venture capitalist
also referred to as: venture capitalists
17 statements across 14 episodes · 4 bullish · 9 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Theresa Gao · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Benioff: Most VCs add no value, so founders should raise privately
“Why even going to venture capitalists? You should, like, just raise money privately. Unless, you know, someone like yourself, like, actually adds value because, you know, you're an entrepreneur, but and this is just your entrepreneurial pursuit, but Most, you …”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Carlson-Wee: Future web value will accrue to protocol users, not VCs
“So all of the wealth that's been generated by venture capitalists and entrepreneurs of centralized companies, I think will get pushback to everyday investors who have access to all of these things, and that all the value that accrues will go to the early adopt…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Horowitz: Warm VC intros demonstrate essential founder networking skills
“So if you get to the investor through somebody that they trust, that shows them something. Do you have a connect that's like real, that VC trusts, and I would try and go in that way, because that's going to mean something. They're going to take you more seriou…”
Jun 14, 2019
Jun 14, 2019
Scott Cooper: Startup boards are increasingly controlled by CEOs, not VCs
“Often the boards are not controlled by the venture capitalists, but controlled by the CEO and, you know, kind of, you know, other common shareholders, in which case the board really can't, you know, the venture capitalists can't unilaterally do anything. They …”
Jun 23, 2019 neutral
Kupor: VCs use "made up numbers" to size startup option pools
“In some respects, these are kind of made up numbers by the venture capitalists, ah, but the kind of heuristic that venture capitalists often use to determine what size they want Is they're trying to say, look, when I invest in this company, I want this option …”
Aug 9, 2019 negative
Aug 9, 2019 positive
Aug 29, 2019 negative
Dixon: Venture model denies upside to early network contributors
“The model for these business models for these companies is essentially baked around, you know, advertising and transaction fees, and they're, you know, sort of traditional companies that are funded by people like us, like venture capitalists and entrepreneurs,…”
Dec 15, 2023 negative
Feb 28, 2024 negative
Feb 28, 2024 negative
Apr 29, 2025 negative