Nicolas Michaelsen

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

20VC Assertion Supported

Y Combinator participation boosts startup valuations by 2x to 3x

“While we were going through, there was a number that was floating around, like it's like two to three X of the standard valuation. So it definitely, it has a huge impact on your valuation because also like everybody has been pre-vetted so rigorously.”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 13:53 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

20VC Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Airlines restricted compensation claims to faxes on Friday afternoons

“Some airlines only accepted fax on Fridays between two and four.”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 1:55 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

20VC Opinion

Y Combinator acceptance is a better seal of approval than Stanford MBA

“And it just, it gives you a seal of approval that you know, that will affect you for many years to come. We jokingly refer to it as better than a Stanford MBA.”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 9:42 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

20VC Opinion

Michaelsen: Air travel industry is a race to the bottom

“The air travel industry has just for so many years been a race to the bottom, so airlines have been neglecting their passengers”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 16:38 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

20VC Insight

Michaelsen: Focus on weekly metrics rather than distant valuation targets

“I like, I see this all the time where, you know, some entrepreneur says I want to grow this into a billion dollar company, and then my question is, you know, what's your numbers going to be next week? Because that's really what you can affect, and it's really,…”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 11:38 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

20VC Assertion Not checkable as stated

AirHelp received 3,000 overnight requests following Danish TV appearance

“We got into a consumer rights show in Denmark. And that meant that overnight we had 3000 people come to our site asking whether or not we could help them.”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 3:24 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

20VC Assertion Supported

Michaelsen: Y Combinator interviews are 10-minute sessions with 3 to 4 partners

“They're structured that you have three to four of the partners that sit with you in a room, and then you have about 10 minutes where you talk about your idea, and they ask questions.”

Nicolas Michaelsen Apr 30, 2015 ▶ 6:58 20 VC 032: Inside Y Combinator with Nicolas Michaelsen, Founder @ AirHelp

The other half of the tape: Nicolas Michaelsen's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Harry Stebbings 1

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Nicolas'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, Basin Collective	1	7	100% 2/2	full record on 20VC →