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Rick Zullo says he hasn't taken a startup pitch in eight years
“I haven't taken a pitch in eight years because I think pitching is bullshit because I think it's all about sales, salesmanship and rather than actually like me understanding your understanding of a company.”
Zullo: Many multistage VC partners will leave their firms within 3-5 years
“I think the reality is the broken incentives that venture firms have of all these zombie VCs that are Series A, Series B, Series C at multistage funds, a lot of those venture investors may not be there three to five years from now. If you are building a compan…”
Zullo: Venture market will see more startup busts than bridge rounds
“I think there's gonna be more busts than down rounds and bridges.”
Rick Zullo: No correlation between seed fundraising skill and business success
“We just haven't seen a lot of correlation between the folks who are like really great at raising money at the seed stage and the folks who are really great at building a business and the people who are really great at building a business, they get pretty good …”