Western Markets

topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes

Big Technology 20VC Capital Allocators

5 statements about Western Markets, every show

BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Siegler: Meta Is No Longer Growing In Western Markets
“The reality is, like, they're not really growing anymore in Western markets. Maybe they're growing in some, you know, some pockets of different parts of the world, but they're not growing in the place that you know, that they feel like they can monetize as eff…”
M.G. Siegler Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 57:12 Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, WWDC Preview, Anthropic Files To Go Public
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Prediction Partly held up
Rodman: Rosatom's Exclusion From the West Will Create a Massive Fuel Deficit
“They're close to 50% of the market, and over time, they'll be cut out of western markets, in our opinion, which will create a very big deficit.”
Adam Rodman Mar 27, 2023 ▶ 20:27 Adam Rodman – The Case for Nuclear (Climate Solutions EP.4, Capital Allocators EP.304)
20VC Assertion Supported
Neil Young: Japanese mobile gaming led Western markets in LTV metrics
“The way the Japanese mobile market had developed, it really led the Western market in terms of audience engagement and monetization. And these ideas of LTV versus CAC, Were particularly mature in that market”
Neil Young Jan 26, 2018 ▶ 19:13 20VC: How To Analyse Platform Shifts Effectively, The Effects Of Not Having Free and Open Distribution & The Right Way To Think About Board Composition with Neil Young, Founder & CEO @ N3twork
20VC Prediction Held up
Zaveri: Chinese-style native in-app commerce will expand to Western markets
“You're seeing, so, for instance, like there's news reading apps there, like Tatiao, which integrate sort of commerce-like functionality in the news app, and you can actually conduct commerce there natively, and I think you were going to see this theme sort of,…”
MZ Zaveri May 29, 2017 ▶ 22:23 20VC: Kleiner Perkins' MZ Zaveri on Why Success In Venture Is About The 3 F's, How VCs Can Manage Deal Heat & Is There Too Much Venture Dollars At Seed
20VC Insight
Chou: Long-term player retention matters far more than early monetization
“By Far and away, the most important thing is to get the long-term retention, right? And you can screw that up in the early days through monetization, at least in the Western markets.”
Kevin Chou Mar 17, 2017 ▶ 15:35 20VC: Why Success in Gaming is Like Success in VC, The Key To Building An Enduring Game & Why Few Metrics Matter in Gaming with Kevin Chou, Founder & CEO @ Kabam

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