Silicon Valley investors

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 13, 2017 by Luis von Ahn · across every show →

Everything said about Silicon Valley investors, oldest first

Oct 13, 2017 negative
Opinion
Von Ahn: Silicon Valley VCs consider a Pittsburgh location a downside
“So, you know, for most kind of Silicon Valley investors, you know, it's a downside that we're in Pittsburgh, and I understand that.”
Luis von Ahn Oct 13, 2017 ▶ 20:54 20VC: Duolingo's Luis von Ahn on How CEO's Can Scale With The Company, How VC Herd Mentality In The Valley Really Works and How Chatbots & AI Play A Role In The Future of EdTech
Nov 17, 2017 negative
Opinion
Barrett: Silicon Valley VCs act like gamblers, not real investors
“The difference is Silicon Valley investors aren't investors. They're gamblers. They're just throwing money at crazy ideas.”
David Barrett Nov 17, 2017 ▶ 8:20 20VC: Why Valley Investors Are Really Gamblers, Why The Business Model of Selling To The Biggest Sucker Is Wrong & Why The Best Potential Hires Don't Care Who Your VC is with David Barrett, Founder & CEO @ Expensify
Jun 16, 2025 negative
Opinion
Silicon Valley exhibits sheep-like herd mentality in secondary trading
“One of the issues with Silicon Valley, one of the benefits of being in Chicago is we isolate ourselves a bit from the herd mentality. And it's like, sometimes it's like sheep. They just jump one on after another and they buy more stock and things that you see …”
Larry Aschebrook Jun 16, 2025 ▶ 31:49 Larry Aschebrook, Founder & MP @GSquared: How We Lost Money on Uber and Made Millions on Lyft · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 2, 2026 negative
Opinion
Angelopoulos: Silicon Valley investors are "total bitches" about revenue concentration
“The first is that I think that Silicon Valley investors have become total bitches with respect to revenue concentration. It's like, what the, what are you talking about? Like TSMC has revenue concentration. There's businesses that are like many hundreds of bil…”
Anastasios Angelopoulos Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 47:16 Arena CEO: There Will be a $100BN US Open-Source Model & Data is a Trillion Dollar Market
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