Leore Avidar

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

20VC What-if

Leore Avidar regrets raising venture capital because Lob could self-fund

“And so for Lobb, I mean, I wish I hadn't raised money because we keep doing well and we're able to self-fund through sales.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 12:33 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Insight

VCs act irrationally when driven by peer investment FOMO, says Leore Avidar

“Investors and VCs actually act very similarly, and they don't always act rationally when their peers are looking to make an investment, or they see this shiny new startup that's going out to raise money.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 8:46 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Insight

Controlled growth means maintaining a path to profitability within six months

“Controlled growth is a mindset, and it's one where it's a growth trajectory that you can easily tweak that growth dial up and down and always have the ability to become profitable within six months.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 13:22 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Insight

Most startup bankruptcies occur due to irresponsible growth, says Leore Avidar

“Most companies go bankrupt because they weren't responsible about their growth.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 17:23 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Assertion Supported

Typical tech companies only retain employees for one to two years

“Everyone is doing all these crazy things, and they're only able to retain people for one to two years.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 21:03 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Insight

Companies must promote internally rather than hire external managers for retention

“When there's an opportunity to promote somebody or you're looking for a manager on the team, you can't be in the mindset that you're going to go and hire somebody else from Another company. You have to invest in your own teammates.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 21:48 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Insight

Raising capital with under a year of runway destroys founder leverage

“When it gets to under a year, you're putting yourself in a position where you can't say no to any term.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 11:47 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

20VC Insight

Startups need executive leaders by late Series A or 25 employees

“It happens generally around, I would say, late series A, or when you're around 20 to 25 people, that you really need other people within the company to go and tackle big divisions within your company.”

Leore Avidar Mar 9, 2018 ▶ 20:19 20VC: 2 Levers To Fundraising: FOMO & Leverage and How To Use Them, How To Implement "A Sustainable Growth Mindset" & How To Put VCs To Work For You with Leore Avidar @ Lob

The other half of the tape: Leore Avidar's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 2 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
20VCLEDGER	Founder & CEO, Alt	1	8	100% 1/1	full record on 20VC →