Alan Knott Craig

Everything Alan Knott Craig said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Opinion

Knott Craig: English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa is largely a homogeneous market

“From our perspective, we kind of very much kind of think, you know, at least from an English speaking perspective, sub-Saharan Africa is as close to a homogenous market as you can get.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:58 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Assertion Contradicted

Knott Craig: Watching a 7-second 3G video in South Africa costs $20

“If you spend it, if you watch a seven second YouTube video on three G at South African data rates, it'll cost you about 20 dollars, 20 US dollars.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:52 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Insight

Knott Craig: Google's blank search page is useless to new internet users

“You can't give people a clean Google page. It's absolutely meaningless for most of the communities we deal with.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:53 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Insight

Knott Craig: Tech startups should never compete against American tech giants

“One of the lessons is never, ever go up against American companies.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:11 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Insight

Knott Craig: Outside Silicon Valley, cash flow is the only startup metric

“A lot of people in South Africa and Africa and the rest of the world read those blogs and think that's the holy grail, but there's only one metric and that's cashflow. And advertising is not a business model. One day we'll sell to Google is not a business mode…”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 41:00 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Prediction Held up

Knott Craig: WhatsApp has permanently won the messaging market in Africa

“As soon as the smartphone kind of wave started breaking, you know, WhatsApp just won the race. It has won the race. It will win the race.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:23 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

Knott Craig: African internet startups struggle due to low connectivity

“For the most part, any internet startup in Africa is really struggling to kind of get any traction in this local market because there's just not enough people on the internet.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:10 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated

Knott Craig: African music service Spinlet will succeed due to music videos

“Music videos are just a killer category. Spinlet's gonna make lots of money.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:07 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Disclosure

Knott Craig: I presided over Mixit, Africa's biggest tech failure

“Well, so, you know, I have the questionable honor of residing over probably the biggest tech failure in Africa.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 30:41 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

Knott Craig: WhatsApp is the primary tool for community anti-crime organizing in South Africa

“In South Africa, we have a massive crime problem. So security is a big concern for a lot of people in South Africa. And WhatsApp has become the de facto means of communities organizing against crime.”

Alan Knott Craig Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 32:49 a16z Podcast | Things Come Together -- Truths about Tech in Africa

The other half of the tape: Alan Knott Craig's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Alan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Founder & Chairman, Fibertime	1	10	50% 1/2	full record on the a16z Podcast →