Ankur Nagpal
16 statements across 3 episodes · 10 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 21, 2023 by Alex Lieberman · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Feb 21, 2023 positive
Lieberman: Ankur Nagpal validated Ocho Wealth using an intro-offer tweet thread
“And the way he got validation for this business is he posted a tweet thread about a friend's business that does solo for one case. And he described what the solo for one K is. And then in his CTA, he said, if you want an intro to my friend, let me know. His fr…”
Nov 15, 2023 neutral
Nagpal: Founders should wait until Series A or B to stack QSBS
“Then you don't have to think about this, I would say, till maybe year three. I find, ideally, like, between your series A and B, it might be worth thinking about how to multiply QSBS if you were to get there. Any before, and it's too soon, because honestly, li…”
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Nagpal used family and charitable remainder trusts to multiply QSBS limits
“I set up two trusts. I set up a trust for the benefit of my future children and family, and I made a gift of my shares to the trust, and as a result, that trust got its own ten million dollar limit, and then I set up another trust, which is called a charitable…”
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Nagpal: Founders should optimize fundraising for medium-case outcomes, not high valuations
“It's what he said is it's best to optimize for the medium case scenario where things don't go absurdly well, but they also don't go poorly. So to ensure that you're protected, because if you do the opposite, right, where you just raise money at a super high va…”
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Nagpal: Founders should always take secondary liquidity if employees get equal access
“I think you can always, always, always take a secondary if someone offers it to you with the caveat that you make the exact same offer to the rest of your team. I think that's a really important rule, but otherwise, I know a lot of investors are like, oh, you …”
Nov 15, 2023 negative
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Nagpal: Founders should pay themselves enough to remove daily financial stress
“The goal should be to pay yourself enough that you're not worried about day to day expenses. You're not compromising your quality of life meaningfully yet. You're not getting rich off it. You're not, you know, like materially like saving a ton on it. And what …”
Dec 15, 2023 bullish
Nagpal: Premium startup domains yield high ROI by establishing instant credibility
“I do think it's quite high ROI because you can spend tens of thousands of dollars, which is honestly not that much compounded over the lifetime of a startup if you raise money. And it buys you instant credibility because when you're a brand new company, credib…”
Dec 15, 2023 positive
Dec 15, 2023 neutral
Dec 15, 2023 negative
Nagpal: Candidates weighing an early startup against Facebook are poor fits
“Like, if there's an executive who is seriously weighing us versus Facebook, it's likely not a good fit. Like, we're not going to be able to pay anywhere near as much. We're, like, they're just not in the stage where they want what a startup has to offer.”
Dec 15, 2023 negative
Nagpal: Saying yes to every customer created severe tech debt at Teachable
“So at Teachable, we ended up building the most bloated product in the world because I never knew how to say no to a customer. It was, if a customer came in with an esoteric requirement for something they needed, we'd build it, and then we'd figure it out. And …”
Dec 15, 2023 neutral
Dec 15, 2023 positive
Nagpal says he spends his day answering Carry customer support tickets
“If you want to reach an email right now, you would struggle unless you emailed support at carry money.com. I see that. I see that all day and I'm replying to those tickets all the time, right? That is the, I use that email inbox more than anything.”