software

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2020 by Stewart Butterfield · across every show →

Everything said about software, oldest first

Jan 30, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Slack's biggest challenge is creating a brand-new software category
“I think we still face that as a major challenge for Slack, because it's like a brand new category of software that doesn't really replace anything specific that you were using before.”
Stewart Butterfield Jan 30, 2020 ▶ 12:10 Live From The HIBT Summit: Stewart Butterfield
May 16, 2020
Insight
Lütke: The pandemic pulled 2030 forward, leaving society with 2020-quality software
“Like, we brought 20, 3010 years forward. So that also means we all are in 2030 right now, with circa 20 20 quality software.”
Tobias Lütke May 16, 2020 ▶ 11:12 How I Built Resilience: Live with Tobias Lütke and Jon Stein
Jul 18, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Foley: Hardware is not inherently harder to build than software
“I would say hardware isn't hard. I Tom Cortese, my co-founder who runs product development and is our product visionary I try to pin him on what's harder, software or hardware, and he'll go back and forth on different months and oftentimes he'll say software i…”
John Foley Jul 18, 2020 ▶ 12:00 How I Built Resilience: Live with John Foley
Jul 18, 2020 bearish
Insight
Foley: Investors avoid hardware because logistics limit scaling speed
“The problem with hardware is that investors are nervous about it. Investors shy from things that require hardware because then you have to have logistics and you have to have manufacturing and you have to figure out how you're going to sell these things and it…”
John Foley Jul 18, 2020 ▶ 12:20 How I Built Resilience: Live with John Foley
Oct 6, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Patel: 90% of 3,400 Early-Stage Venture Firms Focus Solely on Software
“We did some math on this recently, Guy, and there's about 3400 early stage, or early investing firms. And about 90% focus on software. Leaving only 10 to 20% to fund things that are quite critical to our society. And even in that group, half are not even activ…”
Vijen Patel Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:01:55 Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand
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