Andy Dunn

Founder & CEO, Pie · 1 appearance on the record.

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Andy Dunn is the co-founder and former CEO of Bonobos, which was acquired by Walmart in 2017, and an early-stage investor through Red Swan Ventures. He authored the memoir Burn Rate and currently leads the social app Pie.

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The record, in short

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Andy Dunn: Over 80% of retail spend remains in brick-and-mortar stores

“The truth is that 80% plus of retail is still spent in brick and mortar stores.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 32:47 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted

Dunn: Mood disorders affect approximately one in five entrepreneurs

“Three percent of the general population has some form of mood disorder, most commonly bipolar disorder. We think that index is seven to one in entrepreneurs. So we'd be talking about one in five”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 54:17 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

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What they said10 Episodes1

Everything Andy Dunn said on the Startup Ideas Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

What-if

Andy Dunn: Would not raise venture capital if building Bonobos again

“No, I w I wouldn't have done it. If I could go back, I think there's so many Problems with raising money.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 30:00 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Insight

Andy Dunn: DTC brands should scale into wholesale and raise under $20M

“And I feel like that's the new playbook in DTC is get the brand to scale in DTC. Open up wholesale relationships, thoughtfully, strategically, perhaps some brick and mortar, and raise less than twenty million dollars, certainly at the high end.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 39:08 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Insight

Dunn: Corporations are the only viable funding source for mental healthcare

“We know that psychiatrists and therapists are not going to voluntarily reduce their rates. We know they're not going to voluntarily join and affiliate with insurance companies that takes down their after tax. And we know that insurance companies aren't going t…”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 1:00:05 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Insight

Dunn: Realistic Valuations in Downturns Benefit Founders Long-Term

“And by the way, the valuations get more realistic too. And I think that's a good thing for entrepreneurs in the long run, although they don't view it as such in real time.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 42:34 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Assertion Contradicted

Dunn: Mood disorders affect approximately one in five entrepreneurs

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 54:17 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Insight

Dunn: Competing with those who care more signals you are in the wrong lane

“When you're bumping up against people who care about something more than you do, that's just a good sign that you haven't really found your swim lane yet. You should be swimming in a swim lane where you feel like you can go the fastest and you want to go the f…”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 14:19 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Assertion Supported

Andy Dunn: Over 80% of retail spend remains in brick-and-mortar stores

“The truth is that 80% plus of retail is still spent in brick and mortar stores.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 32:47 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Assertion Supported

Dunn: Bonobos Raised First $8M from 100+ Investors During Recession

“And we started Bonobos, right? And right before the great recession. And so, oh, eight, oh, nine, 20, 10. We had to raise our first eight million from a hundred plus investors.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 42:01 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Assertion Partly supported

Dunn: Mental health tech VC funding surged to $5.5B in 2021

“Five years ago, there was like a hundred million of venture capital that went into mental health tech. Last year, I heard that was five and a half billion.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 57:25 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Insight

Andy Dunn: Seeing an Objective Talk Therapist Is the Best Investment

“Just go talk to one person that isn't your boyfriend or mom or coworker. Someone whose sole job is to find a way to get you healthy. And that is the best investment that you can make.”

Andy Dunn Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 1:02:17 Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn	Sep 8, 2022	35m

Andy Dunn

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