Point
company on 4 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes · said 84 times in 13 episodes since 2015
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- 20VC: Oren Zeev on Why Diversification Is Overrated, The Downside of Thematic Investing, Making Quality Decisions In Uncertain Conditions & Why He Has No Reserves Allocation
- 20VC: 8VC's Joe Lonsdale on How To Foster Contrarian Thinking Within Venture Partnerships, Why The Best VCs Are Company Builders & Why It Is Not Possible To Build Multi-Billion Dollar Companies and Have Worklife Balance
- 20VC: Why The Unbundling of Fintech Will Continue, How VCs Are Propping Up The Neo-Banking Industry & Why We Need A New Framework To Value Businesses Today with Clay Wilkes, Founder & CEO @ Galileo
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- 20VC: Why Raising A Mega-Round Makes Your Life Harder Not Easier, Why Your Board Is Not Your Boss and Lessons on Successful Board Management & The Biggest Breakpoints in Company Scaling with Emmanuel Schalit, Founder & CEO @ Dashlane
- 20VC: Why Startup Valuations Are Not As Overpriced As You Think, How To Determine Whether An Investor Is Truly Aligned To Your Mission and What 2 Traits Make The Truly Special Board Members with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
- 20VC: Why Pre-Product Market Fit Is About Systems Design Not Engineering, The Right Way For Leaders To Approach Wartime Leadership Today & A Guide To Recruitment Forward Planning with Ryan Denehy, Founder & CEO @ Electric
- 20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How To Hire Seasoned Tier 1 Talent To An Early Stage Startup & How To Start, Scale and Manage Remote Teams with Domm Holland, Founder & CEO @ Fast
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2017 2 mentions in 1 episode
2016 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230
- 20VC: Investing In Sectors That Were Cool 2 Years Ago, What Accel's Facebook Fund Taught a Generation of LPs & Why LPs Need A New Discovery Process with Paul Martino, Founding Partner @ Bullpen Capital
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Mason: Lefkofsky offered $1M to drop out and build The Point
“So after I'd been in school for just under a quarter, he called me up one day, and he had heard about another idea for a website that I'd had that later became known as The Point. And I think his business instincts didn't know what to do with something like po…”
Mason: The Point failed because collective action required too many participants
“This idea is indicative of what a terrible idea the point was. . It was like this academic theory. That sounded like a good idea, but then when we actually started doing it, all of the use cases required such, they were few and far between, or they required a …”
Mason: The Point raised around $4M to $4.8M from NEA
“So after the initial a million, I think we raised 4.8 from NEA. Or four million or something like that.”