investor

also referred to as: investors

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Aug 6, 2021 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

Everything said about investor, oldest first

Aug 6, 2021 negative
Insight
Chamath Palihapitiya: Investor FOMO turns smart VCs into foolish decision-makers
“The problem is there's this momentum thing that happens among investors, as Friedberg said, where the FOMO kicks in, and some of the smartest people become some of the dumbest fucking people.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 6, 2021 ▶ 49:05 E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay & more
May 29, 2022
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Hefets: Founders should never rely on investors to build their company
“First of all, I don't think you rely on investors ever. No, I don't mean that offensively. I think that some investors are great, but no one's building this company with you. I am building this company. With my employees, but ain't nobody else there with me.”
Adena Hefets May 29, 2022 ▶ 28:14 #AIS: Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets breaks down the state of the US housing market
Dec 3, 2022
Insight
Sacks: VCs' search for 100x outcomes makes them predictable targets
“Investors tend to fall for this, not because investors are dumb, But because investors are so clear about what they're looking for and what they want. They're predictable. Yeah. Like we're, you know, VCs, especially we're looking for the hundred X outcome or w…”
David Sacks Dec 3, 2022 ▶ 5:23 E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
Jan 27, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Investors can profit over 10 years funding longevity biotech trials
“You can make money as an investor over the next 10 years in finding the right teams that are going to have the highest likelihood of progressing clinical trials in this space.”
David Friedberg Jan 27, 2023 ▶ 1:30:44 E113: DOJ tries to break up Google, vaccine questions, Ukraine escalation & more
Sep 26, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Laffont: VC distributions to LPs are near all-time lows
“The distributions from VCs back to their investors are essentially at all time lows. Almost back to financial kind of crisis levels.”
Thomas Laffont Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 5:19 Thomas Laffont | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 12, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Investors will demand huge discount on Anthropic IPO over liability
“And I'll tell you what they'll do. They'll demand an enormous discount. And the reason they'll ask for an enormous discount is the other part of what Sachs and Freebrook said, which is it creates massive long tail product liability risk because you're effectiv…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 12, 2026 ▶ 48:38 AI Kills Everybody or Doomer Psyop? OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough, Nike’s $200B Collapse
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