Sam Gerstenzhang

Co-founder & Partner, Boulton & Watt · 1 appearance on the record.

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Gerstenzang co-founded Boulton & Watt, an incubator that conceives and scales businesses such as medical spa platform Moxie and funeral service provider Meadow Memorials. He previously served on the investment team at Andreessen Horowitz, led payment UI at Stripe, and held product roles at Imgur and Sidewalk Labs.

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1 assertion · 1 insight · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertion are the 1 claim: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Sam argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Less than 1% of U.S. groceries are delivered online
“And I think so today, less than one percent of the U S market Have their groceries delivered online”
Sam Gerstenzhang Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:56 a16z Podcast | People Marketplaces Take On One of the Last Great E-Commerce Opportunities: Groceries

Everything Sam Gerstenzhang said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Consumer-owned smartphones serve as zero-cost infrastructure for gig marketplaces
“The interesting part is that each of these drivers on DoorDash or Instacart or elsewhere, they bought a smartphone for themselves, play games or do other things, and now suddenly this becomes this tool that allows them to tap in to this network. And it allows …”
Sam Gerstenzhang Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:56 a16z Podcast | People Marketplaces Take On One of the Last Great E-Commerce Opportunities: Groceries
Assertion Supported
Less than 1% of U.S. groceries are delivered online
“And I think so today, less than one percent of the U S market Have their groceries delivered online”
Sam Gerstenzhang Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:56 a16z Podcast | People Marketplaces Take On One of the Last Great E-Commerce Opportunities: Groceries

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | People Marketplaces Take On One of the Last Great E-Commerce Opportunities: Jan 2, 2019 1m
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