Jon Sakoda
Founding Partner, Decibel Partners. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Jon Sakoda is the founding partner of Decibel Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm formed in partnership with Cisco. He previously co-founded IMlogic and served as a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates.
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Everything Jon Sakoda said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Sakoda believes product-market fit requires grinding the product against the market
“I've come to believe that product market fit is really found by taking two rough stones and grinding them together, right? One rough stone is your product. The other rough stone is the market. And If you can't actually find product market fit, you create it by…”
Sakoda: Customer access is the most critical factor in B2B software
“But in B to B software in particular, access to customers is the most important thing.”
Sakoda argues venture capital's main playbook over twenty years was bundling
“I think the venture capital industry over the course of the last 20 years went from being very small to being very big, and largely speaking, the most conventional playbook in venture has been to bundle. And I think over the last 20 years, many people have tri…”
Sakoda advises augmenting struggling founders with executives before replacing the CEO
“And I think more conventionally, the right approach is to just try to get as much help around a founder as possible. And usually the first step is to bring in Management team members or people on the team that augment and bring capabilities or experiences or r…”
Sakoda: Founders with coaching outperform those without it
“I think if you know, have great coaching and have great mentorship and have great advice similar to say a performance athlete, you're just going to do better than somebody who doesn't have that.”
Sakoda says founder coaching unlocks performance limitations rather than driving accountability
“I think it has more to do with performance and that's not, not accountability. It's really about trying to unlock The limitations that perhaps you have in making the most out of your day and your time and your goals.”
Sakoda says coaches are needed when fear of failure impedes execution
“I, I'm sure every founder goes to bed at night imagining the way that their company can thrive, but also wakes up in the middle of the night imagining ways that their companies can die. And that's just natural, but sometimes that also gets in the way of work a…”
Sakoda: Advisors answer discrete questions efficiently, coaches navigate continuous personal journeys
“Advisors tend to be able to answer questions with efficiency and coaches tend to be able to walk you through what sometimes is a more continuous journey that has you know different paths that you need to navigate and requires a little bit more intimacy than yo…”
Sakoda identifies rapid iteration capacity as a leading startup success indicator
“When I see a group that is capable of rapidly iterating and improving, I like their odds because I feel like that, that trajectory is hard to stop.”
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