Scott Kupor

11 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 2, 2019 by Scott Kupor · across every show →

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Sep 2, 2019

Assertion Supported

The US Has Over 800 Seed Venture Capital Firms

“The last number I saw was even more than I expected. Something like 800 Seed firms now in the U.S., which means funds that are probably a hundred million dollars in AUM or less”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 42:18 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 positive

Insight

Building Professional Relationships Yields More Career Success Than Perfect Individual Work

“I think we often think about individual achievement as the pinnacle of career success, and I think the reality is look like more career success comes from getting an A on your job, but maybe the difference between an A plus or an A plus plus is actually not wo…”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:05:15 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019

Insight

Grade Inflation Shifted Historic Series A Rounds Into Seed Rounds

“What used to be an A round is now a seed round, and what used to be a B round is now an A, and so essentially the round sizes have gotten bigger. So an A round, and I'm using air quotes here, but in the old days, right, an A round was three to five million dol…”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 43:22 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 neutral

Insight

Mega-Rounds Transfer Asset Appreciation From Public to Private Markets

“I think really most of this is really just a wealth transfer of appreciation from the public markets into the private markets, and many of these people have lower costs of capital, right?”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 46:54 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 positive

Insight

Founder Velocity and Execution Pace Best Predict Startup Success

“The best predictor of future success is do you actually meet the milestones and deliver on the things that you said you were going to do, and obviously there are some people who are very successful who struggle at the outset, but having that relationship over …”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 28:18 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 positive

Insight

Founders Should Pitch 'Conquer-The-World' Ambition Over Downside Risk Mitigation

“The reality is, we achieve diversification through our portfolio. I don't need an individual entrepreneur to achieve diversification for us. It's great to know that there's somebody out there who might buy it, but, like, none of us is playing for that outcome,…”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 1:03:26 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 positive

Insight

a16z Evaluates Founders Above Products Because Early Products Unavoidably Change

“At the early stage, it's really much more heavily geared towards entrepreneur. The reason for that, I think, is that we know that the product's gonna change, right?”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 26:05 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 negative

Opinion

Companies Staying Private Longer Actively Hurts the United States

“I think it's a bad trend for our country. Selfishly, it's very good for people who are investors in or who have access to private capital because I think more and more of that appreciation will accrue there, but it's not a good thing for our country.”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 48:18 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019

Assertion Supported

Median Time From Founding to IPO Has Doubled to 12 Years

“For the last 15 years, it's basically been 10 to 12 years, so we've almost doubled the time to stay private”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 41:13 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 negative

Assertion Supported

US Public Companies Shrank by 50 Percent Over 20 Years

“It's a combination of the number of public companies shrinking by 50% over the last 20 years.”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 48:29 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

Sep 2, 2019 bearish

Insight

Expanding Round Sizes Can Destroy VC Returns Without Market Size Growth

“The disaster case for this industry would be valuations and round sizes grow, but we don't get the commensurate increase in market size, and therefore you basically just have taken that out of your returns.”

Scott Kupor Sep 2, 2019 ▶ 45:08 Scott Kupor - Andreessen Horowitz (First Meeting EP.07)

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