John Kim

7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 14, 2026 by John Kim · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jul 14, 2026
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Kim: Fundraising power is track record plus differentiation divided by complexity
“This is your track record plus your differentiation, and you divide all that by the complexity of your story.”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 17:10 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026 neutral
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Kim: Investment committees never make contrarian bets by default
“I have never seen a committee, a consensus decision-making process, make a contrarian bet, unless the group is designed to make contrarian bets.”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 12:38 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026
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Kim: Identifying a prospect's perceived victimization enables heroic pitch positioning
“In a sales pitch, when, if you already know that this person is feeling victimized or feeling something somehow, some ways happening to them, if you can find out what that is, it is very easy then to craft a story that allows you to alleviate that pain. And if…”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 27:30 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026 positive
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Kim: Fundraising is a way of life, not mere persuasion
“Fundraising isn't just a idea of persuasion. It's actually a way of life, that, that the actual interacting with people through the lens of them as the center of your conversation is a way of life, and that way of life requires a certain Level of responsibilit…”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 0:51 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026 neutral
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Kim: Scaling VC funds must accept losing early contrarian LPs
“You have to have the courage, then, To lose the people who actually were the people who invest with you because you were contrarian. In other words, you have to have the courage to get past the innovator's dilemma. And so, if there's a set of folks, high net w…”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 13:59 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026
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Kim: Logic creates belief, but closing capital requires emotional trust
“So many people do such a good job of using logos or logic to actually get somebody to a yes. And they still say no, because it's the difference between belief and trust.”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 2:18 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
Jul 14, 2026
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Kim: Logic is the output of a sales pitch, not the input
“So the first mistake that everybody makes is that they think that the logic Is where you're winning it. The logic actually is an output of a successful sales pitch, not the input.”
John Kim Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 35:42 How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like The Best
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