Founder Friendly
topic on 2 shows · 6 statements across 4 episodes
6 statements about Founder Friendly, every show
Jason Lemkin calls 'founder-friendly' in venture capital meaningless
“Founder friendly has become bullshit, right?”
Jason Lemkin: Real founder-friendliness means writing checks when others won't
“Founder friendly is writing the check when no one else does. That's founder friendly. That founder friendly is when no one else is there at the board meeting anymore and you're there and you still have a W on the other side of it. That's founder friendly. Foun…”
Rory O'Driscoll: VC founder-friendliness can only be judged in tough deals
“The only way to a judge who really is founder friendly is how they behave in a tough deal. There's no information on how you do in a good time, right?”
Alalu: Founder-friendly is LP-friendly unless GPs put themselves first
“We think that being founder friendly is being LP friendly and being LP friendly is being founder friendly. The only way that that, you know, equilibrium ever gets messed up is when GPs put themselves first.”
Grimshaw: VCs should prioritize founder respect over founder friendliness
“One is founder friendly. Like, I don't think you should be founder friendly. Not that you shouldn't be friendly, obviously. But I think that the higher purpose is like founder respect and friendly can imply like cheerleading, yes, person, et cetera. And I thin…”
True VC support requires direct feedback, not superficial founder-friendliness
“There's a difference between, you know, the phrase that's become tossed about a lot being quote founder friendly on the one hand, which means that you're always going to be yielding to the founder and supporting what they want and want to do versus having, you…”