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Code Cubitt

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Mistral Venture Partners. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Code Cubitt is the co-founder and Managing Director of Mistral Venture Partners, a seed-stage venture capital firm. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Zephyr Technology prior to its acquisition by Medtronic.

What they said32 Shows1

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

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Insight

Cubitt: Series A Requires Proven Unit Economics Before Series B Scaling

“Going into the Series A, you have to have enough momentum and some early economic ratios, LTV to CAC, for example, to prove that there's a market for your product. And so the Series A investors want to talk to a lot more customers and validate that this thing …”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 34:23 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Insight

Cubitt: Founding startup teams rarely finish, and that is appropriate

“Cause it's not always necessarily the team that starts doesn't necessarily finish. In fact, that's most appropriate.”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 37:46 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Insight

Cubitt: Top CEOs anticipate changes 6 to 12 months ahead and pivot against consensus

“An A CEO is a, an executive who sees change coming, You know, six, nine, 12 months ahead of everybody else and has the ability to change course in, in the face of opposition from everybody else who is happy with the status quo.”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 45:14 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Disclosure

Cubitt: I study startup failure clues more than success indicators

“So I listened to a lot of podcasts and books around startups, successes and failures, looking for clues on how companies can fail more than looking for success indicators.”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 56:36 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Disclosure

Cubitt: 'Tell me about inception' is his first question in every interview

“My first question with every interview is tell me about inception. So why do you want to do this so badly that you're willing to break through walls and spend years in the cold as an unknown at the shot for the shot of being a successful entrepreneur?”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 7:40 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Disclosure

Cubitt: Only 10 to 15 Percent of His Deals Exited Highly Positively

“To the extent that I've done 50 or 60 deals in my career, you know, there's been a lot of scars, a lot of learning, right? So probably only 10 or 15% of those have exited in a very positive way, and that's the reality of the economics.”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 19:10 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Contradicted

Cubitt: Motorola Canned Its Venture Program During 2008 Crash

“Motorola canned the program effectively in during the oh eight crash.”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 5:12 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported

Cubitt: Early-stage legal docs cost $20,000 to $30,000 per side

“It's probably 20 or 30,000 dollars on investor side and company side to prepare those docs.”

Code Cubitt Oct 27, 2020 ▶ 30:22 #95 Code Cubitt: Coachability Is Critical

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
KNOWLEDGE PROJECTLEDGER	Co-Founder & Managing Director, Mistral Venture Partners	1	32	33% 1/3	full record on the Knowledge Project →