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Assertion Supported

Vrionis: Half of the Unusual Ventures team is women

“The team is very diverse. It's half women, no compromises.”

John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 8:41 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best

Prediction Held up

Vrionis: Jyoti Bansal Will Soon Build Another Billion-Dollar Enterprise Business

“He's already built one billion dollar enterprise company, and there's likely to be another one very soon.”

John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 12:36 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Vrionis: I generated a few billion dollars of liquid returns

“He sold a company for almost four billion dollars, and I have a few billion dollars of liquid returns”

John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 13:18 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best

Assertion Contradicted

Vrionis: 2008 Kauffman report told LPs to only invest in top-decile VCs

“In 2008, the Kauffman report came out, and it basically said to LPs, you should only be in the top decile of VC managers. It's a fantastic asset class, but only if you're in the elite.”

John Vrionis Dec 9, 2019 ▶ 15:48 20VC: Unusual Ventures' John Vrionis on Why We Need To Raise The Bar In Venture, Why Taking Multi-Stage Money At Seed Is Not In The Best Interest of Founders & Why To Be The Best, You Have To Specialise To Be The Best

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