Seth Sternberg

8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2018 by Seth Sternberg · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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May 18, 2018 positive
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Sternberg: Honor hires small, highly selective engineering teams of 10x talent
“We are building the tech teams in really similar ways, so there are a few different philosophies on how to build a tech team, but what we do is extraordinarily selective, but low numbers of engineers, so it's really hard to find engineers that we want to work …”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 6:35 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018 positive
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Sternberg: Mission-first startups force distinct operational and hiring choices
“When you start with a mission first, you make a lot of different choices, and you also end up with a very different kind of team”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 3:56 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018
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Sternberg: Firing poor-fit employees quickly benefits the employee long-term
“If someone's not a good fit for a company, then it's actually bad for them too, right? And so if you figure that out really quickly You can point that out to them before having joined the company, even if it becomes a thing on their resume and they are better …”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 5:34 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018 positive
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Sternberg: Great VCs offer strategic advice without trying to run companies
“They really understand that the company is run by the founders, and they understand the limits of their knowledge on what's going on on the inside, kind of tactically, and so they're really, like, the truly great VCs are really good at giving strategic advice,…”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 9:50 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018
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Sternberg: Sales and marketing require distinct people, not combined roles
“I always wanted these kind of what I now call unicorn people to fulfill a unicorn role. Like, why do you need to pay for both a salesperson and a marketing person? Can't they just be one person? And second time around, you recognize that they're actually reall…”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 4:38 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018
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Sternberg: Honor's exec team holds three-hour decision meetings twice weekly
“And the way we make most decisions is we kind of lock ourselves in our room for three hours on Mondays and Wednesdays, and then everybody has their role.”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 8:56 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018
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Sternberg: Honor caregivers are present when clients pass away
“Because, you know, we will literally be in the homes of customers who pass away when we're in the home.”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 8:19 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
May 18, 2018 neutral
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Sternberg: Personality, vision, and tactical alignment are core investor selection criteria
“It's like, do we like each other? Do we agree on the vision? And do we agree on the tactics at a high level? And then from there, it's a lot of nice to have. But I think those three are the core.”
Seth Sternberg May 18, 2018 ▶ 11:37 20VC: 3 Questions Founders Must Stress Test VCs with, What Separates the Good From The Great VCs & Why 80% of VC Detract Value From Board Meetings with Seth Sternberg, Founder & CEO @ Honor
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