Trae Vassallo
7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 4, 2018 by Trae Vassallo · said 9 times in 2 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2018 9 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
- 20VC: Why The Current Crop Of VC Does Not Understand Design, Why Product Market Fit Is A Liquid Not A Solid & How Graduates Can Optimise Their Career for Personal Development with Steve Vassallo, General Partner @ Foundation Capital
- 20VC: The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside John Doerr, How To Optimize The Speed of Investment Decision-Making & Why Saying No Graciously Is The Most Important Thing with Shabih Rizvi, Founding Partner @ Gradient Ventures
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Jun 4, 2018
VC Fee Structures Create Adverse Incentives to Outsource Back-Office Operations
“And I will add the reason why a lot of people end up outsourcing it is because it becomes a fund expense. When you outsource it to hire someone that comes out of the management fee pool. And so there's a weird adverse incentive to want to hire the right people…”
Jun 4, 2018 positive
John Doerr Excels on Boards by Ignoring Minutiae for Core Drivers
“The thing that was so incredible about working with John is that he was really good at quickly identifying the big question, the big issue. He never got distracted by the small minutiae that so many folks can get distracted by. He was always laser focused on w…”
Jun 4, 2018
Vassallo: LPs Demanded Deal Processing Examples During Defy.vc Fundraising
“We did a small personal seed investment that wouldn't really have been what we would have done had the firm been in existence, but LPs absolutely wanted to see how we process deals and how we work together as a team, and so it was definitely a great example th…”
Jun 4, 2018 positive
Jun 4, 2018
Vassallo: $150M+ funds should hire in-house CFOs instead of outsourcing
“If your fund is seed funder on the smaller side, then absolutely, you know, it doesn't make sense. But Once you start getting, you know, so our fund is a hundred and fifty one million dollars. And so, you know, we absolutely, it makes sense to bring that perso…”
Jun 4, 2018