Serial Entrepreneurs
topic on 7 shows · 11 statements across 10 episodes
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David Senra
11 statements about Serial Entrepreneurs, every show
Repeat founders do more research and validation than first-time founders
“Most of the second-time founders and third-time founders, the serial entrepreneurs I see, they do more research and more validation before they select an idea. Rather than when they were first time and kind of flailing.”
Pop: Successful serial founders build multiple varied products for one niche
“So this is what I think successful serial entrepreneurs do. They focus on one niche and they build multiple products to serve that niche, but in different ways, sort of.”
Mackey: Most Founders Are Short-Term House Flippers, Not Long-Term Builders
“The most common entrepreneur is a serial entrepreneur. They just start businesses, and they do them for five years and flip them. They're like somebody remodeling a house and then flipping it. And so in these cases, they're really creative. They're good at ger…”
Mackey: Serial Founders Leave Because Scaling Creates Bureaucracy
“For them, the fun part is creating the business, and then as you start to staff it up and you build a bureaucracy, they're, they feel trapped by their own creations in a way. They're just, they're not wired to They fit within that kind of corporate structure t…”
Harmsen: Failed founders are sometimes better to back than billion-dollar winners
“And actually sometimes it's better. Somebody is there who Made the experience and was not successful because he knows exactly what he doesn't have to do again, rather than people who say, oh yeah, my startup was successful. I sold it for a billion because some…”
Stebbings: Serial Entrepreneurs Are Better Investments Than First-Time Founders
“I don't like first-time founders like I like serial entrepreneurs, because you've just seen it, you know how to do hiring processes, you know what great looks like, you've avoided, you've seen the mistakes, you've made them.”
Almost None of the Top 25 Consumer Tech Companies Had Serial Founders
“So in, again, if we look back at consumer businesses, you know, out of the top 25 companies, how many were serial entrepreneurs? Almost zero. Almost zero.”
Stebbings Prefers Investing in Serial Entrepreneurs Over First-Time Founders
“I really only like to invest in serial entrepreneurs, Sam, because I think you do so many stupid things to The first time around”
Stoppelman: Founders only become serial entrepreneurs when previous companies fail
“I remember a guy who was branded as serial entrepreneur told me, I'm only a serial entrepreneur because it hasn't worked out. Nobody wants to be a serial entrepreneur.”
Andreessen: Serial founders often prioritize starting a company over finding a great idea
“The struggle on the other side, the serial entrepreneur, what often happens is it becomes basically all science, no art. Often the desire to start another company kind of overwhelms the process of coming up with a really great idea.”