tech startup

also referred to as: tech start-up · tech startups

7 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Aug 31, 2020 by Harry Stebbings · across every show →

Everything said about tech startup, oldest first

Aug 31, 2020 positive
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: A* raised $200M for its first SPAC vehicle
“A-Star, a newly listed special acquisition company, which raised two hundred million dollars to acquire and take public a tech start-up,”
Harry Stebbings Aug 31, 2020 ▶ 0:03 20VC: SPACs. What Are They? Why Now? How Do They Change The Venture Landscape? Are They Better Than IPOs & Direct Listings? How Should Founders Think About Them? Kevin Hartz & Troy Steckenrider @ A*
Aug 2, 2021 neutral
Opinion
Lazerow: Growing a tech startup is far harder than investing
“And although investing seems different, I would never compare it to how difficult it is to growing a tech startup.”
Mike Lazerow Aug 2, 2021 ▶ 5:37 20VC: Mike Lazerow on Why How You Operate As a VC Is More Important Than Who You Are and What You Have Done, Why Boards Are More Important for the Entrepreneur than Investor & How The Best Entrepreneurs Prep Their Boards & Extract Value From Them
Apr 28, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Guo: Most tech startup macro pain is yet to come in 2023
“Assuming you're talking about the macro, like, it's, you know, I think most of the pain is yet to come. We'll still be ugly.”
Sarah Guo Apr 28, 2023 ▶ 41:16 Sarah Guo: On Her New $101M Fund; How AI Impacts Inequality; AI Startups vs Incumbents | E1007 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 10, 2025 positive
Insight
Stan Boland: Supplying venture capital creates company supply, not vice versa
“The causality is that if we put capital in place here, great companies will rise to the occasion and supply of companies will come.”
Stan Boland Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 9:38 Tom Hulme & Stan Boland: Lessons from Jensen Huang & How to Fix the UK Tech Ecosystem · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 14, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Lazarte: Now is the best time in over a decade to start a startup
“It's quite clear. It's the best time in over a decade to start a company. Because we have this insane phenomenon of adoption, like adoption of LLM inference.”
Victor Lazarte Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 5:36 Benchmark GP, Victor Lazarte: The 3 Traits All the Best Founders Have · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 26, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lemkin: Every tech startup with strong metrics will IPO within 12 months
“Anyone that's got the numbers is gonna go public, right? In the next 12 months, they're all gonna go public.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 26, 2025 ▶ 36:35 Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 11, 2026 positive
Opinion
Reyna: Tech startups are wrong to avoid hiring veteran sales reps
“I think like all of the tech startups are afraid to actually hire someone that has had 20 years experience, 25 years experience. And the excuse that they use is like, that person is not going to feed the business. And I think it's bullshit. I think it's full w…”
Carles Reina Apr 11, 2026 ▶ 15:21 ElevenLabs: Building an AI Sales Machine & Why We Set a 20x Sales Quota · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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