Sumit Gajri
8 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 17, 2020 by Sumit Gajri · across every show →
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Jan 17, 2020
Gajri deploys the majority of his capital into known founders
“The places where I place the majority of my capital are not founders I met last week. The place where my capital goes is founders where, you know, I've already been spending time with them solving business problems, and we've already been working together befo…”
Jan 17, 2020 negative
Constrained early markets without expansion plans rarely yield 10x returns
“If you have a single product company and the market opportunity here is constrained, if the founder isn't able to eloquently tell you what's next if they win this market, it makes it difficult to put money in because then, you know, it's unlikely to hit a 10 X…”
Jan 17, 2020 positive
Small initial markets let startups achieve early dominance before expanding
“Where it doesn't matter is where, you know, you have a company like Carta where, yeah, the initial market size is small, but that's actually a good feature of this because it means that you can dominate that small market very early, and when finders have clari…”
Jan 17, 2020 negative
Early founder secondaries misalign incentives and deter prospective investors
“Where I do get concerned is like when you have these early series BC runs and founders are taking large percentages of our ownership off the table. That can be quite concerning because I think that it's not a good formula for a long-term success, especially if…”
Jan 17, 2020 positive
Jan 17, 2020 positive
Top Silicon Valley investors are defined by founder preference
“Ultimately, at the end of the day, I think the common theme across the best investors in the Valley over time is that they're actually just people that founders want to work with based on the experiences that other founders over time have had in the great comp…”
Jan 17, 2020 neutral
Jan 17, 2020
Launching new products requires pairing domain experts with company insiders
“There's a blend you need to have between finding the right domain experts wherever inside of the company or outside the company and bring them on board. And then also working with people that have been at the company and understand your existing customers, und…”