Shabih "Shabby" Rizvi
Co-Founder, Cymbal. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Shabih Rizvi is a venture investor and entrepreneur who co-founded Cymbal. He previously served as a Partner at Kleiner Perkins and was a Founding Partner at Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund, before joining Facebook's New Product Experimentation team.
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Everything Shabih "Shabby" Rizvi said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Rocket ship startups face continuous unsolicited investment offers
“Once you sort of hit this special rocket ship status, I would say there's always suitors waiting to come and invest in your company, which of course can be somewhat jarring sometimes for the founders, because many of them want nothing but to build their compan…”
Saying no graciously is the most important and difficult part of VC
“I think it's actually the hardest part of the job, because ultimately, as we touched on before, this is a services industry, and when founders come and pitch us, they're sharing their life vision, life dream. They've probably spent countless hours Ridiculous s…”
Unclear founder backgrounds or motivations trigger quick rejections at Gradient Ventures
“If they can't explain those two things relatively quickly, if that's not clear in a slide or in an email, then I would say it can be usually be a quick no, but a very polite no.”
Top founders deeply study past failures in their startup category
“I found that the best founders that are going after some of these categories, or maybe there have been companies that haven't worked up, have actually made an effort to connect with either people on those teams, or try and understand the story intimately well,…”
Regional startup valuation disparities are set by local investor norms
“Yeah, I think it does vary by region, and I think a lot of that is a byproduct of the micro or the ecosystem on the capital side within those regions. So investors within a region really, I think, are setting the price for what may be the norm there, and so we…”
John Doerr combines humility with incisive boardroom problem-solving
“And it was one of the remarkable things about John is just, he lights up a room when he walks in and he's got this incredibly humble personality, but he can really quickly get to the core of a problem or an issue and very quickly start to ask the questions tha…”
Snapchat had only 13 employees when Shabih Rizvi first met them
“So I remember when I first met the Snapchat team, it was only about 13 people at the time.”
Rizvi met Honey co-founder George Ruan through a cold lawyer introduction
“So a couple of years ago, got an introduction through actually a lawyer just out of the blue, got an intro to a founder that was going to be in town from Los Angeles and a little bit of a primer on the company. And I was intrigued. So I responded and ultimatel…”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Shabih's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
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 20VCLEDGER | Co-Founder, Cymbal | 1 | 9 | — | full record on 20VC → |