Consumer Business

topic on 5 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes

Masters of Scale WTF is with Nikhil Kamath Top Founders the a16z Podcast 20VC

5 statements about Consumer Business, every show

WTF Insight
Biyani: Consumer businesses are not binary day-one outcomes like cinema
“And consumer business is not like cinema, where first day, first show, you are gone... There is a whole chance to improve ourselves. The consumer will tell you something. We will change ourselves.”
Kishore Biyani Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 1:08:06 Abundance vs Scarcity: We Built 20 Brands With 30 Strangers In 90 Days | The Foundery · Nikhil Kamath
Smith: Funding consumer startups is easier now than a decade ago
“It's also it's become a lot easier to get funded as a consumer business in the past 10 years than it was then but at the time, just, everyone just wants the tech unicorn, and so, like, why am I gonna invest in a baking mix company?”
Katlin Smith Jan 8, 2026 ▶ 16:42 From kitchen experiments to a nine-figure sale (Simple Mills CEO Katlin Smith) | Masters of Scale
TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Treehouse B2B revenue will surpass consumer revenue in 2019 or 2020
“We're essentially not focusing on our consumer business and we're focusing on our B to B and the B to B revenue will cross that in 19 or 20.”
Ryan Carson May 8, 2019 ▶ 9:13 1383 Treehouse Moves from $24m ARR B2C SaaS to B2B Helping Companies Scale Dev Teams
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rosenthal: Exiting consumer market cut Lytro's cost structure by 70%
“Our cost structure, we cut by about 70% by just not being in the Consumer business.”
Jason Rosenthal Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:25 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
20VC Insight
Strong initial unit economics mean nothing without repeat customer retention
“Even if you have economics that seem good on a first sale, if you don't have anybody coming back, it's never going to be a good business.”
Kirsten Green Jul 17, 2017 ▶ 17:21 20VC: VC of The Year: Forerunner's Kirsten Green on 2 $Bn+ Exits in 1 Year, Why We Are In The Very Early Innings For Commerce & How Brand Has Fundamentally Changed Over The Last Decade

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