Anand Sanwal

5 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2015 by Anand Sanwal · across every show →

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Sep 14, 2015 neutral
Insight
Selling predictive algorithms requires giving visibility into underlying drivers
“I think if people don't know who you are, and you come out and say, hey, I can predict X, Y, and Z really well with this score it's a really tough sell. So I think, you know, you have to build trust and credibility. You have to give visibility into the drivers…”
Anand Sanwal Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 14:33 Anand Sanwal, CB Insights // What's Next? (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Sep 14, 2015 negative
Insight
Distribution partnerships almost never work for startups
“And then, sort of similar, distribution partnerships sound good, but they almost never work.”
Anand Sanwal Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 15:30 Anand Sanwal, CB Insights // What's Next? (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Sep 14, 2015 neutral
Disclosure
CB Insights stopped licensing third-party data to avoid platform risk
“Now that we've been burned a couple times by some big companies that, you know, made a strategic decision to go in a different direction, we no longer build in other people's sandboxes, right? We're gonna go get the data ourselves”
Anand Sanwal Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 13:18 Anand Sanwal, CB Insights // What's Next? (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Sep 14, 2015 negative
Insight
Sanwal advises B2B data startups against being the low-cost provider
“Do not be the low-cost provider. Like, just do, like, again, I'm going to be very emphatic about these, this advice, but You know, your mileage may vary. We started at some ridiculously low price, like, just don't do that.”
Anand Sanwal Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 12:11 Anand Sanwal, CB Insights // What's Next? (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Sep 14, 2015 negative
Insight
Unfunded corporate partnerships with startups are always a waste of time
“Oh god, yeah so big companies will come to you. If you're a startup here, they'll come to you and say, hey, we don't have any money, but we want to do a partnership, and like, they'll use terms like joint value creation. Like, you should just run fast from the…”
Anand Sanwal Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 15:00 Anand Sanwal, CB Insights // What's Next? (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
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