venture capitalist
also referred to as: venture capitalists
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 23, 2025 by Michael Ovitz · across every show →
Everything said about venture capitalist, oldest first
Nov 23, 2025 negative
Ovitz: Rigid VC guardrails are counterproductive when investing in creative talent
“I frankly invest off people, not off all these insane rules that a lot of my friends that are venture capitalists put up, these kind of
guardrails that they won't go outside of. I've never seen a guardrail I don't try to jump. And I think that's the worst thi…”
Dec 7, 2025 negative
VCs rejected Dyson's pitch, preferring to invest in fast food instead
“I went to various venture capitalists, the sort of people who ought to lend to startups, and the kind of response I got was well, you know, it's not a very interesting area. We're investing in restaurants, fast food restaurants at the moment, or we're not lend…”