Joe Montana

Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback & Investor, NFL / Self-Employed and Venture Capitalist, Self-Employed or Former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers / Venture Investor, Self-Employed or Former Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers · 1 appearance on the record.

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Disclosure

Montana: A well-known agent once stole money from me

“I went through three, and you know, I had, like everyone else, I had one steal from me, and, ah, I never thought it would happen, and it was a well-known one.”

Joe Montana Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:50 a16z Podcast | Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital

Opinion

Montana: Sequoia's Doug Leone is a better investor than baseball coach

“Doug Leone, who obviously from Sequoia Capital was, coached my kids in baseball, and, ah, Better investor than coach, I'll say that.”

Joe Montana Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:01 a16z Podcast | Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital

Insight

Montana: Seeing a crowd of startups means you're late

“There are a lot of them out there in the same parts of the world, and sometimes when you see it, and there's so many of them there, you're already probably too late in that industry.”

Joe Montana Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:11 a16z Podcast | Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital

Insight

Montana: Seed investors step back once Series A VCs invest larger capital

“Usually when guys like You guys come in, it's, our hands are kind of off of it anymore after that because, ah, they come in with a lot more money, and they have a lot more power behind it, but we're able to disperse and try to help that, that process”

Joe Montana Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:09 a16z Podcast | Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital

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Montana: Ron Conway loses on roughly 40% of his angel investments

“Even Ron Conway, who's probably, if not the top angel investor, one of them there, He's at 60%. I mean, so he loses about 40% of his deals, and that's considered great”

Joe Montana Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:26 a16z Podcast | Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
a16z Podcast \| Hall of Fame Football Meets Venture Capital	Jan 2, 2019	9m

Joe Montana

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