young people

13 statements across 11 episodes · 3 bullish · 8 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jul 14, 2017 by Max Levchin · across every show →

Everything said about young people, oldest first

Jul 14, 2017 negative
Insight
Levchin: Young consumers avoid legacy finance due to misaligned incentives
“The reason young people are sticking out of the financial world is because they intuitively don't trust the service providers that created such products, and so our mission really became shining the light of transparency onto all the stuff and building financi…”
Max Levchin Jul 14, 2017 ▶ 5:03 20VC: Max Levchin on What Makes A Truly Great CEO, Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Trait For Entrepreneurs & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt
Jul 14, 2017 negative
Assertion Supported
Levchin: FICO scores badly misrepresent young people and new immigrants
“In the process, we realized that the old FICO score actually works fairly well for people that have had a fairly long financial history. And so if you are a well-established baby boomer, aged, my parents' age sort of person, then the FICO score probably serves…”
Max Levchin Jul 14, 2017 ▶ 3:32 20VC: Max Levchin on What Makes A Truly Great CEO, Why Self-Awareness Is The Most Important Trait For Entrepreneurs & Why When There Is Doubt There Is No Doubt
Jul 24, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Instagram Prioritizes Young People and Creators Above All Other Segments
“And for us, we care about young people, and we care about creators most.”
Adam Mosseri Jul 24, 2023 ▶ 25:19 Adam Mosseri: Why Video Is Bad For Business; Does Feed Matter Anymore? | E1039 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 8, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Cohen: Data shows young people are lonelier than older demographics
“The data around, you know, young people are actually lonelier than old people.”
Danny Cohen Nov 8, 2023 ▶ 45:52 Danny Cohen: From Leading the BBC to Leading Venture Capitalist |E1079 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2024 negative
Opinion
Stebbings: Young people no longer want to work hard
“I don't think young people want to work that hard anymore. I think they want to optimize for, and sorry, maybe we're going to disagree here. I think they want to optimize for balance.”
Harry Stebbings Feb 26, 2024 ▶ 48:35 Justin Ishbia: The Three Traits Required to Succeed in Private Equity | E1119 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 11, 2024 negative
Opinion
Stebbings: Younger workers are less willing to make sacrifices than past generations
“I do not think young people want to work like they used to, or want to sacrifice like they used to.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 11, 2024 ▶ 22:40 David Schneider: Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs" & VC Value Add - Is it Real? | E1200 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 4, 2024
Insight
Requiring hires to be better than you excludes ambitious young talent
“And actually, it takes out the whole segment of young people who are incredibly tenacious, ambitious, hungry hustlers, who of course they're not as good as me. I've been doing this for 10 years.”
Harry Stebbings Oct 4, 2024 ▶ 32:17 Maria Angelidou:Product Lessons Leading Facebook App Monetisation Team to Billions in Revenue |E1210 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 4, 2024 positive
Opinion
Arison: Young people want online dating, just not current app experiences
“I don't buy at all the notion that young people don't want a date of online channels. Like they do everything else online. Like they don't want to date online. That doesn't make any sense. They want different experiences in the products that, that than what is…”
George Arison Dec 4, 2024 ▶ 39:16 George Arison, Grindr CEO: How Grindr Built a Free Flow Cash Machine | E1234 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 8, 2025 negative
Opinion
Dan Gill: Exceptional outcomes require exceptional effort, which isn't for everyone
“No. And I would say it's not for everyone. I also think if you want to be exceptional, there is no other route. Exceptional outcomes require exceptional effort period.”
Dan Gill Jan 8, 2025 ▶ 2:56 Dan Gill, CPO @Carvana: The Most Wild Story in Public Markets | E1243 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2025 negative
Opinion
Traditional education destroys personal responsibility in young people
“And young people, they are not responsible by default. School, the education system killed that.”
Fabien Pinckaers Feb 12, 2025 ▶ 1:02:47 Fabien Pinckaers, CEO @Odoo: The Billionaire Founder Who Doesn’t Care About Money | E1259 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 7, 2025 negative
Opinion
Galloway: Remote work is a disaster for young people
“I think remote work is a disaster for young people. I think they need to meet each other, learn how to read the room.”
Scott Galloway Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 26:08 Scott Galloway on Billionaire Happiness, Money & Self-Worth | Why We Should Drink More & Not WFH · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 7, 2025 positive
Opinion
Galloway: Young people need to drink more alcohol
“Well, on a practical level, the young people need to drink more.”
Scott Galloway Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 1:08:16 Scott Galloway on Billionaire Happiness, Money & Self-Worth | Why We Should Drink More & Not WFH · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 16, 2026 negative
Opinion
Rajaram: Companies not hiring young people are making a huge mistake
“Some of the companies that are not hiring young people, They're making a huge mistake because young people are more AI maxed, as you could call it, like looks maxing, AI maxing than anybody else.”
Gokul Rajaram Mar 16, 2026 ▶ 1:16:56 Gokul Rajaram: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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