Scott Nolan

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 14, 2026 by Scott Nolan · across every show →

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Apr 14, 2026 negative
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Nolan: Seeking "value deals" in venture capital is a flawed strategy
“The low competition thing typically would be associated with lower valuations, but I think that's trying to find value deals in venture is dumb idea. It's not the right plan.”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 19:43 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
Apr 14, 2026 neutral
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Nolan: Founders Fund selects specifically for investors, not aspiring entrepreneurs
“Founders Fund recruits for people that want to be investors, that don't want to be entrepreneurs. If they want to be entrepreneurs, they should go be entrepreneurs. And the two roles are extremely different.”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 1:16:49 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
Apr 14, 2026 bullish
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Nolan: Steep Venture Up-Rounds Are Often Underpriced Due to Anchoring
“If you've got a company that was like growing steadily, but then there's a big up round, it's probably the case that that up round is not even enough up. That if it's like a two X up round, maybe it should be a four X up.”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 21:31 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
Apr 14, 2026
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Nolan: Investors falling in love with ideas causes team compromises and failure
“I don't think you want to be in love with an idea. I think that's a risky thing because then you're going to try and find a way to express that by investing. And you're going to maybe make some compromises on the team because you know, this idea is just so goo…”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 22:56 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
Apr 14, 2026 bullish
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Nolan Believed SpaceX Would Own Space Launch at 30 Employees
“I know the incumbents are not going to make an impact, but there's this new company, SpaceX, that is going to ultimately own the entire space launch industry, which I believed even when it was 30 people.”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 2:27 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
Apr 14, 2026
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Nolan: Advanced Nuclear Startups Cite Russian Fuel as Primary Bottleneck
“And then all of them said the exact same thing. We want, you know, we're going to make nuclear affordable. We're going to make it scalable. We're going to take this from huge construction projects to factory built. And yet the one thing that's the hardest is n…”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 26:08 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
Apr 14, 2026 bullish
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Nolan: Non-digital hardware and physical tech was an ignored venture opportunity
“Hey, I think there's a huge set of, you know, physical world companies, hardware companies that could be really valuable, and this could span biotech, computer chips, satellites, like space launch, transportation, infrastructure, almost anything that was not d…”
Scott Nolan Apr 14, 2026 ▶ 5:22 From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem · Invest Like The Best
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