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2018 25 mentions in 3 episodes 8 per episode
- 20VC: The Core Lessons From Building a 150 Startup Angel Portfolio, Why Founders Who Angel Invest Have Such Strong Advantages and Why The Lean Startup Makes Less and Less Sense Today with Adrian Aoun, Founder & CEO @ Forward
- 20VC: GOAT's Eddy Lu on Pivoting From Failing Social Dining App To The World's Largest Sneaker Marketplace, How The Best Founders Pick Their Investors & Why It Is Better To Be Hated than Unknown
- 20VC: Why The Days of Spray and Pray at Seed Are Over, How To Compete In A World of Sequoia Seed Funds & Why Price Doesn't Matter with Dan Scheinman, Angel Investor @ Zoom & Arista Networks
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Forward plans to expand into dermatology and optometry
“We're focused on primary care, but we're working on launching dermatology, optometry, you name it, we want to go after it.”
Adrian Aoun: Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures treat founders well during downturns
“The investors that I went with in forward, people like Founders Fund or Kosla, Keith Raboy at Kosla, who I know has been on your show. These are people that when times get tough have been good actors.”
Adrian Aoun: Regulation is less prohibitive for startups than founders think
“I don't think it actually is as prohibitive for startups as people would imagine.”
Adrian Aoun: Tech founders dismiss regulation prematurely due to online freedom
“We are so used to just being able to do whatever we want online that any sort of regulation we look at, and we honestly throw our hands in the air and say, ah, screw it. This is dumb. Before we even seek to understand.”
Adrian Aoun: Systems startups require an MVP covering the entire vertical system
“And the truth is that you can't go after systems problems until your MVP, your minimum viable product, is a version of the whole system.”
Forward built a functioning physical doctor's office 90 days after launch
“90 days into starting forward, we had a full doctor's office up and running with real doctors, real patients.”
Rabois prefers backing startups at the pitch deck stage
“I decided to invest based upon a keynote deck, really, that these guys were going to reinvent healthcare, which sounds like ridiculous, but I like to invest in keynote decks, like Opendoor reinvested when it was just a keynote deck and a team, Ever Album, whic…”