Sonali De Rycker
9 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 27, 2022 by Sonali De Rycker · said 5 times in 5 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (2), David Frankel (2), Tom Blomfield (1)
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2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- Brad Gerstner: How I Pick Companies; Lessons from Warren Buffet; Chamath vs Gurley | E935 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 20VC: Biggest Lessons and Challenges Building One of the Most Successful Seed Funds, How To Manage Investor Psychology, Self-Doubt and Insecurity & The Secret to Truly Successful Venture Partnerships with David Frankel, Co-Founder @ Founder Collective
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Sonali De Rycker, oldest first
Jun 27, 2022 negative
Jun 27, 2022 positive
Jun 27, 2022 negative
De Rycker misjudged bull market capital availability for strong fundraisers
“I think I personally just misjudged how much capital was available for the entrepreneurs who could fundraise really well. I really got that wrong, so it would have been better just to be early in some of these great businesses.”
Jun 27, 2022 positive
De Rycker: Managing internal VC firm talent cannot be a side hustle
“We thought that we needed a Wendy-like figure, you know, but because it's all about if you're telling your companies to focus on culture, you're telling your companies to focus on talent, why would you not want to do that? And of course you can do that yoursel…”
Jun 27, 2022 positive
De Rycker: Asking candidates about negative feedback shortcuts background reference checks
“When you ask someone, for example, you know, what was the most surprising negative feedback that you got, and why do you think you got it? The person will tell you something that you're never going to find out. So that was a really interesting question for me,…”
Jun 27, 2022 negative
De Rycker: The venture market devolved into cheerleading and party rounds
“And by the way, there's very few of those discussions that happen. It's become a cheerleading market. And I hope that goes away with this current cycle, but it's pretty dis, it's pretty dismaying to see where the market had got to. It was like fragmented cap t…”
Jun 27, 2022 positive
Jun 29, 2022 negative
Sonali De Rycker: Conflicting venture capital guidance to founders is almost psychotic
“And right now it's such a confusing time for these founders, right? We told them cut costs during COVID. It's a recession. Who knows? The demand is gone. Then there was money flowing through the system. Money had never been cheaper. It was all about growth. We…”
Jun 29, 2022 negative