Jim Curry
13 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 16, 2025 by Jim Curry · across every show →
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Jun 16, 2025 positive
Curry: Build Group uses AI to identify bottlenecks in its internal diligence process
“We, we're doing it ourselves. I, we, like every other firm, we're figuring out how to use AI to really work top of the funnel, ingest, extract data move the analysis, but I'm also using it to analyze our investment process. Where are we having gaps? Where is i…”
Jun 16, 2025
Curry: Operating plans and budgets must derive from a concise written strategy
“The number one thing that I think we do, right, that, that really helps companies is we help them define their strategy every year. And I tell them, don't have to do a lot of work on this. It can be a one to five page document, but write your strategy down. Yo…”
Jun 16, 2025
Jun 16, 2025 positive
Curry: Interconnected industries generate more valuable data for software applications
“I do think that the more players you see in an industry, the more those players have to work together, the more you're going to tend to find data. Because when you have partners, you're sharing data which means you probably have applications that are generatin…”
Jun 16, 2025 bullish
Curry: Build Group backed Casetext when consensus viewed legal tech as dead
“One of our bigger successes, we had a company called Case Text which was in the legal space, which, you know, when I invested in that five years ago, I remember everyone saying, What are you doing? Legal tech's kind of a dead hole. And this was even different …”
Jun 16, 2025 neutral
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Jun 16, 2025
Curry: Having a 20-year vision maximizes exit value even for short-term sales
“My big belief is that whether you're intending to sell in two years or 20, you're best served by having a long-term plan and strategy because that, even if you don't deliver on it, having the vision for it will help to create an excellent outcome for you if yo…”
Jun 16, 2025 negative
Curry: VCs evaluating founders on "coachability" is offensive
“I would hear VCs refer to whether founders are coachable or not. I found that kind of offensive because I viewed this as a joint journey in that to me, the question is, are we going to work well together and make each other better through our engagement or not…”
Jun 16, 2025