Chris Lynch

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

MAD Opinion

Mega-fund VCs are just lottery ticket buyers lacking company-building skills

“And I think a lot of my contemporaries are lottery ticket buyers. And, you know, you have a three billion dollar fund, and you're just buying lottery tickets, and because you don't know how to build companies, your only value is paying more.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 18:20 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Prediction Not checkable as stated

Big data infrastructure startups launching in 2014 will lack successful exits

“If you're coming out as a Vertica today, you're not going to have a happy ending.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 12:25 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Prediction Not checkable as stated

Tech startup valuations in mid-2014 are unwarranted and unsustainable

“There's gonna be a lot of you know, broken hearts and tears are gonna fall, because I don't think that, that those valuations are warranted, are sustainable and that's too bad.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 19:03 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Opinion

Zynga is an analytics company masquerading as a gaming company

“Zynga is really an analytics company masquerading as a gaming company.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 4:40 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Prediction Not checkable as stated

Telecoms will eventually offer free service in exchange for consumer data

“I think the day will come shortly where, you know, I've got the Verizon family plan, and I pay, you know, a lot of money for my cell phone. And they use my information, my family's information. They monetize that. I think the day will come that if Verizon and …”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 9:47 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Disclosure

Atlas Venture will not fund startups rebuilding existing software platforms

“So for my money, I don't want you to spend my money rebuilding, even if it's a little bit better, something that's been built. I want you to spend my money taking something that's been built that's good and disintermediating those guys.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 12:03 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Prediction Not checkable as stated

Consumers will eventually own and monetize their digital footprints

“As individuals, I think we're going to evolve to have enough sophistication that we own our digital footprint, and that we opt in to the economics Of the value of that.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 8:49 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Partly supported

Vertica was acquired for approximately $400 million

“We sold the company for about four hundred million dollars.”

Chris Lynch Jun 26, 2014 ▶ 4:18 Chris Lynch, Atlas Venture // Data Driven #28 // June 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

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Every mention by year

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	Executive Chairman & CEO, AtScale	1	8	0% 0/1	full record on the MAD Podcast →