startup founder

also referred to as: startup founders

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 8, 2019 by Michael Seibel · across every show →

Everything said about startup founder, oldest first

May 8, 2019 negative
Insight
An 'A' investor provides capital, signs paperwork, and stays quiet
“An A investor gives you money, signs paperwork when you want them to, and shuts the fuck up. That's an A. There's a lot of room below an A. There's not a lot of room above.”
Michael Seibel May 8, 2019 ▶ 8:40 A Decade of Learnings from Y Combinator's CEO Michael Seibel
May 18, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Lemkin: Every Founder Who Shorted My Advisory Shares Failed
“Three of them promised me X shares and gave me less. Ok, they said, I'll give you a 100,000 shares to help us, and I got the paperwork at 70. Ok, does it make, I'm not doing it for the money, but when I saw that, they all failed.”
Jason Lemkin May 18, 2023 ▶ 43:10 VC AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Black Mangroves MD Arnaud Bonzom at SaaStr APAC 2023
Oct 5, 2023 negative
Insight
Seibel: Roughly 70% of startup pitches end without asking for money
“I think that it's on the order of 70%, where the pitch is done, the founder asks if there are any questions, Investor says no. The meeting ends. No money was ever asked for.”
Michael Seibel Oct 5, 2023 ▶ 17:05 How To Perfectly Pitch Your Seed Stage Startup With Y Combinator's Michael Seibel
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