John Henderson

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

20VC Insight

John Henderson: Reputation matters tremendously in VC, unlike in early-stage startups

“I think in, in the venture world, your reputation matters tremendously, whereas in a, you know, in a small company, it really doesn't. You just need to build something, and you can be a lot more selfish in that sense.”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 10:57 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

20VC Prediction Not checkable as stated

John Henderson predicted in 2015 that blockchain would disrupt the financial industry

“So I'm hugely bullish on Bitcoin. I think, though, in the short term, there will be ups and downs and, you know, maybe a few more scandals. Long term, though, I think the blockchain or, you know, this ledger, public ledger technology will be fundamentally disr…”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 17:36 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

20VC Insight

Founders should reference-check VCs by speaking with their struggling portfolio entrepreneurs

“Once you have a term sheet from a fund, go ahead and ask to meet three or four of the entrepreneurs that they've invested in. And often I suggest that you specify entrepreneurs who've been through a tough time.”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 14:00 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

20VC Assertion Partly supported

Summly's three-week integration into Yahoo News Digest set a company speed record

“Within, I think it was within three weeks of the acquisition being announced, Summly had been included within Yahoo News Digest, which is their mobile app product, and that, I still think, is the record within Yahoo for the quickest integration ever.”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 7:46 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

20VC Assertion Supported

Yahoo acquired Summly primarily to acquihire its core technical talent

“Yahoo was specifically after the technical people in the company. So, you know, they took the CTO, they took the head of the algorithm, they took Nick.”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 8:42 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

20VC Disclosure

John Henderson's first angel investment was in crypto news site CoinDesk

“Yeah, well, yeah, so my first angel investment was in a company called Coindesk, which I guess is now the leading news site for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 14:59 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

20VC Assertion Partly supported

Christian Hernandez advised Summly while serving as Head of Facebook EMEA

“That was through it was through a guy called Christian Hernandez, who ran Facebook for EMEA at the time, and he was an angel investor and advisor to the company.”

John Henderson Apr 6, 2015 ▶ 4:04 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital

The other half of the tape: John Henderson's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 13 times in 7 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Harry Stebbings 9Christian Hernandez 1

Every mention by year

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	Partner, Airtree Ventures	1	7	33% 1/3	full record on 20VC →