Aileen Lee
7 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 17, 2021 by Jason Lemkin · said 9 times in 6 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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2024 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Aileen Lee, oldest first
Nov 17, 2021 positive
Sep 15, 2022 negative
Lee: VC Board Member Withheld Tough Feedback to Protect LP Fundraise
“I called the board member, and I was like, hey, what's your feeling about how this, like, what kind of coaching are you giving the team about how things are going? It feels like things are off, and we are not doing the things we should be doing. And he was lik…”
Sep 15, 2022 bearish
Lee: Seed founders pitch $6M rounds but quickly reduce asks to $3M
“Right now we're seeing a lot of seed extensions. We're seeing a lot of seed founders who are sending us decks that have a six million dollar seed raise in them. And I'll email the founder and be like, Hey, this looks really interesting. Are you still thinking …”
Sep 15, 2022
Lee: Self-serve PLG startups can afford longer pre-revenue development than sales-led
“If you don't, if you can have self-serve and you don't have to spend any money on AEs or customer acquisition, then you can spend a lot of time building the product and then it'll fly off the shelves. If you have a product that has to be sold, it's a lot harde…”
Sep 15, 2022 bearish
Lee: VCs are privately stressed over portfolio companies with unsustainable valuations
“A lot of people are sitting on super overvalued investments. And depending on what price they paid and what's in their portfolio, they are super stressed out right now because they don't see a path for their portfolio companies or a chunk of their portfolio co…”
Sep 15, 2022