somet…”
Oct 9, 2023
Farquhar: Market leaders in tech are rarely disrupted outside major technological shifts
“The history of technology with the way I would write it is that it's a very much a winner takes all market. And once there's a winner established in a market, it's hard to disrupt them except when there's a technological change.”
Oct 9, 2023 bullish
Farquhar: AI will significantly alter top tech company rankings within five years
“I do think that there's going to be a big change in how technology works and change the landscape, honestly. I think you'll walk in five years time, and the list of top companies may look very different to today, so I don't think you can avoid having an AI str…”
Oct 9, 2023
Farquhar: Atlassian disclosed a 2010 breach to prospective VCs and customers
“We called these VCs up to tell them what had happened because we felt, you know, openness and transparency was important, even though may have never come out, may have never like come out publicly. You know, we told VCs, we told customers because I guess that'…”
Oct 9, 2023
Farquhar: Resource allocation should be conducted quarterly rather than daily
“I don't think resource allocation is something you do every single day. I think if you're doing that, you're probably not going to see the forest for the trees, and so it depends on the size of company you are, but I'd say quarterly is a more reasonable cadenc…”
Oct 9, 2023 negative
Farquhar: Basic AI text summarization is a commodity, not a differentiator
“A lot of people are doing the simple parlor trick, which is like, let's just summarize some text, or let's, you know, give me 10 bullet points, and look, that is a commodity now, like, you know, whether you're using OpenAI or any of the other ones, it's going …”
Oct 9, 2023 negative
Farquhar: Heavily funded startups outpace bootstrapped rivals in crowded markets
“I think it depends on what you're going after and the niche or niches Americans say that you're going after, because if there are thousands of other companies or dozens of other companies going after the same customer that you are, And they've raised 10 times,…”
Oct 9, 2023 positive
Farquhar: Pledge 1% Has Inspired 18,000 Companies to Donate
“All the philanthropy stuff ended up inspiring me to start Pledge One Percent, which is you know, a foundation that encourages startups and companies to give one percent of equity, product, profit, and employee time to non-profits, and that's inspired about 18,…”
Oct 13, 2025
Oct 13, 2025
Cannon-Brookes: Co-CEO success requires equality in age, life stage, and equity
“Having two equal parties, I think, in motivation, experience, we've always talked about this, is a really important part of what made it successful. And by equal, yes, equal, I don't know, shareholding-wise, equity-wise, but equal in terms of age, life stage, …”
Oct 13, 2025
Oct 13, 2025
Oct 13, 2025
Cannon-Brookes: Effective Co-CEOs require 60% to 80% overlap in context
“Scott and I are probably somewhere between 60 and 80% overlapped. If we're a hundred percent overlapped, like we do exactly the same thing well, there's not much point in having two of us. If we're zero percent overlapped, you're gonna have a lot of conflict, …”