Ali Hamed
16 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 19, 2018 by Ali Hamed · said 34 times in 3 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 19, 2018 positive
Hamed: Reading a candidate's favorite book reveals their character and aspirations
“So now I've taken the practice of when we hire people or when we're even investing in a company, I try to read their favorite book. And the reason is people's favorite protagonists from a book is often someone they either aspire to be like or empathize with. A…”
Feb 19, 2018 positive
Hamed: Top VC firms will win deals by accepting lower net returns
“But I do think in 10 to 15 to 20 years, that's where the market will evolve. And if you're one of these firms with a really established LP base, you've produced strong returns consistently for a long time, you will be able to produce less good returns than oth…”
Feb 19, 2018 bearish
Hamed: Proprietary networks in crypto fund management will become commoditized
“You know, I think there was this early wave of managers who said, I was really early in crypto, so I know all the people who matter. That'll become really commoditized. There just aren't that many people who matter in crypto. It's actually really easy to get t…”
Jan 31, 2022 positive
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022 neutral
Jan 31, 2022 bullish
Hamed: Amazon rollups can secure 85% to 95% debt advance rates
“In Amazon, as mentioned, it's the opposite. You can finance them at 90, 95, 85% advance rates. One, because you don't care about the alignment anymore. You're their whole facility. You're the only financier. So if they screw up that facility, they're toast. Th…”
Jan 31, 2022 neutral
Hamed: Crossbeam maintains a tiered coverage list of 211 VC firms
“We actually have a list of 211 VCs. That we cover. We have coverage groups. So we have certain VCs who are high fidelity VCs, and we are in touch with them four times a year. We have lower fidelity VCs that we're in touch with one to two times a year.”
Jan 31, 2022 neutral
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022 positive
Hamed: Nine Crossbeam Fund I startups exceed $20M revenue and are profitable
“In the first fund we did at AcrossBeam, nine of the 25 companies we backed are over twenty million dollars of revenue run rate and profitable, which is just insane for venture capital, but it's because these financings often allow these companies to be super e…”
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022 negative
Jan 31, 2022