Byron Deeter
8 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 17, 2026 by Byron Deeter · across every show →
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Apr 17, 2026 negative
Apr 17, 2026
Deeter: VCs should follow a 'do no harm' rule on boards
“Hippocratic Oath of Venture, do no harm, like stay the hell out of the way when things are working. And send them customers, send them candidates, but like get out of the road if they're executing well and going don't try to give product input, you know, out o…”
Apr 17, 2026
Deeter: VCs shouldn't try to turn mediocre startups into great ones
“Don't try to be the operator. And that manifests itself in a few ways, but one of them from the investing side is don't find things that are doing okay and going to fix them so that you go from, you know, good to great. Go find the teams in the business that's…”
Apr 17, 2026 bearish
Deeter: Capital is leaving non-AI legacy cloud companies for AI natives
“We are seeing that separation where gen gen one cloud companies who are not adopting are getting pounded and that capital is leaving that category and going over to the AI natives who The bet is they're gonna be the disruptors.”
Apr 17, 2026 bullish
Apr 17, 2026
Apr 17, 2026 positive
Deeter: Startups should target the hardest customers as early design partners
“It's somewhat counterintuitive, but you actually want to seek out the hardest, smartest customers and have them beat the crap Eddie. Because Others will follow their peers in the industry, know how good they are and learn from them. So take on the hard first a…”
Apr 17, 2026
Deeter: Replacing founder CEOs is destabilizing because founder insight is irreplaceable
“I think that the founder product insight is irreplaceable. And so much of these businesses today are product led that we want to back founders who are unique and differentiated there. And we want them bought in for the journey. And tapping out and hiring a rep…”