founders
also referred to as: founder
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 25, 2024 by Brad Gerstner · across every show →
Everything said about founders, oldest first
Jan 25, 2024 negative
Oct 31, 2024 bearish
Ball: Raising $100M too early eliminates moderate exit outcomes for founders
“There are companies that could be sold for a 102 hundred million dollars that results in life-changing outcomes for founders and early employees. If you raised a hundred million dollars too early, that exit path is no longer on the table. You can't sell the bu…”
Oct 31, 2024 negative
Ball: Mega-funds incentivize VCs to prioritize deploying capital over founder success
“And so now there's a path where investors, GPs get rich, where the outcome of the founders and their companies is irrelevant. Not to say they are aligned in opposite directions, but they're no longer aligned. And now, as a rational actor, you could say, why no…”