Dan Siroker
18 statements across 2 episodes · 12 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 8, 2023 by Dan Siroker · across every show →
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Nov 8, 2023
Siroker: Investors Want Founders to Follow Instincts, Not Blindly Obey Advice
“They actually wouldn't want me to just blindly follow their point of view. They want to be heard. They want to know that their point of view matters, that I'm hearing it, but more than anything, they want to make sure that I'm following my gut. I'm making the …”
Nov 8, 2023 negative
Siroker: Pre-PMF founders waste time coding instead of talking to users
“They can convince themselves that they're actually meaningfully moving toward product market fit by just sitting in the room and coding all day. Most of the time, that time is wasted. You know, it's not getting you any closer to the insights you need to buildi…”
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Siroker: Founders get better buy-in by sharing early, unpolished ideas
“Actually soliciting that input early in the process is way better than sort of coming down from Mount Sinai with these golden tablets of like, this is what we're going to do. Because both your own psychology is going to be a hindrance. And the people that just…”
Nov 8, 2023 neutral
Siroker: Most Founder Effort Is Wasted; Success Relies on Getting 2-3 Things Right
“If I look back at the things that I did at Optimizely, my last company, the vast majority of my time and effort was wasted. What really mattered was like getting two or three things right. That ultimately led to our success.”
Nov 8, 2023 positive
Siroker: Writing launch demo scripts before building forces founders to de-scope
“If you're forced to write that demo script before you start building, it makes you think about the use cases, the demos or that, that, that would demo nicely. And I think that clarifies, that focuses you back to the main thing. It focuses you on what actually …”
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Siroker: Bootstrapped founders succeed because they must talk directly to users
“Again, a good reason why bootstrap founders probably are successful is they're not surrounded by these people. You know, you end up just, you're forced to talk to users because you probably haven't hired that customer support person, and you hear the pain from…”
Nov 29, 2023 positive
Siroker: Public fundraising reveals true market price and best matches
“And I think that's really the value of being more public in your fundraise, It helps you cast a wider net, which then you ultimately find the perfect match, the perfect marriage, and you end up, I think really getting a sense for your market prices. That's the…”
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Siroker: Fear of copycats from public fundraising is overblown
“You know, it's true that since we did raise in public and we were successful, we've had some imitators and some copycats, but none of them really have affected us. You know, it was a little bit of like, oh, should I have Been so public about our success when I…”
Nov 29, 2023 positive