Daniel Galati
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Daniel Galati: Making money in VC requires being non-consensus and right
“You know, I think the only way to make money in VC is to take a non-consensus view that turns out to be right.”
Galati passes on PopCom, arguing automated kiosks are too small a channel
“Retail US retail is like this big elephant and I feel like this channel is like an ant. So I just feel like the easy way out for these brands and for most brands and retailers is to kind of say, Hey, this is like less than one percent, less than half a percent…”
Schmorak admits to bombing early investor pitch with Comcast Ventures' Daniel Gulati
“So my first meeting was Daniel Galati, super nice guy. I went to meet with him in the Comcast offices. I totally did not do a good job without meeting with him and it's okay. I mean, it was like one of my first meetings and I actually walked out and I said, yo…”
Gulati: 5-Hour Energy won by targeting checkouts instead of beverage shelves
“And I think, you know, when we talk about margins and distribution, like, their distribution innovation was, we're going to forget about the shelf space, and we're going to go straight to You know, next to the cash register. And so the innovation there was, yo…”
Gulati: Single breakout brands create new food and beverage categories
“I think what we often see is in beverages and food, you get kind of these halo, you know, hero stories that kind of bring up an entire category, right? So like, I think the coconut water category is a really interesting one where like, you know, you couldn't s…”
Daniel Gulati: Tire Agent Fails the 10x Better VC Standard
“It's like the old venture capital rule. It's like you gotta be 10 times better, 10 times cheaper. And I just feel like your business doesn't meet that grade. I don't think it's so much better that the average customer will kind of migrate to you in droves.”
Daniel Galati passes on ShearShare over market size concerns
“And for me, where I ultimately kind of got tripped up was this just kind of doing the math around like the number of salons and revenue per salon, and how do we get to be a really big two-sided marketplace versus kind of a smaller, more niche two-sided marketp…”
Daniel Galati passes on unGlue, citing lack of a venture-scale business model
“I really believe in the product and I really believe in the roadmap. I just, I don't see the business that, that comes out of it, so I'm going to pass as well.”
Gulati passes: $15M valuation prevents sufficient equity ownership for his fund
“So if you're raising 700 K on a fifteen million dollar valuation, it's just not going to get us the, you know, the VC ownership that we need to move the needle. And so, so despite What I said about you being an absolutely compelling founder just for those reas…”
Gulati: A deep founder pain point is necessary for startup success
“Almost all of our successful portfolio companies have started with a really deep founder pain point, a really personal founder pain point. And that doesn't guarantee success, but I think it's kind of a necessary condition, right?”
Gulati: Jiobit beaconing tech is more powerful in other verticals
“I would argue that your progressive beaconing technology is actually way more powerful in like, you know, any other vertical besides the one that you've chosen.”
Gulati: Business model innovation creates more value than tech innovation
“Just at a high level, I think more than product innovation, more than technology innovation, business model innovation is like the true value creator in like in tech, right? And in, in business more generally.”
Galati: Metabrew has not proven voracious consumer demand
“I didn't hear anything coming out of the pitch that, Said, hey, there is voracious demand here from consumers, a small group of consumers. I walked away feeling like, yeah, consumers like it, but they don't, it's not obvious to me that they absolutely love it.”
Galati: Crowded beverage retail markets require a differentiated distribution strategy
“I think having a point of a differentiated point of view on how to get the product to the consumer, like is the thing that matters here. Cause I think you've, you do actually do have a pretty innovative product. I just worry that you kind of get lost in the no…”