Asia

7 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2018 by Chris Dixon · said 149 times in 71 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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2018 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Asia, oldest first

Jul 15, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dixon: The crypto movement is centered in Europe and Asia, not Silicon Valley
“A lot of it is coming, for example, out of places like Europe and Asia, And actually it's not really centered in Silicon Valley, and I think that's partly why, is it's kind of a counter movement to what's happened.”
Chris Dixon Jul 15, 2018 ▶ 7:27 An Intro to Crypto: Decentralization, the Big Picture
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Disclosure
Butterfield: US and Canada comprise 47% of Slack's daily active users
“The US and Canada put together are 47% of our daily active users, roughly 30% in Europe, 20% in Asia. Japan was our number two country, both for paid seats and daily active users, until it got dislodged by the UK and Germany.”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:15 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chan: Voice messaging in Asia is common even during professional meetings
“People will do this during meetings. They'll do it in the hallways. They'll do it in the restaurants. You're using audio input all the time.”
Connie Chan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:13 a16z Podcast | Culture and/of Design
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Colford: Obama national security meetings rarely focused on Asia beyond Sony hack
“I think I can count on one hand the number of DCs and peace deputies committee meetings and principal committee meetings that I remember that were about Asia, and the majority of them were about the Sony hack in North Korea, at least when I was there.”
Matthew Colford Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:20 a16z Podcast | Centers of Power, War, and History
Jan 25, 2023 neutral
Insight
Chan: Asian tech trends take one to five years to reach US
“My learning is that there's usually a time lag of at least a year and generally three to five years before some of those concepts that are already mainstream in Asia become very popular here.”
Connie Chan Jan 25, 2023 ▶ 11:52 2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 1)
Mar 18, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Bernauer: Large reactor builds are far slower in US than Asia
“And the typical construction timeline is really like six to 15 years on the big reactors right now, depending who makes them, even for the exact same reactor, like an AP 1000, built in the US is very slow, built in Asia is very fast.”
Doug Bernauer Mar 18, 2024 ▶ 11:56 A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?
Aug 19, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
LaFontaine: Live Shopping in Asia Is a $1 Trillion Market
“It's a monster market, you know, it's like a trillion-dollar-plus market today.”
Grant LaFontaine Aug 19, 2026 ▶ 11:39 How Whatnot's Live Shopping Beats Traditional E-Commerce
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