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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Crespo: Pigment will never prioritize term sheet terms over board quality
“I will never, you know, take the best term sheet based on, on whatever is written in there, because you just want the best people on your board.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 36:27 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Crespo: Thin AI wrappers will die; deep workflow SaaS will win
“If you are building a layer, like a marketing tool that is just a layer, probably you can be killed by AI. If you're building something more fundamental that, you know, requires like, for instance, at Pigment, you know, we have this huge database, huge compute…”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 1:01:17 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
Assertion Supported
Pigment targeted US enterprise buyers during its first year of sales
“First, we went very early to find customers in the US. First year of selling, pretty much we went to the US.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 45:14 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Pigment closed a major US tech CEO deal in under 15 days
“Literally this deal was done in not even 15 days. He called me, it's two AM.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 49:48 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Crespo: Pigment Co-CEOs Have Never Had a Single Fight
“We never had a single fight, actually.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 14:35 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2055
Crespo: Pigment is being built to scale over 30 years
“I'm here to build a big company, a massive business. I want to build a company that scales for the next 30 years, and I want the best people around the table.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 36:20 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
Assertion Supported
Crespo: 60% of Pigment's business and half its team are in the US
“Half of the team today of Pigment is in the US. Most of our business, 60% of our business is in the US. Our largest customers are all in the US.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 33:31 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
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