Corgi
topic on 2 shows · 7 statements across 1 episodes · said 12 times in 5 episodes since 2026
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2026 12 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- The Hardest Working Startup in America | Nico Laqua, Co-founder & CEO @ Corgi · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- DeepSeek Raises at $50B | The Rise of Open Source vs OpenAI & Anthropic | OpenAI Builds Own Chip · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Anthropic Files to Go Public | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | The 996 Work Ethic · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- How Gamma pulled off their AI pivot | Jon Noronha (Co-founder and CPO of Gamma)
- OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Open-Source | Token Maxing, AI Hangovers & The Coming ROI Reckoning · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Laqua: Employees taking weekends off have no place at Corgi
“If your days off happen to be Saturday and Sunday every week, then you will not have a place at Corgi.”
Corgi spent under $100,000 opening its 24/7 San Francisco cafe
“We spent under a 100,000 dollars opening it.”
Corgi investors strongly opposed launching a 24/7 company cafe
“Oh, you sound exactly like our investors. I got a ton of calls and texts that said that before it opened.”
Corgi grants equity via performance top-offs rather than initial offers
“We're generous with top, top offs. ... Like with, after people are working, we give more, more equity based upon performance. That's where we're generous. More than the initial equity that people sign on.”
Laqua: Public markets fail to properly value high-growth companies like Corgi
“If we were a public company, we'd probably be worth less because the public markets don't know how to evaluate high growth or potential.”