Brian

person on 27 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes · said 279 times in 86 episodes since 2016

Startups For the Rest of Us 99 Top Founders 35 How I Built This 34 BigDeal 14 Founders 11 the Pitch 11 20VC 11 All-In 9 TBPN 7 Invest Like the Best 6 Innovators & Investors 5 Masters of Scale 4 the Official SaaStr Podcast 4 A Product Market Fit Show 4 We Live to Build 3 the Knowledge Project 3 Latent Space 3 Lenny's Podcast 3 No Priors 3 the Startup Ideas Podcast 2 the a16z Podcast 2 Founder's Journal 1 Startup Acquisition Stories 1 My First Million 1 Sourcery 1 Catalyst 1 Big Technology 1

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20VC Opinion
O'Driscoll: Cheap capital is now in public markets, making IPOs imperative
“At a highest level, the cheap money is now in the public markets, and Brian's right, you'd be an idiot not to go for it.”
Rory O'Driscoll Aug 7, 2025 ▶ 38:09 Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever? Meta & Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Asparouhov: Founders Fund operates with no rules to maximize IRR
“You to maybe again, go back to, you know, sort of one of Brian's, you know, classic isms internally is, you know, the only rule of founders fund is that there are no rules. If we establish any type of arbitrary rule, it almost certainly will basically decrease…”
Delian Asparouhov Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 1:03:05 Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Tech founders must view society as a customer, not just individuals
“That I would love to add to the culture, and some people haven't, like, for example, the Airbnb founders, you know, all of Brian, Nate, and Joe, is not only to think about the success of your individual products, and the success of your business, which both ca…”
Reid Hoffman Dec 7, 2020 ▶ 38:32 20VC: Reid Hoffman on Investing in Airbnb and Passing on Stripe, The Different Styles of Truly Great Leaders, How To Think Through Ownership and Price in Venture & How To Ensure Venture Partnerships Always Have Trust and a Learning Mindset
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
Latka: 1-800-GOT-JUNK Generated Over $250 Million in Revenue in 2015
“Brian is the founder of one 800 got junk, and it did over a quarter of a billion dollars in 2015.”
Nathan Latka Sep 7, 2016 ▶ 20:36 EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

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