Operating Experience

topic on 1 show · 5 statements across 5 episodes

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20VC Insight
Stebbings: Past operating experience decays faster than ever due to AI
“The rate of decay on operating experience has never been greater because of two things. One is actually, I think, AI fundamentally changes so much about Enterprise stacks. I think you could say the same for cloud actually in on-prem in some enterprise cases. A…”
Harry Stebbings Jun 26, 2023 ▶ 1:03:25 Akin Babayigit: How Tripledot Studios Became #1 Fastest-Growing Company in Europe | E1030 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Opinion
Casado: Operating background likely hurts venture capitalists more than it helps
“I don't know if operating helps or not. Like, I don't know if it helps you pick. I don't know if it helps you close. I don't know. Like, I don't know how to answer that. Probably not. It probably hurts more than helps.”
Martin Casado Dec 6, 2022 ▶ 2:59 a16z GP Martin Casado: How I Went from Engineer to VC; Lessons from Chris Dixon | 20VC #956 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Motschwiller: Operating experience can cause VCs to overestimate problem difficulty
“The flip side to that is you might understand that there's a problem that's so hard to solve, it was so hard for you to solve, that then you don't believe that This entrepreneur will solve it, and it might lead you to overestimate the difficult of that problem…”
Max Motschwiller Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 7:49 20VC: The 4 Key Skills All VCs Need To Be Successful, How To Build, Maintain and Scale Your Network in VC and What is The Process Through Which VCs Build Conviction in Opportunities with Max Motschwiller, General Partner @ Meritech Capital
20VC Insight
Ben Lerer: Best Early-Stage VCs Are Former Operators, Not Number Crunchers
“But for me, the best investors, particularly the best early stage investors are going to be people who have actually been in the trenches and built and sold their own businesses and raised money for their own businesses and gone through sort of that slog versu…”
Ben Lerer Sep 5, 2016 ▶ 6:41 20VC: Lerer Hippeau's Ben Lerer on 'Investing With Imagination', Strategies To Avoid Fomo & Develop Pattern Recognition As An Investor and Why We Have Seen The Rise of Direct To Consumer Business & Will This Continue With Further M&A
20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Operating Experience Is Not Required to Be a Great VC
“I think to be a great investor, you don't need operating experience. I think if you look at many of the best investors, they actually don't have operating experience.”
Sarah Tavel Apr 6, 2016 ▶ 23:20 20VC: Greylock's Sarah Tavel on What Founders Need From A Good Investor and Why Products Need To Be 10X Better & Cheaper

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