Corporates
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16 statements about Corporates, every show
Lewinsohn: US consumers and corporates have been historically under-leveraged
“Part of the reason we've been more bullish on the economy than some others over the last few years is the U.S. Consumer and the corporate have been historically under levered.”
Newman: Corporate VC right of first refusal creates de facto poison pills
“When a corporate leads and as soon as legal gets involved, they usually want things like right of first refusal and most favored nation. And sometimes that can be absolutely fine. And sometimes if you're in a highly competitive industry, that becomes sort of a…”
GameStop cut corporate headcount from over 1,400 to roughly 400
“In twenty-twenty-one, there were 14, over 1400 people in corporate. Wow. Today, there's, like, 400 people.”
Calacanis: Both Bush presidents received corporate donations driving free migration
“Both Bushes were paid for, a lot of their donations came from corporates who wanted free migration.”
Wenzel: Early-Stage Startups Underestimate Corporate Bureaucracy and Budget Constraints
“Startups, especially the younger they are, they often have a very, yeah, wishful thinking about how to interact with corporates, right? They're basically just cool. We just have to pitch and they will love our product, but that's just not how the world works. …”
Birla: Corporations Will Soon Rival Governments And Religion As Global Stakeholders
“You know, as we, as I look ahead globally, I think maybe after the church in some parts of the world or the government, of course everywhere in the world corporates are going to be one of the most important stakeholders globally in every, every part of the wor…”
Ehrenberg: Corporate venture LPs are cyclical and fair-weather investors
“So I think that corporates, I don't even need to make the argument. They are fair weather and they are cyclical. So as a generalization, there are obviously a few that are in it for the long haul, but it is very much a fruit of the day.”
Corre: M&A Deal Flow Will Rebound as Regulators Back Off Extreme Positions
“I'm actually pretty optimistic now that the administration seems to be pivoting away from some of these more extreme positions. They basically folded on Activision. They folded on Horizon. I'm pretty optimistic that once the corporates get the message that it'…”
Malinova: Raccoon.care targets corporate clients with 100 to 500 office workers
“And at the moment we are selling to corporates with the office workers. So like from 100 to 500 office workers, like as employees as a fitness as wellness benefit.”
Palihapitiya: Under 10% of US gas stations are corporate-owned
“Less than 10% of the gas stations in America are owned by these corporates.”
Multani: Corporate willingness to voluntarily pay green premiums will get tested
“The appetite to spend to internalize an externality that you're not forced to through some regulatory regime, right, inevitably through some policy regime, I think will absolutely get tested.”
Multani: The downturn will test corporate willingness to pay green premiums
“The appetite to spend to internalize an externality that you're not forced to through some regulatory regime, right, inevitably through some policy regime, I think will absolutely get tested.”
Lim: Startup ecosystems hit a ceiling without corporate partnerships
“Without corporates being open to whether it's internal innovation or external partnerships with startups, the ecosystem is going to hit a ceiling.”
Gandhi: Corporates take 90 to 180 days to settle startup receivables
“Normally also if you see corporates, they take time to give receivables to startups. It's anywhere from 90 days to one 21 51 80 days, and they end up waiting for those receivables.”
Corporate social ESG data is self-reported, unaudited, and chronically stale
“Social is much more difficult today. Let's start with the fact that the data is self-reported, unaudited, and stale by the time you get it from those corporates.”
Goldberg: Corporate VCs are not ideal lead investors for Series A rounds
“So in my view, I don't think corporates are your best lead investor for a series A. If you do that, then I do think you run into those negative signaling issues when you go out to raise the series B, and people are asking sort of, why do you only have a strate…”