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8 statements about Oxford, every show

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated
Botsman: Oxford graduate students struggle to distinguish facts from opinions
“I even see this, you know, I get to lecture at Oxford, and I even see this in graduate students, where you're still pointing out that distinction.”
Rachel Botsman Sep 26, 2025 ▶ 11:26 Build stronger trust on your teams (author Rachel Botsman) | Masters of Scale
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Parrish: Oxford operates four separate bee divisions due to border bans
“Oxford has to run three completely separate bee operations. One in Nova Scotia, one in New Brunswick, one in Ontario, actually four, one in Maine.”
Shane Parrish Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 19:09 How John Bragg Built 3 Empires From a Small Town [Outliers]
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Oxford Frozen Foods holds 60% of Europe's wild blueberry market
“Today, Oxford owns 60% of the European market.”
Shane Parrish Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 21:58 How John Bragg Built 3 Empires From a Small Town [Outliers]
20VC Opinion
Stebbings: No Great Entrepreneurs Made Their First Money at McKinsey
“No great entrepreneurs came out of Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Went to McKinsey and that's where they made their first money.”
Harry Stebbings Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 3:12 Samir Vasavada: The Real Story of Vise: The Regrets, Mistakes and Mis-Hires | E1171 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Opinion
Blomfield: Standard Oxford-to-McKinsey career paths are 'boring' for YC candidates
“That's the kind of exceptionalism that we're looking for in some area of their life. And it might come out through the application, it might be the interview video, or the interview itself, but we're looking for that spark that they are not average, like they'…”
Tom Blomfield May 13, 2024 ▶ 24:31 Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Opinion
Stebbings: Great entrepreneurs do not start in corporate Bain or Oxford jobs
“I don't think great, great entrepreneurs first made money from getting a job at Bain after three years at Oxford. Like they did something before.”
Harry Stebbings May 8, 2024 ▶ 19:38 Tom Hulme: Lessons from a 24x Angel Track Record, 275x on Robinhood & Making Billions on Uber |E1150 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
a16z Disclosure
Narula: Elite UK university academics use costly supercomputers unaware of distributed alternatives
“And we see a lot of academics that we speak to in kind of Cambridge, Oxford, using supercomputer methods right now, unaware that actually a distributed systems approach might be more cost effective or even easier to think about from that perspective.”
Herman Narula Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:02 a16z Podcast | The Cool Stuff Only Happens at Scale
MIXERGY Opinion
Herold: Ivy League student founders should accept 2.8 GPAs, not drop out
“If you're at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale, you stay in school, you finish, but I want you to not go after a four point O be okay with getting a 2.8 for the first time in your life.”
Cameron Herold Feb 14, 2018 ▶ 14:41 #1559 Cameron Herold coaches me on hiring (so I don’t collapse at my desk)

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