spray and pray

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 25, 2017 by Jonathan Abrams · across every show →

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Aug 25, 2017 negative
Opinion
Abrams: 'Spray and pray' label is weaponized by lead investors chasing ownership
“So I think spray and pay can be a bit sometimes a pejorative by folks who want to say, okay, we lead our deals because they're looking to get a certain minimum ownership or whatever they're looking for.”
Jonathan Abrams Aug 25, 2017 ▶ 14:54 20VC: Nuzzel's Jonathan Abrams on Why The Top VCs Do Not Have A PlayBook For Startup Success, Why Most Boards Are Not Successful & Why He Is Bored Of Hearing "I Fell Into VC"
Nov 6, 2017 negative
Insight
Zeev: Spray-and-pray venture investing lowers standards and matches market indices
“When you over diversify, when you engage in what's called spray and pray, then number one, your threshold is much lower. Number two, it's much harder to make any impact on the investments. And number three, you are much less likely to do anything different fro…”
Oren Zeev Nov 6, 2017 ▶ 6:18 20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Does Not Work, Thesis Based Investing Is Sceptical & Partners Mostly Stay Together For LPs
Feb 11, 2020 negative
Insight
Gomila: Angel investing requires high-volume precision, not spray-and-pray
“And I don't treat it as a spray and pray. I treat it as like, actually every shot you take is a sniper rifle. It's just, I have a lot of bullets and I have a lot of time.”
Jude Gomila Feb 11, 2020 ▶ 15:15 20VC: Lessons from 150 Angel Investments into the likes of Carta, Gusto, Airtable and Superhuman, Creating Algorithms and Models For Investing At Seed & Why Younger Investors Have An Advantage When It Comes To Finding Deals Early with Jude Gomila, Angel I
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