Waseem Daher

4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2019 by Wasim Daher · said 10 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Aug 2, 2019 negative
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Daher: Indecision and waffling is the most toxic executive habit
“The most toxic thing you can do or kind of the most challenging thing you can do is really waffle because then people don't know, are we doing this thing? Are we not doing this thing? Last time I talked to you, it seemed like we were gonna, but then you talked…”
Wasim Daher Aug 2, 2019 ▶ 28:05 20VC: Why Passion Is Overrated When It Comes To Starting Companies, Why VC Is Overrated As A Financing Mechanism & Why You Should Never Sell Your Company with Waseem Daher, Founder & CEO @ Pilot
Aug 2, 2019
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Daher: Pilot's lead investor Mark Goldberg previously worked with him at Dropbox
“I mean, for us, our investors were all people that we had already known. In other words, the lead investor from Index, Mark Goldberg, we worked together at Dropbox.”
Wasim Daher Aug 2, 2019 ▶ 16:24 20VC: Why Passion Is Overrated When It Comes To Starting Companies, Why VC Is Overrated As A Financing Mechanism & Why You Should Never Sell Your Company with Waseem Daher, Founder & CEO @ Pilot
Aug 2, 2019 negative
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Daher: Optimizing solely for VC valuation terms is short-sighted
“If you're viewing it from a transactional perspective about, well, let me just optimize for the absolute best terms. I think you're being a bit short-sighted because you're going to spend so much time with your board member over the course of this company.”
Wasim Daher Aug 2, 2019 ▶ 15:35 20VC: Why Passion Is Overrated When It Comes To Starting Companies, Why VC Is Overrated As A Financing Mechanism & Why You Should Never Sell Your Company with Waseem Daher, Founder & CEO @ Pilot
Aug 2, 2019 positive
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Daher: Founders must engage in unrelated escapist hobbies to avoid burnout
“I think it's very, very important for founders in particular, but for anyone operating a company to be passionate about their work, but also to take time for themselves and something that is just like a Escapist and totally unrelated to startups.”
Wasim Daher Aug 2, 2019 ▶ 25:49 20VC: Why Passion Is Overrated When It Comes To Starting Companies, Why VC Is Overrated As A Financing Mechanism & Why You Should Never Sell Your Company with Waseem Daher, Founder & CEO @ Pilot
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