James Beshara

5 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by James Beshara · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 positive
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A fantasy football league raised $6,000 on Tilt for a draft party
“There was a draft party, I think we saw one that was like 6000 dollars to rent out an entire bar because it had the biggest, like 120 foot big screen that they wanted to use for their draft.”
James Beshara Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:48 a16z Podcast | When Fantasy Football and Crowdfunding Collide
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Beshara: True social commerce requires participatory collective purchasing, not just social graphs
“I think it will be much more nuanced, but much more powerful than just, oh, add your social graph to your credit card transaction. It's much more participatory of collectively, socially.”
James Beshara Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:22 a16z Podcast | Welcome to the New Era of Commerce
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Beshara: Deferring shipping details in pre-orders significantly increases mobile checkout conversion
“What is really interesting, what we've seen is actually heightens conversion from the conventional points of just, you're only taking in the credit card. You ask for shipping later. It's super just you, it's basically six fields instead of 18 to convert on a m…”
James Beshara Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:46 a16z Podcast | Welcome to the New Era of Commerce
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Beshara: Pre-commerce will become the dominant retail model within seven years
“This pre-commerce, this notion of buying something before it exists is, I mean, it's radically different right now, but you fast forward five years, six years, seven years, and it will just be the best way to sell something.”
James Beshara Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:38 a16z Podcast | Welcome to the New Era of Commerce
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Assertion Supported
Beshara: A six-person drone startup reached $35 million in pre-orders
“There's a drone company. They were a six person company. They launch, and within about 30 days, they reached ten million in orders, and then they went on to reach about thirty five million dollars of orders, so you don't have to be a large brand.”
James Beshara Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:56 a16z Podcast | Welcome to the New Era of Commerce
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