Farooq Adam
5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 28, 2021 by Farooq Adam · said 8 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Jun 28, 2021 positive
Jun 28, 2021
Adam: Fynd founders retained 16 percent equity following mid-2019 Reliance buyout
“Towards the, First half of 2019, first quarter, first month of 2019, we got a term sheet from then and mid mid 2019, I think August first or July 30th the deal was kind of completed. We still own, own large part of the company, the past founders and employees.…”
Jun 28, 2021
Adam: Angel investors should hold winning startups rather than taking early exits
“Even if you get an exit, right, where do you really deploy that capital? That's really a challenge, right? I mean, if you figure out how to deploy it with that sort of extreme returns, you might just keep it over there because, you know, these guys, companies …”
Jun 28, 2021 positive
Adam: Founders should raise capital whenever offered, not just when needed
“Raise money when you don't really need it, and this has been, you know, one of those hard learnings for us, and this is something I keep telling, my investing companies also. A lot of times when, you know, investor inbounds come in and, you know, founders kind…”
Jun 28, 2021 negative
Adam: Sales-first startup cultures fundamentally fail to attract top engineering talent
“And if the founders you know, people used to do sales before or people who are not anyway, kind of understand how tech products are built. They then build this organization, which are very, you know, sales driven or sales, sales first. Which does not really at…”