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Elizabeth Yin

124 statements across 54 episodes · 49 bullish · 28 bearish · 15 people on the record · first statement Aug 23, 2023 by Madeline Fraser · said 9 times in 5 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Aug 23, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fraser: Gemist home try-on product has 50% to 70% margins
“No, no, it has margins. It's like a wholesale. So it has at least 50 to 70% margins.”
Madeline Fraser Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 10:53 "Jewelry Industry Digital Transformation Needed: Can Shopify Jewelry Save the Day?"
Aug 23, 2023 positive
Insight
Yin: Mediocre consumer startups can find success pivoting to B2B
“This is gonna be trite, but if you're building a, if you have a consumer company that's kind of meh, if you pivoted into the B to B version of it, there's probably something interesting there.”
Elizabeth Yin Aug 23, 2023 ▶ 22:58 "Jewelry Industry Digital Transformation Needed: Can Shopify Jewelry Save the Day?"
Sep 6, 2023 positive
Insight
Yin: Startup sectors categorically avoided by VCs contain overlooked investment gems
“I think there are real gems in these areas where people categorically pass.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 6, 2023 ▶ 20:48 "Will This Smart Home Automation Pitch Impress Venture Capitalists?"
Sep 13, 2023 negative
Insight
Yin: Targeting Multiple Distinct Audiences Causes Startups to Struggle
“I feel like any one of those has a business in it, but when you try to do all the businesses, then you really struggle.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 13, 2023 ▶ 18:37 “VCs React to a Bold True Crime Startup—Is Crowdsourced Crime Solving the Future?”
Sep 13, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin Passes on Uncovered
“But just given all that is going on in the business, I think for me, I'm gonna sit out.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 13, 2023 ▶ 14:26 “VCs React to a Bold True Crime Startup—Is Crowdsourced Crime Solving the Future?”
Sep 13, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Brown: Uncovered Made $18K Year-to-Date Against a $20K Monthly Burn
“Yeah, so we year to date we've made 18,000 dollars. We made 13,000 dollars all of last year. Burn rate is currently about 20,000 dollars a month.”
Jim Brown Sep 13, 2023 ▶ 11:04 “VCs React to a Bold True Crime Startup—Is Crowdsourced Crime Solving the Future?”
Sep 27, 2023 neutral
Insight
Yin: Startup Founders Need at Least 20% Equity to Avoid Demotivation
“I think you have to be at least at 20%. A lot of things are psychological and maybe you're okay with things now, but as you go along and everybody gets diluted down, like you're gonna feel less excited about the company as things go on, right?”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 27, 2023 ▶ 16:21 "A Bold Startup Pitch! AI-Powered Retail Management Disrupts the Market – Will VCs Invest?"
Oct 25, 2023
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund uses some small deals to learn emerging spaces
“I think I see certain deals as partly a way to get my foot in the door and learn.”
Elizabeth Yin Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 18:07 "Will This Game-Changing Startup Pitch for VR Tech Secure VR Business Funding?"
Oct 25, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yin: Apple headset price will drop dramatically and quickly
“Although the Apple headset is really expensive, I think the price is going to come down pretty dramatically pretty quickly, and I do actually think that this immersive thing, if everyone can get headsets or whatever, is the future of that.”
Elizabeth Yin Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 15:49 "Will This Game-Changing Startup Pitch for VR Tech Secure VR Business Funding?"
Oct 25, 2023 positive
Opinion
Yin: Wist's VR playback feels immersive despite being slightly grainy
“You definitely feel like it's immersive. Like, I felt like I was standing right next to his wife while she was getting her ultrasound done. It was a little bit grainy, to be fair, but you feel like you are there.”
Elizabeth Yin Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 4:09 "Will This Game-Changing Startup Pitch for VR Tech Secure VR Business Funding?"
Oct 25, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin commits $50,000 investment to Wist
“I'm in for 50 K in this round.”
Elizabeth Yin Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 14:49 "Will This Game-Changing Startup Pitch for VR Tech Secure VR Business Funding?"
Nov 9, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Elizabeth Yin: Recycling tech has potential, but ECGO's model is wrong
“I do think there's something in here, but this is not the right model.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 17:34 Monetizing Waste? AI Waste Sorting Technology Is Defining The Future of Recycling with AI!
Nov 23, 2023 positive
Insight
Yin: Handle should optimize existing campuses for cash before expanding
“Yeah, he's better off optimizing the campuses he has, and really, you know, making them very cash efficient, huge revenue generators before moving on to the next campus, but I feel like so many investors are fixated on, let's expand all these campuses.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 23, 2023 ▶ 42:56 VCs Debate: Is This Hyperlocal Delivery Business Worth a $3 Million Seed Round?
Nov 23, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund passes on Handle, but considers personal angel check
“So from the perspective of the fund, we'll be out, but I think, you know, given where you are with your fundraise, if you end up, you know, raising a price round or whatever this is with those funds, I would love to see if I might be able to write a very, very…”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 23, 2023 ▶ 35:24 VCs Debate: Is This Hyperlocal Delivery Business Worth a $3 Million Seed Round?
Apr 3, 2024
Insight
Yin: VCs expect startups to roughly double their valuation every funding round
“Just kind of what VCs think about is every round you want to somewhat double your valuation.”
Elizabeth Yin Apr 3, 2024 ▶ 28:00 Disrupting the Classroom Model! Will This EdTech Startup Funding Round Hit $1.4M?
Apr 17, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Yin: Missing Pepper prompted personal angel investments in DTC startups
“We also don't invest in DTC with our firm, but over the last couple of years, having had a bunch of misses like Pepper, I've now started writing those personal checks because actually there's a lot of really good companies in DTC, especially because there are …”
Elizabeth Yin Apr 17, 2024 ▶ 27:17 Women-Led Startup Funding: Will Investors Bet on This $5M Bootstrapped Feminine Hygiene Brand?
May 1, 2024 bullish
Opinion
Yin: Flock AI's analytics upsell makes it an evolved Optimizely
“The wedge is cost-cutting, but the upsell is analytic, because basically, if you had walked optimizely 10 years forward in an ideal world, that's this.”
Elizabeth Yin May 1, 2024 ▶ 17:38 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?
May 1, 2024 positive
Insight
Yin: Analytics SaaS retains customers better than marketing tech despite poor results
“I love sort of interesting analytics plays because retention is pretty high in that you are not judged based on performance, unlike marketing tech or sales tech or any of that, like you're tied to performance except for analytics, right? Nobody gets rid of Goo…”
Elizabeth Yin May 1, 2024 ▶ 18:55 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?
May 1, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Elizabeth Yin Limited to $50K Allocation in Flock AI
“After that interview, we found out that indeed, Elizabeth Yin was limited to investing only 50 K due to the aforementioned round dynamics.”
Josh Muccio May 1, 2024 ▶ 28:19 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?
May 1, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Yin: Data shows consumers prefer aspirational models over seeing themselves
“Actually, there's data showing that people don't like that. They would much rather be somebody more beautiful. Yeah, it's aspirational.”
Elizabeth Yin May 1, 2024 ▶ 20:16 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?
May 1, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yin: Modeling as a profession might go away
“Yeah, modeling might go away.”
Elizabeth Yin May 1, 2024 ▶ 10:20 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?
May 1, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund offers $50K at $6M post-money SAFE for Flock AI
“I'd be open to investing 50 K at six post on a safe, and we are fast.”
Elizabeth Yin May 1, 2024 ▶ 13:02 Startup Funding Competition: Will VCs Invest in AI-Powered Fashion Models Disrupting E-Commerce?
May 15, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yin: Most public SaaS companies have a large services component
“And also the reality is most publicly traded SaaS companies have a big services component.”
Elizabeth Yin May 15, 2024 ▶ 13:00 $1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software!
May 15, 2024 negative
Opinion
Yin: Podcasting and Video Tooling Space Is Already Crowded
“The space of podcasting and video is already pretty crowded. I think of so many different apps that have pieces of what you do.”
Elizabeth Yin May 15, 2024 ▶ 18:22 $1.5M on the Line! Raising Venture Capital for the Future of Podcast Automation Software!
Jun 12, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Nilo Rahmani: Yin, Hudson, and Banister all invested in Thoras AI
“Everybody, everybody invested.”
Nilo Rahmani Jun 12, 2024 ▶ 26:45 "Burnt Out Engineers Rejoice! AI-Driven Cloud Scaling & Anomaly Detection Saves the Day!"
Jun 12, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin commits $50,000 to Thoras AI seed round
“If you would have me on this seemingly oversubscribed round, I would be in on these terms for 50 K.”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 12, 2024 ▶ 18:08 "Burnt Out Engineers Rejoice! AI-Driven Cloud Scaling & Anomaly Detection Saves the Day!"
Jun 26, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin No Longer Attends Accelerator Demo Days
“I don't go to any more demo days.”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 2:14 "70% of Mexican SMBs Fail Due to Cash Flow: Can FinTech in Latin America Save Them?"
Jun 26, 2024
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund shut down revenue-based financing due to price competition
“We do not anymore. It did really well, but we had problems scaling it because other folks out there were willing to lend at way less profitable rates, and we couldn't compete on that. So we would lose deals, and that's what makes it hard to scale. We made mone…”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 23:51 "70% of Mexican SMBs Fail Due to Cash Flow: Can FinTech in Latin America Save Them?"
Jun 26, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Yin: Factoring for Mexican manufacturing alone is not a billion-dollar business
“Factoring and manufacturing in Mexico, like, that's, I don't think that's a billion dollar business. He has to add on all these other pieces to make it a billion dollar business.”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 22:20 "70% of Mexican SMBs Fail Due to Cash Flow: Can FinTech in Latin America Save Them?"
Jul 10, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund excludes non-software, offers personal angel check to NARA
“Hustle Fund does not invest in non-software, but I do do a number of angel investments, and I would love to do this personally as a small check. I wouldn't be able to hit your 25 K minimum, but if you would have me, I would love to invest.”
Elizabeth Yin Jul 10, 2024 ▶ 18:07 "From Dorm Room to Patented Zipper Technology: A Licensing Revenue Model in the Making"
Jul 10, 2024 neutral
Insight
Yin: 18 to 24 months of runway is unrealistic for e-commerce startups
“I mean, I think if we're going to be realistic for e-commerce It's really hard to get to 18 to 24 months. I don't have any e-commerce founders in that boat.”
Elizabeth Yin Jul 10, 2024 ▶ 16:12 "From Dorm Room to Patented Zipper Technology: A Licensing Revenue Model in the Making"
Jul 10, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Yin: All Hustle Fund e-commerce portfolio companies have no money
“Mac, like, all of my e-commerce companies have no money.”
Elizabeth Yin Jul 10, 2024 ▶ 19:18 "From Dorm Room to Patented Zipper Technology: A Licensing Revenue Model in the Making"
Jul 31, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin: Early $1,000 Wanderable investment exited to Airbnb profitably
“That company had an exit to Airbnb. It was I think it was okay. Didn't lose money. But I also, I think only put in a thousand dollars and yeah, and I think the one of the founders is still at Airbnb.”
Elizabeth Yin Jul 31, 2024 ▶ 5:15 The Pitch Season 12 Official Trailer: Let's Tear Down the System
Aug 14, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin commits a $150,000 Hustle Fund investment into FutureMoney
“So, I think it's a slightly crowded, but given your background, that's a bet I'm willing to take. So, I'm in for a 150 K.”
Elizabeth Yin Aug 14, 2024 ▶ 16:46 The Secret to Building Wealth for Your Children
Aug 28, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund only invests in software; offers $10K personal check
“Hustle Fund does only invest in software, but I'm very impressed with all that you've done here. You know everything backwards and forwards, so I would be in for a ten-k personal check.”
Elizabeth Yin Aug 28, 2024 ▶ 18:16 Will Investors Bite? Christy’s $4M Plant-Based Chip Pitch!
Aug 28, 2024 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2027
Yin: Christy's Chips is easily a billion-dollar business
“If she continues, it's easily a billion dollar business. Easily.”
Elizabeth Yin Aug 28, 2024 ▶ 23:32 Will Investors Bite? Christy’s $4M Plant-Based Chip Pitch!
Aug 28, 2024 positive
Insight
Yin: Food is among the most lucrative non-VC categories
“But actually, I think of all the sort of non-VC categories, whether it's hardware, e-commerce, or all these other things, I think food is actually one of the most lucrative. Just people eat and drink so much stuff.”
Elizabeth Yin Aug 28, 2024 ▶ 26:08 Will Investors Bite? Christy’s $4M Plant-Based Chip Pitch!
Sep 4, 2024 neutral
Insight
Yin: Running a scaled company is easier than struggling at seed stage
“It's actually way easier to run a company with product market fit at a high level than it is to just hit your head against class on something that's not working at seed stage.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 4, 2024 ▶ 19:01 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This AI That Prevents Hospital Falls?
Sep 4, 2024
Insight
Yin: Founders generally only want to sell when startups struggle
“It, it's actually when things are not going that well, or there are issues, is when people want to sell.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 4, 2024 ▶ 15:41 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This AI That Prevents Hospital Falls?
Sep 4, 2024 bullish
Disclosure
Yin commits to investing $50,000 in Kinemetrix
“I'd be in for 50 K on this round.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 4, 2024 ▶ 16:32 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This AI That Prevents Hospital Falls?
Sep 25, 2024 negative
Insight
Yin: EdTech game economics fail due to creation and sales resource costs
“The issue is not the sales cycle. The issue is the resources required to make something, and the resources required to sell something, those numbers don't work well today.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 24:57 Can Generative AI Transform Education? Immersion Ed's Bold Pitch
Oct 16, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin recuses herself from Party Trick due to Afterwork conflict
“I think it might be good to disclose, now that you have described this, that I think this is quite similar to a portfolio company of mine called Afterwork. So I think I'm gonna have to sit out.”
Elizabeth Yin Oct 16, 2024 ▶ 6:45 Party Trick's $47M Pipeline: Can They Secure VC Funding?
Oct 23, 2024 negative
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: D2C admissions platforms face severe structural churn upon graduation
“I think, for me, one of the things that I don't like about the mechanics of this model is there's constant churn with the direct-to-consumer model, right? And it's like, you graduate, okay, I no longer need this, and then now you have to go and get the next co…”
Elizabeth Yin Oct 23, 2024 ▶ 8:19 AI in Education Startups: Will This Platform Secure $1 Million Funding?
Nov 6, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund passes on Remynt over capital intensity and thin margins
“So, this is going to take a lot of capital. The margins are going to be thin, and I think for us and our small fund, it's probably not the best fit, but I really am rooting for you and hope that you knock this out of the park.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 9:32 Will These VCs Bet on Her Startup? | $100K on the Line for Remynt!
Nov 13, 2024 neutral
Insight
Yin: Waitlist interest often fails to convert to paying customers
“I do agree that intuitively the market needs a solution, but I've also seen a lot of people just sign up for things on a waitlist and then never convert as well.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 21:32 AI Needs Feedback Intelligence. Will Chinar’s Pitch Seal the Deal?
Nov 13, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Yin offers $150K at a $10M valuation to Feedback Intelligence
“For me, I would want to invest a 150 K at 10, but I realize that may not be interesting to you.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 17:37 AI Needs Feedback Intelligence. Will Chinar’s Pitch Seal the Deal?
Nov 13, 2024 neutral
Insight
Yin advises survival mode until the AI observability market fully matures
“You essentially need to kind of be in survival mode to get you into when the market really takes off.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 21:21 AI Needs Feedback Intelligence. Will Chinar’s Pitch Seal the Deal?
Nov 20, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Yin Passes on Oma Health Due to Competitor Investment in Duet
“Unfortunately, as such, we are investors in pretty much a direct competitor called Duet, so unfortunately I'll have to sit out.”
Elizabeth Yin Nov 20, 2024 ▶ 6:57 Oma Health Shocks Investors—$175K Raised in One Pitch!
Dec 12, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elizabeth Yin: Institutional investors refuse to invest in LLCs
“From an investor perspective, especially institutional investors, like they will not invest in LLCs. They'll only invest in C corps because of the complexity.”
Elizabeth Yin Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 22:51 Season 12 Finale: What Happened After The Pitch?
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Yin passes due to a narrow pre-travel marketing window
“How do you then target the travel market? You know, it happens so infrequently, and people only really think about their trips when they're about ready to go on their trips, and they don't really plan, you know, months in advance, and for that reason, it feels…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:45 #72 How Niche Is Too Niche?
Mar 3, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown: The Black Travel Box achieved a $44 CAC on paid ads
“The best CAC that we got to on paid was about 44 bucks”
Orion Brown Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 13:16 #72 How Niche Is Too Niche?
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Dufu: Hudson, Yin, and Fielding completed $85,000 in syndicate investments
“So Charles did come in at 10. Elizabeth came in at 25. Jenny came back to me and said, I want 50.”
Tiffany Dufu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:19 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
Insight
Yin compares The Cru's membership and upsell model to The Hustle
“Like, basically, she uses the membership fees to pay for her customer acquisition and break even, then she's just amassing an audience that she can upsell all kinds of stuff to. Like, that's exactly what the hustle does.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 19:10 #78 Got Goals? Grab a Cru
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Pepper will spend $1M of its $1.5M raise on paid acquisition
“Well, out of the 1.5 million, we're thinking about doing one million that goes towards paid acquisition. [407] Elizabeth Yin: Oh, wow. [407] Jacqueline Fu: Yeah, and the rest would go towards hiring and inventory.”
Jacqueline Fu Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 6:41 #83 Can Small Bras Be a Big Market?
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund passes on Pepper due to $9M valuation
“The valuation for me is really pricey, to be honest. Like, this is not where we come in with Hustle Fund. For that reason, I'm a pass.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:45 #83 Can Small Bras Be a Big Market?
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Yin: Revenue-based financing requires debt repayment ability, not billion-dollar outcomes
“Revenue-based financing, like, I don't have to believe this will be a billion-dollar-plus outcome. I just have to believe, can she pay me back with interest? And I would take that bet any day. She seems like she's operating her business well.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 19:31 #83 Can Small Bras Be a Big Market?
Mar 3, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pepper declined Yin's revenue-based financing offer because they didn't need it
“Jacqueline told us that she and her co-founder Leah Decided not to take the money, because they didn't need it.”
Josh Muccio Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 23:56 #83 Can Small Bras Be a Big Market?
Mar 3, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yin: Competitors will easily copy Pepper's small-cup bras if they succeed
“If you start to do well, I'm pretty certain other people will crack the nut. Like, I don't believe this is rocket science, so this is like a first mover hustle advantage”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 13:07 #83 Can Small Bras Be a Big Market?
Mar 3, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elizabeth Yin has evaluated over 30,000 startup pitches
“I have seen over 30,000 pitches.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:58 #84 The Napkin Pitch
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Insight
Yin: Most early-stage pitches are bad, even for phenomenal companies
“It's a good question, because most of the pitches are bad, even in the companies that turn out to be phenomenal.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 22:15 #84 The Napkin Pitch
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Insight
Yin: Customer acquisition is the biggest challenge in image protection
“I think from observing these other companies that do have developed products, I think at the end of the day, the biggest struggle actually has been on the customer acquisition side. Getting people to pay for this.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 11:15 #84 The Napkin Pitch
Mar 3, 2025
Insight
Yin: Product-focused pitches only work against terrible, profitable incumbents
“In markets where there, there's already an existing player, and they're making a lot of money, and their product is terrible, that is more compelling to me to have a product pitch. It's like, well, actually, there are already a lot of people paying for this wi…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 26:19 #84 The Napkin Pitch
Mar 3, 2025
Insight
Yin: The best founders self-correct in pitches and return with answers
“And the best founders that I've met over the years, They can self-correct in a pitch and say, you're right. I haven't done this. I'm going to go after this pitch and get that for you. And then they'll come back to me a few days later and say, this is what I've…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 26:52 #84 The Napkin Pitch
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Yin: Universal sizing data enables custom clothing brands to sell anything
“When you think about it, like the holy grail in the custom clothes space is to get basically a universal sizing data set on people. And once you have that for all these individuals, you can pretty much sell them anything.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 14:33 #86 If the Suit Fits, Invest.
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Laguerre: Elizabeth Yin invested $100K in Fleeting's second round
“The second round, she put a hundred K.”
Pierre Laguerre Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:36 #89 A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elizabeth Yin's viral tweet storm brought Fleeting an extra $80K-$90K
“From that tweet, I'll say probably another maybe, maybe 80, 90 K came from her tweet alone.”
Pierre Laguerre Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:38 #89 A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund offers $25K check for Fleeting on previous SAFE
“Well, I mean, if you would have me, I would be in for 25 K on that same safe.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 13:35 #89 A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker
Mar 3, 2025
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Startups need founders who refuse to quit when rationally justified
“Even the successful businesses you read about, like there's usually a lot of problems. Like most businesses are always on the verge of failing many times. And so what you need during those times are founders who will just not give up. And most people would giv…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 19:44 #89 A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Convertible notes are debt; founders must ensure they mandate equity conversion
“Technically a convertible note actually is debt. It is technically an IOU, and sometimes there's this option to take your money back plus interest, and that can often harm the company if, you know, you're raising a lot on convertible notes. So I think the deta…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 23:24 #98 Hello! You’ve Reached The Pitch Helpline
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Many VCs and angel investors back solo founders
“There's certainly many VCs and investors and angels who believe that, but there are also many others who don't care.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 13:57 #98 Hello! You’ve Reached The Pitch Helpline
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Stitch Fix started and operated without any tech for a long time
“Yeah, well, actually, Stitch Fix started out this way as well. They didn't actually have any tech for a long time.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 11:04 #98 Hello! You’ve Reached The Pitch Helpline
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Cold emails really do work for startup fundraising
“No, cold emails really do work. Not everyone will respond, but I think you will get some bites.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 5:16 #98 Hello! You’ve Reached The Pitch Helpline
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Insight
Investors who commit conditionally on others joining are not actually in
“Anybody who tells you, oh yeah, we're in, if you have other investors, just, I would actually be very wary. It does not mean that they're in.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 27:31 #98 Hello! You’ve Reached The Pitch Helpline
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Disclosure
The Pitch raised $110K from Jillian Manus, Rob Chesnut, and Elizabeth Yin
“And we raised a 110,000 dollars almost immediately from Jillian Maness, her husband Rob Chestnut, and Elizabeth Yin.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 6:28 #101 Josh Pitches The Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Yin commits $50,000 to Tether, pending agreement on valuation terms
“So I think, assuming we can get to terms on valuation, I'm in for 50 k.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:18 #102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
Mar 4, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Conwell commits $50,000 to Tether, pending a Delaware C-Corp conversion
“Pending that Delaware C-Corp, because you're not a Delaware C-Corp, like, I'm not, like I do North America, South America, the UK, and even then that's time tough. So if you're a Delaware C-Corp, I'm in, dollar amount, I'll match her. I'll match Elizabeth. I'l…”
Mac Conwell Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 17:54 #102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund invests in foreign entities despite significant regulatory hurdles
“So we've invested in a number of foreign entities, but when we do, we have to jump through a lot of hoops.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 24:28 #102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
Mar 4, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Yin offers a $5,000 personal check if Hustle Fund cannot invest
“If in the case that we cannot do it out of Hustle Fund, I would be happy to write you a 5000 dollar personal check.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 24:49 #102 Tether: Bodyguard of the Grid
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Yin: DTC builds early CPG data, but scale requires retail wins
“Direct to consumer is good for getting started and getting data. It's good for you to be able to then Take this data and go to Whole Foods and say, look, this is your audience, and these are the numbers I'm doing. But from a scale perspective, you have to be a…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:09 #105 Teffola: Granola Guy Approved
Mar 4, 2025
Insight
Yin: CPG packaging must capture consumer attention in two seconds
“And in this space, you know, the branding and how that comes across is really, really important. I would actually do a full, just rebrand, because these are your selling points, And you need to be able to capture that attention in two seconds, not in 20 second…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 11:05 #105 Teffola: Granola Guy Approved
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Insight
Yin: Performance marketers outperform food experts in F&B startups
“The entrepreneurs in this space who are really good at food and beverage tend not to do as well as the entrepreneurs who come into it as, like, performance marketers.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 19:04 #105 Teffola: Granola Guy Approved
Mar 4, 2025
Disclosure
Yin: Passing on Dotcal due to portfolio conflict with Vimcal
“But unfortunately, I think we're probably going to be too close to this with VimCal.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 9:00 #106 Dotcal: The Calendar Wars
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Yin: Made an Investment Offer to Calendly Years Ago
“In fact, years ago, I made an offer to Calendly”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 17:01 #106 Dotcal: The Calendar Wars
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Opinion
Yin: Terrascope founder Keihan lacks hustle
“He doesn't have hustle.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 20:47 #107 Terrascope: A Computer Vision Tale
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Yin: Selling an accelerator program is one of the hardest sales jobs
“No, it is actually being an accelerator manager is one of the hardest sales jobs because everyone is like, oh, I'm giving up all this equity. Why? And that's like, that's, you have to sell that.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 21:07 #110 HandsDown: The Accelerator Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Insight
Yin: Social shopping apps cannot straddle private sharing and broad discovery
“I think it's hard to actually be both of those. I think you are either one or the other, so if you're in the small group, it's all about small groups... Or you're more in the Pinterest category... But I feel like trying to message both is going to be very chal…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 9:36 #110 HandsDown: The Accelerator Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin passes on Stigma over unproven ROI on healthcare costs
“I, it feels like there are a few hoops that, you know, one needs to jump through to get that conviction that some people watching certain videos will reduce healthcare costs in this way, and I feel like I'm not quite there, so for that reason, I'm out.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 11:39 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Founders should set terms individually and raise valuations progressively
“I also think you should not wait for a lead. And you should just set terms and pull people in like one-on-one. Increase the valuation as you go along. Because as you need money less, you can increase that valuation.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 16:42 #111 Stigma: Whose Business Is It Anyway?
Mar 4, 2025
Insight
Yin: The core idea and tailored messaging matter more than pitch execution
“Well, I think my challenge is I fund so many companies with terrible pitches that it's actually only partly the pitch, but also the actual idea and the messaging again catered towards the right investor is what matters more.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:42 #114 Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Yin: Pitching Pitch Software to VCs Faces a Higher Bar
“I do think they're in a more challenging position in pitching a pitch product to people who listen to pitches. Like, in some sense, the bar is, Hired just almost because we are in the pitch business.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 21:24 #114 Brevity: Your AI Pitch Coach
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Opinion
Madeline Fraser: Passing on Gemist over cap table concerns is short-sighted
“You know, I think that that's a little bit short-sighted in my mind, right? Not really talking through that or having enough time to sit down with them and sort of say, hey, let's, let's think about what this could look like in the future.”
Madeline Fraser Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 23:54 #115 Gemist: The Crown Jewel of Venture
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Pivoting a mediocre consumer company into B2B is highly interesting
“This is gonna be trite, but if you're building a, if you have a consumer company that's kind of meh, if you pivoted into the B to B version of it, there's probably something interesting there.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 22:57 #115 Gemist: The Crown Jewel of Venture
Mar 4, 2025
Disclosure
Brown: Uncovered Burns $20K Monthly While Generating $18K Year-to-Date
“Yeah, so we year to date we've made 18,000 dollars. We made 13,000 dollars all of last year. Burn rate is currently about 20,000 dollars a month.”
Jim Brown Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 11:33 #118 Uncovered: The Business of True Crime
Mar 4, 2025
Insight
Yin: Success in Media Requires Focusing on Just One or Two Things
“The crux actually in building a successful media business is around focusing on just one or two things.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:42 #118 Uncovered: The Business of True Crime
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Yin: Uncovered Lacks Venture Returns and Is Pivoting to an Undefined Model
“He wants to fund the media company, which doesn't have that venture return, to be able to pivot into one of these other things that doesn't yet have clear direction.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 19:19 #118 Uncovered: The Business of True Crime
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Yin: Startups Die From Overeating, Never Starvation
“Startups never really die of starvation. They always die from overeating.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 21:15 #120 Bevz: A Tech Bro Walks Into a Corner Store...
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Vigo: Hustle Fund Completed Its Investment in Bevz
“Elizabeth invested. Hustle Fund is part of the team, and we've been working with them a little bit.”
Jason Vigo Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 21:51 #120 Bevz: A Tech Bro Walks Into a Corner Store...
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Muccio: The Pitch Fund dropped Wist after Elizabeth Yin passed
“And as you may know, the Pitch Fund typically invests alongside the VCs on her show. So in our minds, the deal was off for us too.”
Josh Muccio Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 22:18 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Mar 4, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund commits $50K to Wist's round
“I'm in for 50 K in this round.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:57 #122 Wist: The Killer Use Case for VR?
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Yin: Scaling ECGO's student acquisition across entire campuses will be too expensive
“The thing I'm trying to really grapple with is the customer acquisition, and there are a couple of different customers. It's sort of this B to B To see model, which it gets a little bit tricky around, like, how do you get to sort of the next layer of customer,…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 15:26 #124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Yin: Handle should optimize existing campuses before expanding footprint
“Yeah, he's better off optimizing the campuses he has, and really, you know, making them very cash efficient, huge revenue generators before moving on to the next campus, but I feel like so many investors are fixated on, let's expand all these campuses.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 43:06 #126 Handle: The Uncut Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Yin passes for Hustle Fund but considers personal angel check
“So from the perspective of the fund, we'll be out, but I think, you know, given where you are with your fundraise, if you end up, you know, raising a price round or whatever this is with those funds, I would love to see if I might be able to write a very, very…”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 35:34 #126 Handle: The Uncut Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Robbins guarantees round allocation for Doherty and Yin within six months
“Paige and Elizabeth will a hundred percent have allegation when we raise this next round in the next like six months.”
Chase Robbins Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 52:07 #126 Handle: The Uncut Pitch
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Yin: Enclosed college campus density makes delivery unit economics easier
“The funny thing about college campuses is it's very enclosed as a community, and I think that's an insight I didn't have years ago. But it makes the unit economics easier because everything is happening in this dense area, right?”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 8:58 #126 Handle: The Uncut Pitch
Mar 19, 2025 bearish
Disclosure
Yin Passes on Capital-Intensive $10M Retail Expansion Plan
“At sort of this ten million plan, it feels too much. Because I do think actually in this day and age, having other companies who have done it, you can Open these stores in a less dilutive way. So for that reason, I'm out.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 19, 2025 ▶ 29:47 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This Luxury Grooming Company’s U.S. Expansion?
Mar 19, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Callegari Pitches $7.5M Valuation on $1.5M in US Revenue
“With 1.5 million dollar revenues, We are targeting a 7.5 pre money valuation.”
Michele Callegari Mar 19, 2025 ▶ 22:13 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This Luxury Grooming Company’s U.S. Expansion?
Mar 19, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Yin's Unlikely Pattern Match: Milanese Founders With Consulting Backgrounds
“I've had really good success with Milan entrepreneurs, specifically people who come out of consulting, which is surprising because usually I don't invest in a lot of consultants. But they, like, they know how to run businesses.”
Elizabeth Yin Mar 19, 2025 ▶ 35:21 Will VCs Bet $1.5M on This Luxury Grooming Company’s U.S. Expansion?
Apr 2, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund Typically Invests At Valuations Under $10 Million
“We typically go under 10, so like your last round was already quite high, and so. I didn't even try to negotiate here.”
Elizabeth Yin Apr 2, 2025 ▶ 21:59 This Founder Built the World’s First Smart Running Shoe
Apr 2, 2025 negative
Insight
Yin: Consumers resist monthly subscriptions for preventative health products
“For injury prevention, for anything preventative, actually, you know, people have pause around, should I pay on a monthly basis to prevent something from happening?”
Elizabeth Yin Apr 2, 2025 ▶ 19:33 This Founder Built the World’s First Smart Running Shoe
Apr 9, 2025
Disclosure
Aura Finance: Employer contracts cover departed employees for the full year
“In our contracts, we've also written in, if you sign up for the program in January and you leave the company in February, the company still pays for you the entire year, giving them the opportunity and us to win them over in the long term post leaving their em…”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 13:34 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin: Hustle Fund passes on Aura Finance over high valuation
“I think to Jenny's point, you know, we're pre-seed investors at Hustle Fund, so for us, like, the valuation's gonna be too high, but yeah, I, I'm very impressed, Kelsey.”
Elizabeth Yin Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 26:58 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
May 14, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin passes on Curie DX over parallel execution strategy
“I think echoing all these points, it's like too much, all in parallel in one race, so I'm out.”
Elizabeth Yin May 14, 2025 ▶ 22:03 This App Detects Strep from a Selfie…What?!
May 14, 2025 positive
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Founders must have contingency plans if they cannot raise full target
“I don't think you necessarily present all, you know, several plans, but you should have like a plan in mind for if you cannot raise X, you should be able to do something with Y. I a hundred percent agree with that. If the company is down in the water because y…”
Elizabeth Yin May 14, 2025 ▶ 26:07 This App Detects Strep from a Selfie…What?!
Jun 18, 2025 positive
Insight
Yin: At higher levels, management consulting is all sales
“In general, I prefer operators, but I would say this is entirely a partnerships and sales game, and at the higher levels of management consulting, it's all sales, right?”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 24:20 LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
Jun 18, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Yin offers Sundae $150K at a $7M post-money valuation cap
“I unfortunately can't get behind the 10, but I would put out my offer at one 50 at seven post on a save.”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 20:56 LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
Jun 18, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund's $7M cap offer for Sundae is final
“Yeah, that is our final offer. I think, you know, unfortunately, just kind of where we play in the sphere. I think valuation is really important to us. We write small checks, so we have to kind of make it count, you know, as an investor.”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 28:25 LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
Jun 18, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2028
Trofimova predicts Sundae will close funding round above a $7M valuation
“Seven million is a little bit lower valuation than what we will probably close this round at.”
Anastasia Trofimova Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 28:06 LTK for Food… Will VCs invest in this $10 TRILLION market!?
Jun 25, 2025 neutral
Insight
Elizabeth Yin: Every startup founder should pitch with multiple plans
“I think every founder should come in with multiple plans.”
Elizabeth Yin Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 36:00 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
Sep 10, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: Elizabeth Yin and The Pitch Fund invested $200k in Aware
“A week later, Elizabeth signed and wired, a 150 K. And the Pitch Fund signed and wired too. 50 K alongside Hustle Fund. Since the show, Antonio has raised an additional 100,000, and he's still looking to raise 400 more to close out the round.”
Josh Muccio Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 25:29 Track Mental Health with a Wearable?!
Sep 10, 2025 bearish
Insight
Yin: Stress wearables struggle with retention by not solving the root problem
“It was actually pretty good at, like, vibrating whenever I was stressed, but aside from someone to take a deep breath, like, I think one of the shortcomings is what is that final step, and that's something that a device cannot solve. So, I think there's this q…”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 11:47 Track Mental Health with a Wearable?!
Sep 10, 2025 bullish
Disclosure
Yin: Hustle Fund offers to invest $150K at a $5M valuation cap
“I would like to invest. Seven is going to be too high for me, but I would do it at five cap, a 150 K.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 10, 2025 ▶ 20:18 Track Mental Health with a Wearable?!
Sep 17, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yin: AI will benefit end users, but who will actually make money?
“Because I think AI technologies in the long run are going to be great for consumers and end users, but I don't know who makes money.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 24:15 $1.4M Ask: Can AI Fix Dirty Hotel Rooms?
Sep 17, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Yin: Levee is not a true AI company and lacks unique technology
“Because I think this is not an AI company, and, like, the technology is not unique.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 24:07 $1.4M Ask: Can AI Fix Dirty Hotel Rooms?
Sep 17, 2025 neutral
Insight
Yin: The seed valuation bar requires more than one single customer
“And I think more broadly speaking, between pre-seed and seed, like, I'd say seed, which is kind of where the valuation range is that you're looking at, the bar is higher than landing one customer.”
Elizabeth Yin Sep 17, 2025 ▶ 22:09 $1.4M Ask: Can AI Fix Dirty Hotel Rooms?
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