Rocket Internet

company on 7 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes · said 44 times in 23 episodes since 2015

My First Million 14 20VC 8 the Neon Show 7 the Startup Ideas Podcast 6 We Live to Build 5 Top Founders 2 the a16z Podcast 2

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20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hommels: 2000s European Tech Lacked Technical Founders and Genuine Innovation
“If you think about the 2000 and early 2010, there were no technical founders. So that, and I thought lengthily about In fact, why is that? Because we had the copycat nations where the Samba brothers built the machine rocket internet, but this was basically an …”
Klaus Hommels Nov 27, 2024 ▶ 13:12 Klaus Hommels: Why "Portfolios are Merely a Construct to Make LPs Happy"? | E1231 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Lonsdale: Copying Addepar Would Take $1B and 10 Years
“Like out of bar is the biggest freaking moat. We were talking earlier about guys like rocket internet will like go around copying things and annoy people. Like, good luck if you want to try to copy that. You gotta take a billion dollars in 10 years, you know? …”
Joe Lonsdale Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 13:43 From PayPal Intern to Starting 4x Billion-Dollar Companies | Joe Lonsdale Interview
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Parr: Rocket Internet built its business cloning US tech companies internationally
“Rocket Internet, Google it. It's a guy, it's three brothers named Ollie, Alex, and something else, Samware brothers. And they started this thing called Rocket Internet. And basically the way it works right now, it's a large publicly traded company. They had th…”
Sam Parr Apr 7, 2021 ▶ 43:18 MFM #168 - How to Reverse Engineer Businesses, The Indonesian King of Coal & the Story of Adidas
a16z Assertion Supported
Rocket Internet is quietly operating and spending heavily in Iran
“There is a well-known company, Rocket Internet, which has already started operating in the country. A German company, which is basically cloning the successful models in emerging market, where the ecosystem is not really bright that local entrepreneurs be able…”
Mohsen Malayeri Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:21 a16z Podcast | Is Entrepreneurship a Universal Language?
20VC Insight
Moffat: VC firms must commit to a distinct organizational model
“And I think all three of those models are valid. And I think every VC has to look at those and work out what makes sense for them, but they do need to make a clear decision on what their approach is going to be.”
Rob Moffat Jun 22, 2015 ▶ 14:17 20 VC 047: 4 Ways Investors Find Great Startups with Rob Moffat, Principal @ Balderton Capital

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