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Katzenberg: Silicon Valley layoffs will fuel the next generation of startups

“Harry, I'm going to say to you, not only do I feel it's not dead, I'm going to take a contrary point of view that what in fact is going on in the Valley today is going to create a whole new crop, a whole new generation, because all the downsizing that's going …”

Jeffrey Katzenberg Nov 23, 2022 ▶ 19:08 20VC: Why Operating Experience Becomes Irrelevant Fast and Operators Often Give Bad Advice to Founders, Is Silicon Valley Really Dead? Are Gen Z the Most Entitled Employees? What Will Happen to a Generation of Pre-PMF Companies with $50M in the Bank with

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Katzenberg: Companies will return to in-person work for key roles

“The value of people being together in certain types of functions inside of companies, I think is invaluable. And I think it's been underestimated, and I think you'll see a return to it. It may not happen overnight, but it'll get there.”

Jeffrey Katzenberg Nov 23, 2022 ▶ 30:49 20VC: Why Operating Experience Becomes Irrelevant Fast and Operators Often Give Bad Advice to Founders, Is Silicon Valley Really Dead? Are Gen Z the Most Entitled Employees? What Will Happen to a Generation of Pre-PMF Companies with $50M in the Bank with

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Katzenberg: Venture market will take longer to right-size due to delayed choices

“Just that it's going to take longer for it to right size itself or the economic environment that we're in. People will hold on longer than they should and not make the hard choices that they need to make to succeed.”

Jeffrey Katzenberg Nov 23, 2022 ▶ 35:21 20VC: Why Operating Experience Becomes Irrelevant Fast and Operators Often Give Bad Advice to Founders, Is Silicon Valley Really Dead? Are Gen Z the Most Entitled Employees? What Will Happen to a Generation of Pre-PMF Companies with $50M in the Bank with

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