Bill Trenchard
7 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 9, 2021 by Bill Trenchard · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Dec 9, 2021 neutral
Venture capital is commoditized; strong founders choose investors based on value-add
“Capital is a commodity now. Good founders with good ideas are making a decision about who should have their equity based on what value they bring. If they're good, they've got plenty of options for getting where they get the capital. It didn't used to be the c…”
Dec 9, 2021 negative
Hybrid work models are often harder for individual employees than fully remote
“The partially distributed model is actually harder than the fully distributed model for a lot of the individuals, because being the one that's on the TV, on the screen, and having everyone else in a conference room feels very disconnected versus if everyone's …”
Dec 9, 2021 negative
Most Silicon Valley VCs default to cheerleading to protect founder-friendly reputations
“I'd say in the Valley today, there's really two types of investors and most fall in the first bucket. There's the cheerleaders and the people that'll give you the tough love. And I fall in the second bucket for sure. And I think the reason why a lot of people …”
Dec 9, 2021 positive
First Round partners silently score pitches in Airtable before debating disagreements
“When a founder leaves the room, we don't talk. So they come and pitch typically for an hour. We ask questions. It's relatively conversational type of approach when we, when they're pitching the partnership. And then we literally just write for about 15 minutes…”
Dec 9, 2021 neutral
Former operators turning VC often mistakenly evaluate ideas instead of founding teams
“Think about the chef versus the recipe. This is advice I got relatively early on in my career as an investor. Think about the team bet that you're making and whether they can execute this, not how you would execute this idea. A lot of times early on as an inve…”
Dec 9, 2021 neutral
First Round reviewed over 1,000 applications for a public venture partner listing
“We posted publicly and rethought the whole process. We said, we're hiring a new partner. We put out a post. We had a lot of people apply over a thousand people apply for the job. We looked at every single one of them.”