Nikhil Kapur
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 10, 2020 by Nikhil Kapur · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Aug 10, 2020 positive
Kapur: STRIVE rejects traditional venture hierarchies for 'full-stack' individual investors
“What we've done is we've sort of twisted that model and we've created internally what I call full stack VCs. So we go sort of play the role, each one of us, all the way from a partner to an analyst to even like administration of the fund. Completely full stack…”
Aug 10, 2020 neutral
Aug 10, 2020 positive
Kapur: Modern software go-to-market strategies require building strong user communities
“I realized that the power these days, or the right sort of GTM these days, is mostly built on the lines of a community. And pretty much every company in the market has to now go and build a very strong community along sort of the core set of users, who become …”
Aug 10, 2020
Kapur: Startups only truly validate market demand after crossing $1M ARR
“Only once you've crossed a million ARR, like, that's when you really know that you're on to something, right? And I think the speed at which a company crosses that million dollar line from zero to one that also gives us an indication of, like, how solid is thi…”
Aug 10, 2020
Kapur: I halve my time with portfolio founders after $1M ARR
“Once they're beyond a million, I think I reduce my time spent with the company. Not saying that it goes down to zero, but it definitely goes down to, let's say, half of what I was probably doing earlier. And then, you know, I make sure that, you know, I'm touc…”
Aug 10, 2020 positive
Kapur: A startup's true moat is its go-to-market engine, not product
“Most of the people, they think, you know, my product is my mode, my data is my mode. Actually, if, and this is something that A-sixteen Z wrote about also recently, that your mode is your GTM. Your mode is like the channels that you build, the sort of capabili…”
Aug 10, 2020 positive
Kapur: SaaS startups must rely on founder-led sales until $1M ARR
“Initially, till that first, maybe even a million dollars, right? Like, it should all be done by the founders. And if the founders themselves don't have the skill set to do it, then either they should learn it, or they should bring another founder, co-founder o…”
Aug 10, 2020
Kapur: VCs must build software themselves to truly evaluate developer tools
“Only when you actually build something yourself, you realize sort of the nuances of technology, and, you know, code bases, and stacks, and technical stacks, and hence you're able to see, like, where a particular solution fits in.”