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Scott required Gleepost founders to drop out of university for funding
“If you look at Glee post, you know, I told the founders I would only invest if they quit university.”
Scott killed offshore development teams to increase startup speed
“We've also, internally, we had a big team in the Ukraine and Poland, and we've almost killed most of our external dev, mainly because the speed of development.”
CashKaro is India's largest cashback site despite non-technical founders
“So, Kashkaroo is now the biggest cashback site in India, and I would, Swati and Rohan can't write any code.”
VCs should not run operations because they are financiers, not operators
“I prefer that they didn't be involved in how the operations of a company run is because most of them are financiers and not operators.”
Scott seeks obsessive founders who have a chip on their shoulder
“I look for people who are obsessive, and they have, I suppose, a chip on their shoulder, actually. They have a reason to prove.”
Scott avoids startups raising £1M at £5M-£10M valuations
“I get approached a lot of times by people who want to raise it, you know, maybe you want to raise a million pound at a five, ten million valuation, and we don't sit anywhere in that space.”
Scott, Tim Jackson, and Gil Dibner lead Europe's top AngelList syndicates
“Yes, I think between, well, Myself, Tim Jackson, I would say Gil Dibner are probably the three.”
Startup capital is never truly committed until cash arrives
“Every one of the startups I've invested in, I said, you have to control the deal. You think the money's committed, but it's not. When it's, when they've given you the used notes and it's in your hand, it's the only time count on it being there.”