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Lightspeed's Snapchat Investment Originated From a Partner's Daughter Using the App
“I think it was at light speed, I think, where one of the partner's daughters was on Snapchat permanently, and he was asking her what it was, and that stemmed their investment.”
Spencer Lazar Predicted the First Apple Watch Would Fail
“So current version Not gonna fly, but very confident about future versions, including a front-facing camera, glucometer, you know, some form of mobile connectivity data connectivity, local processing, all those things I think if they're in place, it has a lot …”
Insight Venture Partners Recruited College Grads Exclusively for Deal Sourcing
“Insight Venture Partners who had a very particular model for how they built their sourcing team or their sort of deal origination team, if you will, which is that they basically recruited kids exclusively out of college from you know, somewhat notable schools …”
Storytelling Across Sales, Fundraising, and Recruiting Defines a Great CEO
“Storytelling is sales, storytelling is fundraising, storytelling is recruiting. Those are the things, the key things that a great CEO does, and you really have to do that well.”
Spencer Lazar Predicted Edtech Returns and Demand Would Shift Significantly Upward
“I think the tide is really shifting and it's going to shift significantly.”
Campus Job Built Student Brand Equity Where LinkedIn Fell Short
“The company has really created a brand at A place in the hiring market where LinkedIn doesn't have a huge brand yet and we believe that the first job that, the first jobs even, that a student or a kid gets are really emotional and a powerful place to build a b…”
Insight Partners Employed 30 People on Its Junior Team in 2015
“Today, Insight has 30 people on their junior team.”
Peter Boyce Drove General Catalyst Deal Flow by Organizing Student Entrepreneurs
“And that's what my colleague Peter Boyce did who now works at GC and was really an organizer of young talent, young entrepreneurial energy, and you know, has really been a huge driving force of value for our firm because he's brought a lot of that with him and…”