Fundraiser
topic on 5 shows · 6 statements across 5 episodes
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6 statements about Fundraiser, every show
Kim: A great fundraiser must function as a fund's Secretary of State
“So therefore you have to have a secretary of state that actually allows you to interact with them and helps you create that and can represent you when you're not there. That's what a great fundraiser is. When You can send that person in and say, ah, this perso…”
Kim: Ex-deal partners and investment bankers make the wrong fundraisers
“So when I meet somebody who says, well, the reason why I could be such a great fundraiser as an investment banker, as an ex-deal partner, is because I understand the system. I look and go, that's exactly the wrong person. The person that you want as Secretary …”
Bartlett: Post-ZIRP venture market hollowed out tier-two funds
“There was really a triaging or kind of a hollowing out of the middle that occurred, or maybe the tier B if you will, a tier two funds where you saw a handful of those folks blow up or really struggle with their fundraisers in some way.”
Chamath Palihapitiya states he and David Sacks organized a Trump fundraiser
“In 2016, there was not the kind of people that, for example, were at this fundraiser that David and I organized was, I think, entirely different than what you saw in 2016.”
Software Startups Must Raise Capital Assuming Scale Despite Low Odds
“This is the thing that, that, that standard studies of business don't really track, which is when you think you might be successful at scale, and you still have tons of risk, you go, generally speaking, within the software world, and maybe even the hardware an…”
Mohan: 90% of deals launched on LetsVenture close successfully
“I think it's about, ah, about 90% success, and when I say 90% success, I'll tell you what we don't define as success, right? The 10%, like, what is the failed transaction in our mind? Failed transaction is one where the money has been committed, But the DB did…”