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Harrison: Outlier startups grow via steady 30-40% compounding, not perpetual hypergrowth
“When you look at those companies that have sort of defied gravity, they almost never do it in these explosive nonlinear paths. They're just compounders. Like very quickly, they get to that sort of, you know, maybe 30, 40% growth, and then they just crush it fo…”
Kyle Harrison Oct 21, 2022 ▶ 49:32 Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Harrison: A great founder cannot overcome a bad market
“If a good manager meets a bad business, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact. I think the same way about a market. If a really good founder goes and tackles a really crappy market, that market's still going to be crappy.”
Kyle Harrison Oct 21, 2022 ▶ 5:28 Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Harrison: Venture capital firms' primary competitive moat is brand
“As VCs, we invest in these firms that have durable competitive modes when venture firms have, it's largely brand, right? It's largely that, that Competitive advantage that comes from a brand.”
Kyle Harrison Oct 21, 2022 ▶ 15:38 Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Harrison: VC branding power has shifted to individual investors
“I think that the center of gravity has shifted to your point, largely to the individual investors. And I think there's very few firms that have kept up with that shift in the center of gravity.”
Kyle Harrison Oct 21, 2022 ▶ 30:11 Kyle Harrison: Why 75% of Active Investors Will Disappear in the Next Few Years | 20VC #940 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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