Scooter Braun
General Partner, TQ Ventures. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Scooter Braun rose to prominence after discovering Justin Bieber and founding SB Projects, going on to manage top artists like Bieber and Ariana Grande before retiring from music management in 2024. As a venture investor, he co-founded TQ Ventures and was an early backer of tech companies including Spotify, Uber, and Pinterest.
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32statements
7resolved
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57%fully supported
3said about them ↓ Everything Scooter Braun said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Braun: No Industry Peers Backed Taylor Swift's Claims Against Me
“Was that no one else said it. You know, a lot of times when someone comes out and says, oh, this whole time, this person's been this way, there's an onslaught of everyone coming out and being like, I agree. I agree. And no one did that. You know, no one actual…”
Braun: Jeff Bezos Created More Jobs During COVID Than Anyone Else
“Jeff Bezos created more jobs in COVID than any human being on the planet.”
Braun: LPs Back Young VCs Based on Character, Not Achievements
“They're betting on you because they like you and they want to see you win. That's the truth. That's the part you're missing. They're betting on you because of who you are, not necessarily what you've achieved, because there's a lot of other people who are much…”
Braun: Society Must Reject Cancel Culture and Grant People Room to Change
“And I, that's why I don't like cancel culture. I think we all have to give ourselves the grace to grow. You know, if I could change drastically in a week, why can't we give someone an opportunity to change over years?”
Braun Predicts Spotify Will Grow 10% to 12% Annually for Ten Years
“I think a company like Spotify is gonna grow 10% to 12% year over year for the next 10 years.”
Braun: I Never Had Negative Industry Press Before Taylor Swift Feud
“The day before it happened, I had never had any negative news about me in our entire industry. I never had an issue with anybody”
Braun Planned Justin Bieber's Career Path Up to Age 18
“So when I saw Justin, while everyone told me no and everyone thought I was crazy, I knew exactly what to do. And I saw the plan until he was 18. Like, I just knew, I was like, this kid's gonna be the biggest artist in the world. I know exactly what to do to he…”
Braun: Travis Kalanick Is One of the Best Founders Ever
“Travis is one of the best founders I've ever met my entire life.”
Braun: Jeff Bezos's Main Goals Are Personal Evolution and Relationships
“What do you want out of life? And Jeff said to me, I want to evolve. I want to be a better father. I want to be a better friend. I want to be more intimate.”
Braun: 50/50 Post-Divorce Custody Made Me a More Present Parent
“And when I got divorced, and it was fifty-fifty, then it went to, you know what, they're gonna be with me on Monday and Tuesday, and then Wednesday and Thursday, they're five minutes down the road, and they're not with me. And when that happened, I didn't take…”
Scooter Braun Surpassed His Lifetime Financial Goal at Age 27
“I was 27 years old and Justin's career had started to explode and my accountant called me and another commission had come in and I said, wait a second, how much money do I have? And I was 27. I had surpassed my lifetime number.”
Braun: High Achievement Often Stems From Childhood Feelings of Inadequacy
“We both have this thing that we're not enough. That, you know, like, who would ever love us if we just showed up as ourselves without the achievements? And that comes from childhood.”
Braun: The Internet Is Not a Real Representation of Public Sentiment
“I started to go out in public and say, I'm not going to be a hermit to this, and not one person has ever said anything negative to me in public. So I will tell you, the internet is not a real place.”
Braun Was Arrested Over a Justin Bieber Mall Appearance
“Then there were moments, I don't know what it's gonna be, but there was a moment where we had a mall that got overran, and I knew that, like, okay, the press is gonna pick this up, and I got arrested for it. And, yeah, and cause they, we wouldn't put up a twee…”
Braun Gave $50M in Stock to Employees and Artists in HYBE Deal
“So I gave fifty million dollars of my own stock away to my employees and my artists when I received, you know, my payment.”
Braun Lost and Re-Signed Artist Kid Laroi During Personal Hiatus
“I lost a client in Kid Laroi for a while because he was like, I signed up for you and you weren't there. And then obviously I came back at a later point when I was on the other side of certain self-work and he's back with us now.”
Braun: Keeping Your Word Supersedes Correcting Bad Counterparty Behavior
“If I made the deal, I stand by it. So if I said to someone, Hey, we're going to do this. And then we start working and they're not pulling their weight, but I gave my word. I'll stand by my word because keeping that is more important than actually for me, you …”
Braun Invested in Spotify Early and Has Never Sold a Share
“I invested in Spotify a long time ago. I've never sold a share. You know, I'm a long, I'm a full believer.”
Braun's TQ Ventures Has $1B AUM and Closed a $500M Fund III
“We started about five, six years ago. We have, we're, you know, over a billion in men under management. We just closed our third fund and we were very fortunate because we have our third fund is a five hundred million dollar fund and we've only deployed, I thi…”
Braun: Ashton Kutcher Quickly Eases Founder Nervousness in Pitch Meetings
“So while they might come in nervous because they're in front of the superstar Ashton Kutcher, I argue that he is so down to earth and good at what he does that he can fix that very, very quickly and bring the best out of people because he brings the best out o…”
Braun: Leaders Should Spend One Week Annually on Phone-Free Self-Work
“Once a year, take a week off, no phone, no emails, and do a week of self-work.”
Braun: Having Children Dramatically Increases Personal and Work Efficiency
“What do you realize when you have kids is how incredibly efficient you become. So you're without kids, you've, your brain just finds ways to get busy and things that you were like, oh, I have to deal with this. When you have kids, you're like, no, I have to ge…”
Braun: Accountability Is Key to Raising Grounded Children in Wealthy Families
“Accountability is the number one common denominator I find between kids who I would think are salt of the earth kids. Their family raised them with this accountability, took time one-on-one to really speak to them about accountability.”
David Geffen Advised Braun to Cut Out People Who Report Gossip
“If you have people calling you saying, oh, you need to know this person's talking shit about you. You should probably remove those people from your life too, because half the time they're talking about someone who you don't even see anymore, or they're barely …”
The other half of the tape: Scooter Braun's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 3 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →
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- 20VC: The Science of Storytelling: Three Steps to Master the Perfect Story | From Near Death Experience to Unicorn Startup: The Untold Story of Omaze with Matt Pohlson
- Jonathan Ross, Founder & CEO @ Groq: NVIDIA vs Groq - The Future of Training vs Inference | E1260 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Shervin Pishevar: What Really Happened in the Firing of Travis Kalanick | E1245 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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| 20VCLEDGER | General Partner, TQ Ventures | 1 | 32 | 57% 4/7 | full record on 20VC → |