Peter Fenton
11 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 18, 2016 by Peter Fenton · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016 bearish
Mar 18, 2016 positive
Mar 18, 2016 negative
Mar 18, 2016 negative
Open source licenses cannot protect startups from Amazon's cloud competition
“Unless there's something proprietary in the open source, which by definition it's sort of already out there and open I think it's very difficult for a license to protect you from Amazon coming up with good enough in a competing service.”
Mar 18, 2016 positive
The tech ecosystem is entering a cycle with less promotional BS
“I think we're moving into a cycle where it's gonna be refreshingly you know, I don't wanna say the promoters are gone, it's sort of the nature of industry, but it'll be a lot, there'll be a lot less of that kind of BS, and I think it'll make the whole ecosyste…”
Mar 18, 2016 bearish
Mar 18, 2016
Investors should follow top founders rather than set sector theses
“We had to actually follow, in many ways, follow the instincts of the best people of their generation, because they're chasing the things that have the highest rate of change, that are at the intersection of a collision of different sectors and segments”
Mar 18, 2016 positive
Mar 18, 2016
Nov 16, 2021 positive
Katz names Mike Volpe and Peter Fenton top open-source VCs
“And I believe, and there's a lot of very smart people that are deploying capital in this category, specifically open source and infrastructure, but my belief, and I'm biased obviously, is that they are the top two or, you know, two of the top five, let's say.”