Spencer Kimball
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 14, 2017 by Spencer Kimball · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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Apr 14, 2017
Kimball: Recruited VC associate as Cockroach Labs product manager
“There's somebody that I met with in exactly this capacity at one of the really big funds, and she was working in Palo Alto for them, and she was the one that I was interacting with, and I actually really liked her. I thought she was incredibly intelligent, rea…”
Apr 14, 2017 negative
Kimball: Lowball VC negotiation tactics damage founder trust and board relationships
“So, you know, like you establish that trust early and I'm sorry, but like the, a very chaotic and unpleasant negotiation phase is not a good way to, you know, have then, you know, have that person transition onto your board. I know I think that there's a much …”
Apr 14, 2017 positive
Kimball: Pitching new VCs provides valuable test-audience feedback
“It's kind of like a test audience where you can give the pitch, you can talk about the vision, and you can either have crickets on the other end, or you can have someone that's very enthusiastic, and that's often a very good signal I've found.”
Apr 14, 2017 negative
Kimball: GP advocacy is more valuable than VC platform support teams
“No matter how good the associate or the BV person or the BV team even, you know, in a much bigger VC, those guys are good, and they can do great work, and they can actually probably do more work in terms of volume, but I'd rather have Peter Fenton on the phone…”
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Apr 14, 2017 positive
Kimball: Benchmark operates with equal partner ownership and no support staff
“There's no more opposite approach in the industry than the one that Benchmark takes, for example. And this is a very small VC fund, you know, not necessarily in dollars, although it's not, it's by far not the largest. But, you know, it's a small number of part…”
Apr 14, 2017 negative
Kimball: Cockroach Labs Rejects Late-Arriving VCs Who Skipped Between-Round Touchpoints
“And then many of the VCs that I talked to in the previous round, they start to hear about it through the grapevine, and then they pop up, and they want to be involved, and no matter how much I like them, it's often pretty far along at that point, usually past …”