Steve Schlafman
9 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 3, 2016 by Steve Schlafman · said 10 times in 2 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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Aug 3, 2016 bullish
Aug 3, 2016
Aug 3, 2016 bullish
Schlafman Invested in Managed by Q Despite a Highly Fragmented Market
“I've funded companies in very competitive spaces such as office services, right? There's a lot of cleaning services managed by Q brought a very different offering to that market, but you could argue that it's a fairly competitive and fragmented market, at leas…”
Aug 3, 2016
VCs Cannot Control Companies Post-Investment; Leverage Lies in Selection
“It's very hard to control an investment. I think as an investor The things that we can control is the decisions that we make, right? In terms of the entrepreneurs that we back in the markets that they're going after, right? And that, that are attractive to us.…”
Aug 3, 2016 positive
Schlafman Invested in Zipline After a Single 90-Minute Phone Call
“One of which Remotiv, which is now pivoted into a company called Zipline, that was a pure gut instinct on the founder, Keller, Renato, but that was one where I took an hour, hour and a half phone call, and I'm just like, I absolutely love this guy.”
Aug 3, 2016
Jun 1, 2020
Schlafman: Quitting alcohol made him significantly more authentically himself
“And I would actually make the argument that since, you know, I decided to stop drinking and cut out other things that I'm way more authentically myself, right? Which goes to why when someone's like, why don't you drink? And I'm pretty open with them is because…”
Jun 1, 2020 negative
Schlafman: Alcohol is effectively ethanol and a cellular poison
“Well, yeah, I mean, I think the biggest misconception is that alcohol is, not that it's healthy, obviously there are real severe health effects, but because it's a legal substance, I don't think people recognize that you're effectively ingesting a poison, righ…”
Jun 1, 2020 positive
Steve Schlafman: Sobriety forced me to be selective about time and relationships
“And what it's allowed me to do is actually be more selective on the things that I say yes to, and the people that I want to spend my time with. And so before, I wouldn't really even care. I would just go to all these events. And now I'm a lot more discerning o…”