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20VC Assertion Partly supported
Levels publicly posts all investor updates and all-hands meetings
“We post all of our investor updates publicly online. All of our team, all hands are publicly posted online.”
Sam Corcos Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 15:13 Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Supported
Corcos: Child stranger abductions are as rare as lightning strikes
“Say if you have a child, the odds that your child is kidnapped by a stranger Is about the same as them getting struck by lightning.”
Sam Corcos Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 5:46 Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Levels eliminated corporate titles beyond basic functional roles
“We've done away with titles beyond just, yeah, beyond just functional definitions.”
Sam Corcos Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 14:45 Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Supported
Corcos: Levels has 25% retention, which is insufficient long-term
“I mean, churn is still very high. It's like 25%. We have 25% retention, which is not what it needs to be for this to work in the long term.”
Sam Corcos Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 26:37 Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Partly supported
Corcos: Roughly 80% of Couples Report Worse Marriages After Having Kids
“Something in the range of 80% of people say that their marriage is worse after having kids.”
Sam Corcos Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 1:02:53 Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Assertion Supported
Corcos: Sequoia's Vernal and Andreessen's Jordan Read Every Pre-Meeting Document
“The people who were most engaged was Mike Vernal at Sequoia and Jeff Jordan and Andreessen. They read every document. Jeff actually even fixed some typos like deep in like a 50 page document.”
Sam Corcos Dec 11, 2023 ▶ 42:45 Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
FOUNDER'S JOURNAL Assertion Supported
Corcos: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang manages roughly 40 direct reports
“He has something like 40 direct reports, which is crazy, but he does it in such a way that it's not super burdensome, and the intent behind it, from what I understand, is that the closer you get to the ultimate decision maker, the faster decisions get made.”
Sam Corcos Nov 1, 2023 ▶ 15:33 How Should You Spend Time As A CEO/Founder?
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