Tyler Willis
7 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 17, 2016 by Harry Stebbings · said 8 times in 1 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
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Feb 17, 2016 positive
Stebbings: Patreon reaches $2M monthly payouts while Change.org hits 80M users
“And some of his investments include the likes of the wildly popular ride-sharing app Lyft, the incredible Patreon, now delivering two million a month to creators, and Change.org, which now has over eighty million users.”
Feb 17, 2016 negative
Willis: Hiring a growth hacker fails unless founders are obsessed with growth
“It's not something where you go, I'm going to hire a growth hacker and they can figure it out. But it's instead something where the founder is obsessed with growth or, you know, a big part of the team is obsessed with growth.”
Feb 17, 2016 neutral
Willis: Growth professionals are like poker players enduring 90% failure rates
“I think a lot of growth people are, you Are also kind of like poker people, right? They're just, they're kind of grinding it out, waiting for the right hand to hit, and nine hands they play are bad, but as long as the 10th hand is good, it all works out.”
Feb 17, 2016 positive
Willis: Wanting to work for a founder is a strong investment signal
“In fact, the kind of easy heuristic I use for that is, would I want to, am I tempted to go work for this person? You know, I've got all these things that I'm doing my own, and I control my own day and my own schedule, and that's fantastic, and, you know, I can…”
Feb 17, 2016 negative
Willis: Media focus on trivial, overfunded startups obscures real technological progress
“We've got this massive trend that is pushing towards increased innovation But we don't believe it because the stories we hear on a day-to-day basis are about the person who undeservingly got, you know, ten million dollars for their stupid idea or who, you know…”
Feb 17, 2016 neutral
Feb 17, 2016 neutral
Willis: The "sunlight paradox" explains why public pessimism grows despite progress
“You get this kind of sunlight paradox, which is the way you cure darkness is by shining light on it. But by shining light on it, you show everyone that the world is dark and people get very scared and very nervous.”