young founders

also referred to as: young founder

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 22, 2017 by Mario Schlosser · across every show →

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Sep 22, 2017

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Schlosser: Startups tackling complex industries need older, experienced industry veterans

“I think that as startups go more and more into a more complex world, parts of the world, and out of, hey, I've got a cool viral app, which I think is a path we need to continue to walk down, it's very important that we are able to pull in, I don't know, people…”

Mario Schlosser Sep 22, 2017 ▶ 24:00 20VC: Raising Over $700m From The World's Best Investors, How To Innovate In Highly Regulated Markets & The 3 Superpowers of Insurance Companies with Mario Schlosser, Founder & CEO @ Oscar

Apr 19, 2019

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Young founders' biggest mistake is failing to hire senior talent

“I think one of the biggest mistakes is not hiring a senior enough talent. I think that especially younger founders, a lot of times I see them falling into the trap of hiring people that are their age or younger.”

Dylan Field Apr 19, 2019 ▶ 20:41 20VC: Figma Founder Dylan Field on The Biggest Mistakes Young Founders Most Often Make, How To Go Slow To Go Fast With Venture Dollars & How The Design Process Will Fundamentally Change Over The Next 5-10 Years

Jul 5, 2019

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Rodrigues: Hiring and firing are young founders' biggest weaknesses

“If I had to pick like specific things that I think young founders frequently don't understand how to do, I would say hiring and firing are probably the top.”

Alex Rodrigues Jul 5, 2019 ▶ 25:32 20VC: Why Self-Driving Is Still Under-Hyped in The Medium To Long Term, What Will The Ownership Mechanism Be Both In Physical Assets & Data and How To Assemble A World Class Exec Team As A Young Founder with Alex Rodrigues, Founder & CEO @ Embark

May 9, 2026 negative

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Stebbings: Every young startup founder succumbs to big corporate resume bias

“I've never, ever not seen a young founder not fall for big logos. Ever.”

Harry Stebbings May 9, 2026 ▶ 1:03:42 Cliff Weitzman: What I Learned from 100 of the World’s Top CEOs & Why Tokens Will Outspend Salaries · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

May 18, 2026 negative

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Browder: VCs make fake customer promises to trick founders into signing SAFEs

“The VCs will say anything to get you to sign right there and then. Anything. They'll say, I, they, so they'll reverse engineer what the founder is looking for and say, oh, I'm friends. I'm buddies with that guy. I know someone at that company with golf buddies…”

Josh Browder May 18, 2026 ▶ 58:03 Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio & Why VCs Can Be Sharks | Josh Browder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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