VC Funding
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13 statements about VC Funding, every show
Donzé: The 2022 VC downturn became a hiring boon for bootstrapped AODocs
“At the turn of the 2022 2023, when the VC funding came down, now it was really interesting for us because there's so many people out on the market. Who suddenly were an VC-funded company, who missed a round, who were available. So we benefited a lot in the las…”
Akhund: A 3% interest rate is ideal for Mercury's business model
“I think the ideal interest rate for us is like something like three percent. I think there's lots of kind of VC funding and, ah, business formation at three percent, ah, but we also have the opportunity to make money on our deposits better at three percent.”
Salhi: Qleek's failure caused trauma, required new business to avoid VCs
“The trauma of clique made me think if I have to start a new business, it has to be completely or Very, very independent from VC funding, that we could try it, and if it fails, we'll know it quickly, but if it succeeds, it can fund itself without external, addi…”
Rogojan blames excessive VC funding for the bloated data engineering tool ecosystem
“I think the reason you see so many tools is like, I mean, VC funding was pretty high, so you can blame yourselves.”
Levie: AI's current capabilities plus 20% would justify all VC funding
“If I'm wrong and it taps out sooner, then I think you would just have exactly what AI is good at today, plus, you know, 20% or whatever, and then fully extrapolate it out. So, so that, that to me is, that, that pays all the, for all the VC funding.”
Levie: Extrapolating existing AI capabilities would pay for all VC funding
“If I'm wrong and it taps out sooner than I think you would just have exactly what AI is good at today, plus, you know, 20% or whatever, and then fully extrapolate it out. So, so that, that to me is, that, that pays all the, for all the VC funding.”
Future founder wins will come from sustainable paths, not high-burn VC
“I think that much in terms of success for founders, I think a lot more of those successes will come from the companies that are able to steer in a more sustainable path, get to break even at, you know, at best, something like that, maybe with a small bridge ro…”
Chamath: Venture capital funding has crawled to a halt
“I think that you've seen VC funding basically crawl to a halt.”
Vincent: Venture capital funding strips founders of ownership and agency
“The problem with VC funding is, as you know, you gradually lose agency and control of your business and you lose more and more percentage of it. And you end up working for someone else.”
Diverse founders are 70% of the population but get 4% of VC
“The biggest stat that we saw was that women and people of color get about four percent of VC funding, but are 70% of the population.”
Schneider: VC-Funded Analytics Startups Gamble Cash on Unsustainable Customer Acquisition
“One of the challenges we have in the broader analytics space is you have a lot of companies that raise the VC funding, play the roulette wheel, And just spend a lot of cash to do new customer acquisition without necessarily regard to the economics or building …”
Miller: Public interest in tech coverage will persist despite market downturns
“Even if, you know, the, in, the tech industry starts to not do so well, or VC funding goes down, we're all still going to have this iPhone in our pocket all the time, and it's really permeated our lives, so people have an interest in it that extends far beyond…”