Index Ventures
3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2024 by Vlad Loktev · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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Sep 1, 2024
Founder spikes and complementary hiring drive Loktev's venture investing evaluations
“So even now, like as an investor, when I look for, when I talk to founders, the first question, like in my head is like, what is this founder spike on? And how is that spike relevant to the problem that they're tackling today? And how well does this founder hi…”
Sep 1, 2024 negative
Product leaders with heavy outside engagements are major hiring red flags
“When I was actually hiring product leaders and there's some product leaders would do Lots of different engagements outside of the company, whether it's investing, advising, speaking, attending conference, all those things. And they were huge red flags to me be…”
Sep 1, 2024
Only two to three of a startup's first ten employees reach 1,000 headcount
“When you look at many, many companies that reached a thousand people and were successful, when you look back to the first 10 employees, you realize that only two to three of those 10 first employees stayed with the company when the company reached a thousand p…”