founders
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Feb 20, 2020 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →
Everything said about founders, oldest first
Feb 20, 2020
Horowitz: Founders who lie in pitches also lie to employees
“If you have a founder who's, like, say, telling you, like, some pretty aggressive, not true things in the pitch, then, you know, that's gonna be a tricky founder to work for, because it's very rare to have a person who, you know, lies only to investors and not…”
Mar 13, 2024
Repeat founders with scar tissue and muscle memory possess superior DNA
“A founder that's gone through the full motions and develop this really interesting blend of muscle memory and scar tissue that will kind of take them into their next business, knowing Where to flex and lean into what they're strong at, but also knowing where t…”
Apr 26, 2024 positive
FirstMark favors AI application founders with direct model-level technical skills
“We certainly gravitate towards companies where founders can do both, but certainly have the technical chops for going directly into the model and doing, you know, fine tuning rag, customizing with the data, like all sorts of different things one can do at the …”