tech founders

also referred to as: tech founder

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jun 8, 2018 by Paul English · across every show →

Everything said about tech founders, oldest first

Jun 8, 2018
Insight
Arrogant founders fail by hiring subservient employees who avoid challenging them
“Well, I think either the tech founder lacks humility, and they're arrogant, and they only hire people that would be subservient to them, so they don't hire people that are daring enough, and they're going to challenge them and push them.”
Paul English Jun 8, 2018 ▶ 13:05 20VC: From Sequoia To Accel To General Catalyst: What Makes The Best Board Member & The Hiring Methodology To Attract World Class Talent with KAYAK & Lola Founder, Paul English
May 11, 2021
Insight
Ryan Smith: Tying happiness to company performance makes founders miserable
“If your happiness is tied up in your business, you're never going to be happy because it's nothing but problems, whether it's customer problems, whether it's Employee problems, whether it's just frustration, like, you've got to find happiness outside, and it's…”
Ryan Smith May 11, 2021 ▶ 5:50 20VC: Qualtrics Founder, Ryan Smith on The 2 Hour Decision Whether To Sell Qualtrics for $8Bn in Cash, Why Tying Your Identity To Your Company Will Never Make You Happy and His Relationship To Risk, Wealth and Responsibility as a Result
Mar 9, 2022
Insight
Grosser: Tech founders wrongly view salespeople as purely coin-operated
“You know, tech founders have like a real apprehension about sales. There seems to be this point of view that we're all coin operated. We're all effectively like car sales people. Right. And that's just really not actually true.”
Jeanne DeWitt Grosser Mar 9, 2022 ▶ 9:24 20 Sales: The Stripe Sales Playbook; Who Should Create It, When Should it Be Done, Where Do Many Go Wrong | How To Identify 10x Sales Hires and How To Structure the Hiring Process in Sales with Jeanne DeWitt Grosser, Head of Americas Revenue & Growth @ St
Mar 5, 2025
Insight
Stebbings: Successful tech founders typically made money early and excelled at gaming
“You fit, like, all the characteristics of, like, successful founders that I have on the show. It's like, number one, made money early, number two, excelling gaming both very, very clear archetypes.”
Harry Stebbings Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 6:02 Anton Osika, Co-Founder and CEO @ Lovable: Hitting 85% Day 30 Retention - Better than ChatGPT · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 18, 2026 negative
Opinion
Josh Browder: Founders who run out of cash should manage burn better
“I think this is controversial. I think founders who burn all the money, I think that's not cool. I think it's kind of lame because why did they run out of money? Why didn't they just cut the bun? And obviously some founders fail because of some like black swan…”
Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 1:03:41 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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