Sitar Teli
6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 30, 2015 by Sitar Teli · across every show →
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Dec 30, 2015 positive
Teli: Fast rejections are the most valuable service VCs offer founders
“So, so, so I think that actually the biggest thing that you can do to provide value is to say no as quickly as possible. Because you know, the, what's more valuable, right? It's the entrepreneur's time. That's like the most valuable thing. And so the longer th…”
Dec 30, 2015 positive
Teli: Crowdfunding complements seed venture capital instead of threatening it
“No, I actually think it helps it. I mean, a lot of the best crowdfunding runs I've seen have been alongside a VC. One. And two I think, you know, there, there's a lot of businesses out there that frankly don't need venture capital. They need capital, but not v…”
Dec 30, 2015 negative
Teli: Firm Twitter accounts are ineffective compared to personal VC branding
“A lot of them, so what I see a lot of is like VCs where the firm has a Twitter account, and I don't think that's very effective. Because I think for entrepreneurs, right, your relationship is with the investor, the specific person that you're going to be worki…”
Dec 30, 2015 negative
Teli: VCs should avoid detailed rejection feedback because founders debate it
“With, what I like to do is give just a couple of reasons for why, like, you know, the most important reason for why, but not too detailed, because the problem with giving really detailed feedback is I've rarely had an entrepreneur who didn't try to argue with …”
Dec 30, 2015 negative
Teli: VCs giving 'maybe' responses unfairly string founders along with false hope
“A lot of times, VCs say maybe, which is, I think, just a very not nice way of saying no, right? Right, because it gives the entrepreneur hope, and a lot of times the entrepreneurs interpret them maybe as a not no, you know, and it's just keeping them hanging o…”
Dec 30, 2015 bullish
Teli: Knitten software will enable on-demand apparel manufacturing in retail stores
“In the much longer term, I can imagine walking into Azara and having them print me some clothes. Yeah. And it's the software that, that Knitten is developing that really enables that to happen at scale and at a way that's cost competitive with what people do n…”