Kevin Ryan
33 statements across 5 episodes · 10 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2023 by Kevin Ryan · said 15 times in 5 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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2025 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 4 mentions in 1 episode
2023 8 mentions in 2 episodes 4 per episode
Everything said about Kevin Ryan, oldest first
Sep 14, 2023 positive
Sep 14, 2023 bearish
Core consumer problems in e-commerce have already been solved
“So one of the reasons I do almost nothing in e-commerce these days is because I don't see the problem. We solved, the industry solved the problem. Meaning if you name anything on the planet earth, just about, you know, you can find a site. They'll have 10,000 …”
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 positive
Sep 14, 2023 negative
Ryan: Founders cannot successfully be CEO of multiple companies simultaneously
“You know, you can't truly be CEO of multiple companies, but you can be chairman of multiple companies, but you got to start with one. And if you try and do two or three at the same time on your own, it's not going to work.”
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 negative
Kevin Ryan seriously considered running for Mayor of New York City
“I did Think about running for mayor, you know, eight years ago. I've been very involved in politics in many ways representing tech community and in every dimension. All my life, I thought I would want to, that'd be the one other thing I'd want to do. And then …”
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023
Kevin Ryan invests 90% of his net worth in private companies
“All in on private companies. So probably 90% of my net worth is just in my own farm in, in investing in various companies and things. I have a li, I have some in, in some VC and private equity firms, you know, as an LP. You know, and I do have some real estate…”
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 bullish
Sep 14, 2023
Kevin Ryan: Emotional Detachment from Board Chairs Is Essential for M&A and Strategy
“I think it's important to not get too emotional about any one company. And that's one of the things I can bring to the table. When you're CEO, you're just so close to it. You're in the forest. I can step back a little bit and sometimes say, look, you know, thi…”
Sep 14, 2023
Ryan: Founders must act as coaches recruiting top talent, not players
“You got to think of yourself as you are the coach. You are not the player. And if you're a coach and if you manage to persuade, you know, LeBron James and Kevin Garnett and a bunch of people on your team, your team's going to do well. That's actually the job.”
Sep 14, 2023 neutral
Sep 14, 2023 bullish
Rising labor costs will drive inevitable business automation
“The cost of labor is going to just keep going up. And so, you know, waiters were paid 15 dollars an hour. Now it's 20 to 25 dollars an hour in New York. Unless we change immigration or something fundamentally changes, that could be 30 dollars an hour. So you k…”
Sep 14, 2023 neutral
Infrastructure software like MongoDB requires up to $100M and cannot be bootstrapped
“Like Mongo, you got to take years to build a good enough product, and there's no way to bootstrap that. You know, it takes 20, 50, you know, there's a hundred million dollars generally for those types of companies to get there.”
Sep 14, 2023 bullish
AlleyCorp backed a robotic massage startup to fill a 17,000-therapist shortage
“We're an investor in a company that gives robotic massages. There's 17,000 open positions for massage therapists in this country. And so, you know, there's hotels that just can't offer massages because they don't have the people.”
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 neutral
Sep 14, 2023 negative
Sep 14, 2023
AlleyCorp operates an in-house 70-engineer firm and executive search agency
“I have 70 engineers who work for me. I have my own in-house outsourced engineering company, which helps us build product now very quickly, which we've had the last three years. I own a big chunk of a search firm, a 10 person executive search firm that we set u…”
Sep 14, 2023
AlleyCorp operates as a single-LP fund where all employees receive carry
“I'm purely just investing my own money, but I have all infrastructure and a whole firm that does that. So it's like, it has historically been a single LP fund. Everyone has carry. It's no different than you and Square Ventures or Thrive or anything else. Just …”
Sep 14, 2023 neutral
Sep 14, 2023 positive
Six months and 100 interviews unlocks viable startup ideas in any industry
“I'm a bigger and bigger believer now of industry focus. You know, it's a, you know, you and I are not going to think of something that applies to the chemical industry right now. But if that's all you did for six months and interviewed a hundred people, you'd …”
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 bullish
Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023
Dec 18, 2023 neutral
Aug 7, 2024 positive
Aug 7, 2024 positive
May 30, 2025 positive
Sam Parr: Ideas Matter Incredibly for Founders Who Have Mastered Execution
“I think that for a lot of people just starting out, ideas are unimportant, because it's just like, dude, just get into something and you'll figure it out. But I think that if you have a proven track record of like, I execute, so execution, or going forward is …”