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Brett DeMarrais

Partner, Ludlow Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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Brett deMarrais is an early-stage investor and Partner at Ludlow Ventures, backing seed and pre-seed technology startups. Before joining Ludlow, he founded the crowdsourced wedding video platform Wedit.

8statements → 3claims → 0claims resolved → 3.88/5average certainty → 2.12/5average debate potential → ≈4.5/5argument clarity, estimated → 1said about them ↓

3 not checkable as stated how the 3 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 2 assertions · 1 opinion · 4 insights · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 0 are resolved, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Brett argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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275 words/min while actually speaking · 2.9 um and uh per 1k words

No argument clarity score for Brett DeMarrais: no usable question→answer exchanges on raw tape (a fair score needs 8+). We do not score a sample that small. Roundtable and news formats yield far fewer direct exchanges than interviews. Their coarse estimate from 22 exchanges on the produced feed is ≈4.5/5, shown at half point precision because the sample is small and produced tape scores higher.

Measured by listening to 4,813 words across 1 episode, but every recording we have of Brett DeMarrais is the aired feed, and an editor cleaned that audio before release. Some of the hesitation was cut before we ever heard it, so read these as floors: the true rates are at least this high. These are measurements of speaking style, not scores. How it's measured →

How the interview went all their pushback → series average →

Across 1 rated episode:

host pushback ▾ 3/10
pushed back at the host ▾ 1/10
setup questions received 45%

Everything Brett DeMarrais said on 20VC that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Respecting Failing Founders Yields Better LP Returns Than Salvage Sales
“Treating that person well, handling it with respect, Making sure that they're comfortable is long-term a better outcome for both our LPs, us, and the founder than trying to sell the company and claw back our money.”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 12:19 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Insight
DeMarrais: Personal Friendships With Founders Drive Better Venture Outcomes
“I don't think that's a problem at all, because I think the closer you can come to developing an actual friendship, the better the business relationship will be, and so I think if you're the person who they want to go to the ballgame with or have a beer with or…”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 9:05 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Prediction Not checkable as stated
DeMarrais: Autonomous Vehicle Fleets Will Make Car Ownership Obsolete
“I think car ownership is, is, is going to be a thing of the past because when autonomous vehicles come around, you know, there'll be these fleets of vehicles. You can just call on one button. I think it'll be cheaper. It'll be more convenient.”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 15:10 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Opinion
DeMarrais: VR Will Transform Collaboration But Not Replace Traditional Media
“I think it's a game changer for collaboration and workforces. I think it's an extension of entertainment for people. I don't buy in that, you know, VR is going to be a replacement for movies or television or books.”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 23:05 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Insight
DeMarrais: Venture capital is a customer service and human relationship business
“People starting businesses are people and they're not an asset class to be invested in. And so I think when more and more VCs understand that and treat venture capital as a customer service business, as a human relationship business, then we'll all be better o…”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 10:52 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeMarrais Spent $30K of $75K Startup Capital on Website Design
“I took 30,000 dollars of about the 75,000 dollars I raised, and I hired someone to design a website for my company”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 6:13 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Insight
DeMarrais: Startup Growth Parallels Fitness Gains, Requiring Exponential Effort Later
“The easiest gains are always at the beginning... The amount I could lift would increase rapidly up until a certain point. And then it was exponential effort to get, you know, a minuscule gain. And I think that's a lot like working at a startup.”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 22:06 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ludlow Ventures Spent 6 to 9 Months Fundraising Before Taking Paychecks
“There was no vehicle to invest out of. And so I said yes on the spot. And then it was, you know, six to nine months of toiling away, raising money before, before we actually took paychecks.”
Brett DeMarrais Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 4:33 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures

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Appearances (1)

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20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ow Sep 7, 2016 19m
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