David Pakman

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

20VC Prediction Held up

Legacy CPG firms will acquire DTC startups to gain e-commerce expertise

“So I think there is pressure now on all of the large consumer products companies to become DTC, and you can either buy or build, or both. And so, yes, I think we will see more transactions as a way to import knowledge and get, get ahead in this important categ…”

David Pakman Aug 10, 2016 ▶ 17:58 20VC: Dollar Shave Club's Series A & B Lead Investor, David Pakman on The Requirements For A Successful Subscription Business & Why A Lot of Investors Do Not Like Consumer

20VC Assertion Partly supported

Dollar Shave Club achieves higher margins by selling proprietary products

“They have High margins compared to e-commerce companies that sell someone else's product, because they sell their own products.”

David Pakman Aug 10, 2016 ▶ 22:27 20VC: Dollar Shave Club's Series A & B Lead Investor, David Pakman on The Requirements For A Successful Subscription Business & Why A Lot of Investors Do Not Like Consumer

20VC Disclosure

Automotive startup Pearl's 70-person team includes 53 former Apple employees

“I think there are 53 people from Apple, 70 total people now that, that built and managed and delivered iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch and iPods”

David Pakman Aug 10, 2016 ▶ 24:08 20VC: Dollar Shave Club's Series A & B Lead Investor, David Pakman on The Requirements For A Successful Subscription Business & Why A Lot of Investors Do Not Like Consumer

20VC Insight

Pakman: Former CEOs entering VC must accept they no longer make decisions

“The hardest part, though, is appreciating that you're not the one in charge anymore, and that the CEOs that you're backing are the ones who are in charge, and you can give them advice, but ultimately they have to make all of the final decisions, and that's jus…”

David Pakman Jul 15, 2015 ▶ 3:28 20 VC 055: David Pakman @ Venrock on The Future Of The Music Industry

20VC Insight

Pakman: Venrock Prefers Months of Hands-On Relationship Building Before Investing

“I don't think we need to know someone for a year before making an investment, and that would be a little bit unlikely, although it happens from time to time. But, you know, the ideal scenario is to have a few months of working relationship, either, you know, m…”

David Pakman Jul 15, 2015 ▶ 8:28 20 VC 055: David Pakman @ Venrock on The Future Of The Music Industry

20VC Disclosure

Pakman: Venrock invested in YouNow before mobile live streaming was accepted

“I did it with live streaming with YouNow. Where very few people believe that a bunch of kids talking to each other on through mobile live video was gonna be big, and, you know, a year later, everyone believes that, so.”

David Pakman Jul 15, 2015 ▶ 11:43 20 VC 055: David Pakman @ Venrock on The Future Of The Music Industry

20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated

Dollar Shave Club never missed a board target in its early years

“They never missed a number they put in front of the board.”

David Pakman Aug 10, 2016 ▶ 8:13 20VC: Dollar Shave Club's Series A & B Lead Investor, David Pakman on The Requirements For A Successful Subscription Business & Why A Lot of Investors Do Not Like Consumer

The other half of the tape: David Pakman's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 9 times in 5 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Harry Stebbings 7Peter Pham 2

Statements about David Pakman, by other people (1)

20VC Assertion Supported

Stebbings: YouNow has raised over $25M from USV and Venrock

“And to fund this immense growth, they've raised over twenty five million dollars in funding from some of the greats of the investing world, including Andy Weissman at USV, David Patman at Venrock, and a future guest on the show, I'm very excited to say, in the…”

Harry Stebbings Oct 27, 2017 ▶ 0:36 20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow

Every mention by year

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	Managing Partner & Head of Venture, CoinFund	2	31	75% 6/8	full record on 20VC →