The Ledger
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.
why aren't all 10 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Investors ask male founders about opportunity and female founders about risk
“There's statistically significant data in research that will tell you that when male founders are meeting with investors, whether they're male or female investors, they are asked the question of what is the greatest opportunity that you have ahead of you? And …”
Blumenthal: Former operators make better VCs due to empathy and prioritization
“An investor that was an operator, which I have to say is really hard to find, but an investor that was an operator, I'd say first and foremost, really understands how hard it is to be a founder, how hard it is to be an operating team, and so there's a sensitiv…”
Blumenthal: Kirsten Green is a standout investor despite lacking operator background
“Where I have had the greatest success is is in one of my longest time investors being Kirsten Green from Forerunner in that Kirsten loves consumers. She loves retail. She intimately understands the consumer and understands the dynamic between consumers and dif…”
Blumenthal: Venture investors lack conviction and display follower mentality
“I often find that there's generally not much conviction across the board and that there's a lot of follower type behavior where everybody wants to get in on a deal, a business, an opportunity that everybody else wants to be in on. It creates this follower ment…”
Blumenthal: Rockets of Awesome will dominate children's apparel in five years
“We're going to dominate children's apparel. We are going to be the number one place that both parents and kids want to shop”
Blumenthal: Incumbent apparel retailers neglect dual kids-and-parents customer dynamic
“That has very much been forgotten in any of the incumbents, and it's critical in the success of this category that we understand the demands and the needs and the psychology of both of those constituents”
Blumenthal: Kids' apparel is a larger recurring opportunity than strollers
“What becomes the pain point is that your kids are growing so rapidly, and every two to three months at that period of time, they're outgrowing their clothes, and keeping that dresser stocked with clothes that fit your kids that don't become crop tops and cropp…”
Blumenthal: Founders must create scarcity and play hard-to-get with VCs
“Nobody, whether it's an investment, or it's a cookie as it relates to kids, or it's a car when you go and buy your car, nobody wants something that they can easily get, right? Everybody wants a challenge, and so when fundraising, it's really important to play …”
Blumenthal: Successful leaders project confidence and fake it through imposter syndrome
“The reality is that we all have imposter syndrome, right? We all think that we're not good enough or we're not there yet, but the ones that succeed are the ones that fake it. We just fake it every single day and we put on the air of confidence, whether we're C…”