venture capital
also referred to as: vc · vcs
5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 15, 2023 by Alex Patis · across every show →
Everything said about venture capital, oldest first
Nov 15, 2023 neutral
VCs ignore small-check angels until they source a funded deal
“Most VCs that I meet aren't going to give a shit about me, right? They, like, my check is small. I'm insignificant to them. But if you're able to share high quality deals or you actually source a deal that they end up doing, you'll see the relationship change …”
Nov 15, 2023
Patis sources venture syndicate deals through five primary channels
“Really there's Five different ways that we typically source deals and access founders. The first is co-syndicating with other syndicate leads like myself, right? A lot of times there will be other syndicates that maybe have a larger allocation than they can fi…”
Nov 15, 2023
Patis shared 20 deals before VCs reciprocated with their own flow
“You know, I've got examples of VCs that I probably sent 10, 20 deals to, and it wasn't until the 20th or so that they actually ended up participating in that round. And now, like some of these folks who I spent, you know, a couple years sharing deals with, I'm…”
May 31, 2025 negative
John Rush: VC models reward headcount growth while bootstrapping requires minimizing it
“In the VC world, you have many people working for you, and you want to grow the headcount as much as possible because that increases your valuation. And in the bootstrap world, you want to cut The head count as much as possible.”