Silicon Valley startups

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 15, 2016 by Matt Lieber · across every show →

Everything said about Silicon Valley startups, oldest first

Jan 15, 2016
Assertion Supported
Gimlet Media generated revenue from inception through podcast ad sales
“Unlike, I think, most sort of Silicon Valley startups that have started in the last year or two, we had revenue from the very beginning, because we were selling advertisements on our show.”
Matt Lieber Jan 15, 2016 ▶ 6:56 20 VC FF 030: Gimlet Media's Matt Lieber on The Future of Podcasting and Life @ Gimlet
Sep 1, 2017 negative
Opinion
Harris: Silicon Valley startups break unit economics to chase rapid growth
“The big lie is fundamentally around unit economics. What I see out there in the market is people, they go out and they prove product market fit, right? They have a product or they have some business model innovation and it's going to work. The next question is…”
Tim Harris Sep 1, 2017 ▶ 8:46 20VC: What Is The Big Lie To Silicon Valley, Why Silicon Valley Is No Longer Optimised For Deep Tech Investing & Why AI Will Lead To More Business Model Innovation Than Technology Innovation with Tim Harris, Founder & CEO @ Swift Navigation
Sep 7, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Greze: Silicon Valley startups routinely inflate headline valuations via blended rounds
“I have seen deals where it's like, I invested like 200 and then the announcement is at 500. And then what you learn is that like, you know, they raised sixty five million and like five millions at 500 and the other 60 is like 200 or 300, right? There's a whole…”
Jean-Denis Greze Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 1:02:48 Town vs Instinct vs GrokBot | Why the AI Assistant Market Is Not a Bubble
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