Emmett Shear
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 18, 2022 by Emmett Shear · said 7 times in 2 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2025 2 mentions in 1 episode
2022 5 mentions in 1 episode
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Jul 18, 2022 neutral
Jul 18, 2022 neutral
Jul 18, 2022 positive
Shear: Persistent founders in Silicon Valley eventually find luck and success
“I've now been around the valley for 15 years, and I came here with a bunch of people who started making companies, and I don't know anyone who persisted and tried again and then tried a new thing and then tried again Who hasn't had some level of success. Event…”
Jul 18, 2022 positive
Shear: Early-stage angel investors should back strong teams with bad ideas
“In the beginning, the investable asset is not the idea and it's not the execution and it's not the research or whatever. The investable asset is the founders. And you're much better off investing in a good team that has no idea what they're doing or there was …”
Jul 18, 2022
Shear: Great founders neither rebel nor acquiesce when challenged
“I think what YC is looking for is people who can communicate clearly, but most of all, people who, when they're challenged, they neither rebel nor acquiesce. And I think that's a, that's one of the most important traits in startup founders, actually.”
Jul 18, 2022
Jul 18, 2022 positive
Shear: Justin.tv succeeded because the founders built for their own streamer needs
“I think Justin TV worked to some degree because our actual customer was the streamer. And because we were trying to build something that worked for us as a streamer we built something that actually worked because we deeply understood the needs of our customers…”
Jul 18, 2022 positive
Shear: College offers unmatched intellectual capital access at the lowest opportunity cost
“He looked around in college and he said specifically, not that we should start a company, but we have better access to intellectual capital today than we ever will in the future at a lower opportunity cost. And so we should take advantage of that, which means …”