customer

also referred to as: customers

9 statements across 9 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Mike Swartz · across every show →

Everything said about customer, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Swartz: Security systems should not punish 99% of legitimate customers
“And the other thing I took away from that was not designing your security systems and your hooks for the 99% that aren't a problem, right? You don't want to punish 99% of your customers for the one percent that's going to get you.”
Mike Swartz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 36:51 a16z Podcast | Where's My Stuff? -- The Lowdown on Logistics and Ops
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Disclosure
Hindawi: Many enterprise clients lack basic awareness of their IT assets
“And many of our customers, before we walk in there, don't have any idea. They don't know how many subnets they have. They don't know how many computers they have. They don't know what's running on those computers. They don't know where their data is.”
Orion Hindawi Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:56 a16z Podcast | Getting Security Right Isn’t as Hard as You Think (But the Effort Never Ends)
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Ries: A small group of passionate customers outweighs indifferent users
“A small number of extremely passionate customers is way better than a large number of people who kind of are indifferent about your product”
Eric Ries Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:54 a16z Podcast | Beyond Lean Startups
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Pritzker: 95% of global consumers reside outside the United States
“95% of customers are outside the United States. 80% of purchasing power is outside the United States.”
Penny Pritzker Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:28 a16z Podcast | Trade, Commerce, Manufacturing, Immigration, & Cuba -- with Penny Pritzker
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Armstrong: Adding more coins is Coinbase's top customer request
“Actually, the number one request we get from our customers is, hey, there's more coins that I want to start trading.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:20 a16z Podcast | Building Crypto, from Vision to Reality
Dec 11, 2024
Insight
Wade Foster says initial product ideas will not survive customer contact
“You gotta like make your product, your ideas. It won't survive contact with customers. So you have to show them what you're working on. Launch earlier than you're, you know, comfortable doing.”
Wade Foster Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 30:26 How Zapier Became Profitable in 3 Years and Scaled to $5B with Wade Foster
Sep 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Casado: Best startups are non-consensus to customers, even if consensus to VCs
“I really believe the best companies themselves are non-consensus to customers. I just think that the investing market is, is, is, is different than that. Like they kind of understand that and therefore a comment on investors being consensus is very different t…”
Martin Casado Sep 4, 2025 ▶ 48:11 Is Non-Consensus Investing Overrated?
Oct 15, 2025
Insight
Horowitz: Operational knowledge lives with ICs and customers, not executive staff
“All the knowledge in a company is with the individual contributors are doing the work and the customers that like, there's no There's no knowledge with the people who are talking to you as CEO who are on your staff.”
Ben Horowitz Oct 15, 2025 ▶ 22:45 Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a $100 Billion Business
Jul 30, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Zhang: AI agents should handle every customer interaction as business front doors
“An AI agent should just be the front door of your business, of your brand, and every interaction, whether it's like reactive or proactive with a customer should be handled by AI.”
Jesse Zhang Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 51:23 How Decagon Runs 90% of Its Agents on Open-Source Models
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