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Multi-stage VCs will abandon seed investing when the workload accumulates
“I think there's a chance that that may happen again, and as you know, these markets shift and twist and turn, and so I think there could be a chance that these guys, again, intercede, but aren't all that committed when they see how much work there is, where th…”
Dan Scheinman May 21, 2018 ▶ 9:35 20VC: Why The Days of Spray and Pray at Seed Are Over, How To Compete In A World of Sequoia Seed Funds & Why Price Doesn't Matter with Dan Scheinman, Angel Investor @ Zoom & Arista Networks
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Seed investing requires concentrating on a few disruptive winners
“I'm focused on finding those few companies that can provide really disruptive returns in order to be able to keep funding the business.”
Dan Scheinman May 21, 2018 ▶ 4:35 20VC: Why The Days of Spray and Pray at Seed Are Over, How To Compete In A World of Sequoia Seed Funds & Why Price Doesn't Matter with Dan Scheinman, Angel Investor @ Zoom & Arista Networks
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Dan Scheinman predicts a return to large-scale tech M&A
“So I have, for a variety of reasons, not Participated in secondaries so far, and I believe that there will be exits, that great companies eventually will exit, that we will see a return to some larger M&A in markets where it becomes so critical for some of the…”
Dan Scheinman May 21, 2018 ▶ 5:48 20VC: Why The Days of Spray and Pray at Seed Are Over, How To Compete In A World of Sequoia Seed Funds & Why Price Doesn't Matter with Dan Scheinman, Angel Investor @ Zoom & Arista Networks
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