Jesse

person on 10 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes · said 26 times in 14 episodes since 2014

How I Built This 8 Top Founders 5 the Official SaaStr Podcast 4 Invest Like the Best 3 My First Million 2 Lenny's Podcast 1 A Product Market Fit Show 1 the MAD Podcast 1 20VC 1 Sourcery

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Startup moats are discovered through shipping rather than designed upfront
“Moats are most often discovered, not designed.”
Anish Acharya Sep 6, 2026 ▶ 54:57 Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
SOURCERY Assertion Supported
Agrawal: Decagon routes roughly 90% of its production through open-source models
“As Jesse from Decagon wrote very eloquently a big portion of their volume goes through open source, about 90% now.”
Apoorv Agrawal Jul 19, 2026 ▶ 36:38 SemiAnalysis, Altimeter, Nebius, Glean.. 12 Hot Takes From Biggest Names in AI · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Beyond Yoga's COO was essentially the company's only white male employee
“Jesse was pretty much the only white male in our company for the majority of the time that we were in existence.”
Michelle Wahler Feb 10, 2025 ▶ 38:21 Beyond Yoga: Michelle Wahler
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Bala: Ready When co-founders did not split equity 50-50
“No, we didn't split it down the middle. Jesse, our partner and the founder, he actually had the idea. So we've been working with him. I've been there since literally day one. I came up with the name and everything.”
Suchin Bala Jan 25, 2022 ▶ 9:30 Life Planning SaaS Hits $5k in MRR, Raises $1m on $6m Seed Round
20VC Prediction Held up
Ehrenberg: IA Ventures limits portfolios to 25 companies per fund
“Our adaptation of that is, you know, we're a very small firm taking an artisanal approach to venture investing where, you know, Brad, Jesse, and I, we have no junior people. We each do our own work. That by going deep in two to three companies a year each over…”
Roger Ehrenberg Mar 1, 2017 ▶ 5:20 20VC: The Power Of A Concentrated Seed Portfolio, Why Operational Value Add Models At Seed Do Not Make Sense & Why We Will See A Shakeout Of Growth Stage Investors with Roger Ehrenberg, Founder & Managing Partner @ IA Ventures
MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated
Turck: Knewton likely has New York's largest data science team
“And then we have Jesse from Newton, which is one of the first mark portfolio companies, in full disclosure who I think runs The largest data science team in New York, as far as I know.”
Matt Turck Mar 20, 2014 ▶ 0:54 Jake Klamka, Insight Data Science // Data Driven #25 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

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