David Cross
person on 2 shows · 11 statements across 5 episodes · said 12 times in 4 episodes since 2017
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2018 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2017 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
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Cross: No evidence yet of adversaries using AI for complex attacks
“We haven't seen really any, I say evidence, right? Or of cases that are occurring now where that they're using AI to do very complex or compound attacks and surveys. We haven't seen that yet.”
Cross: AI-powered targeted spear phishing is occurring and will increase
“AI, is they're collecting data and public and public information to do very targeted spear phishing, right? And email and things like that. And that is occurring. And it's, or we say that it's very clear that AI is helping those attackers in those cases. So I …”
Cross: Adversaries will eventually use AI to find zero-days in code
“Is that saying that we're going to use AI to find zero days in source code? We just haven't seen quite the evidence of yet, but we should still be very suspect that it will occur in the future.”
Cross: Founders often get trapped keeping early executives who cannot scale
“You may hire someone at the very start when five people, they're the chief marketing officer, but now you're 200 people. Are they really still ready to be the chief marketing officer for that next stage? And it's hard sometimes as founders, it's hard as early,…”
David Cross: Founders should send pitch decks upfront instead of teasing calls
“For me personally, is an element is like, you send me the deck as the pre-read opening versus get on a call, right, is I say, be proactive. If you really have something that good, and you'll send me the deck right up front, and it's that good, I'm going to wan…”
Cross: Founders who hide data and claim secrecy have zero chance
“If there's no data, red flag, right? Is if you'd say, oh, it's secret. Oh, we're behind the scenes. We know what we're doing, right? Red flag, right? If you can't be open and transparent, open in the kimono, no chance.”
Cross: Seed VCs and founders should pursue fast $20M-$50M exits over unicorns
“I think there's a ton of opportunities that you think about of smaller companies, that 20 to fifty million dollar is that some people call it the aqua hire, but right, it's like a founder can come in, your founders can come in, in 18 months, take a couple mill…”
Comedian David Cross was Kickstarter's first angel investor
“I had a friend of mine, and her cousin is David Cross, the comedian from Arrested Development, and many other, Mr. Show, and great stuff. And so she connected us, and we went and had a drink at a bar, and I talked to him about the idea, and, ah, a few months l…”
Bagdasarian Jr.: Chipmunks Villain Was Inspired by a Real Record Executive
“This is a quote, and it's, it, so it explains why David Cross is, as Ian is, is that character. So the record executive tells Janice and me, well we're not actually going to do the national release and the big marketing. I said, well, wait, I said, you told us…”
The 2007 Chipmunks film villain was based on a real record executive
“In any event, we're all excited and want to now talk about the national plans that they're going to do, and this is a quote, and it's, it, so it explains why David Cross is, as Ian is, is that character. So the record executive, the tells Janice and me, well w…”
Comedian David Cross was Kickstarter's first investor after a 2006 meeting
“I had a friend of mine, and her cousin is David Cross, the comedian from Arrested Development, and many other, Mr. Show, and great stuff. And so she connected us, and we went and had a drink at a bar, and I talked to him about the idea, and a few months later,…”