entrepreneur
also referred to as: entrepreneurs
21 statements across 21 episodes · 5 bullish · 7 bearish · 20 people on the record · first statement Jan 25, 2016 by Yanik Silver · said 51 times in 35 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Nathan Latka (40), Andrew Warner (3), Shari Alexander (1), Peter Voogd (1), Michael Cheng (1), John Lincoln (1), Garrett Moon (1), Case Kenney (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2019 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2018 6 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
- 893 SaaS: How Zapier Passed 60k Paid Seats and $20m in ARR
- 1249 Hireology Passes $20m in ARR, Helping 5000+ Businesses Hire Better
- 1206 He Helps B2B SaaS CEO's Launch User Conferences
- 1018 Why He's Making Leap from AdTech to Data As A Service Business Model
- 980 How This Company Uses Free Goodie Boxes and Reviews to Hit $12m in Revenues
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 7 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- 723: He Sold His Company to Richard Branson, Then Oil Tanked Him
- 879 SaaS: From $360k Agency to 2 month old, $30k ARR SaaS
- SaaS: North Dakota $400k+ MRR Helping You Manage Marketing Calendar
- 824: Brilliant Ad Tech Hedge: $8m Managed Services Firm RockerBox Adds $1k/mo SaaS Product
- 739: How Has She Has 3x'd Revenue to $700k MRR in Just 11 Months?
- 726: This $500k/mo+ Entrepreneur Says Key is Minimizing Expenses
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
2016 29 mentions in 16 episodes 2 per episode
- How to Capture 150 New Emails Leads From Instagram Daily, EP 302: Nathan Chan
- EP 472: $65k Crowdfunded on Angel List and 75,000 Pre-Launch Email With Youngry CEO Ash Kumra
- EP 442: $803k In 2015 Revenue from The Hardcore Closer, Ryan Stewman
- EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius?
- EP 378: $750k InfoMarketer Sells 130k Books with Peter Voogd
- He Quit Six Figure Job To Launch Agency Right As First Kid Was On Way, EP 256: John Lincoln
- EP 475: VayStays Helps 150,000+ Quickly Plan Vacations, $5M In TTM Transaction Volume with CEO Chris Brusznicki
- EP 458: 1200 Pay Her $47/Mo, Will do $2M This Year with Boom Social CEO Kim Garst
- 8 more episodes that year, every mention in 2016 →
Everything said about entrepreneur, oldest first
Jan 25, 2016
The phrase 'giving back' wrongly implies entrepreneurial guilt instead of value creation
“You know, as a copywriter, you know, to me, words are incredibly important and give back implies that we've taken something and that there's guilt in some way that we have to return it. And as entrepreneurs, we're only value creators. That's the only way that …”
Apr 13, 2016 positive
Kaiser: It is okay to run multiple businesses once one performs well
“Also I think that it's okay for you to do multiple businesses. Once you get one going well, I actually hear a lot of the opposite from other entrepreneurs saying like, don't do multiple businesses. Like make sure that you stick with one and for me, that just w…”
Jun 9, 2016 negative
Latka: The Lean Startup falsely claims anyone can be an entrepreneur
“I just feel like it tries to teach, because they have to sell more books, it tries to tell anyone they can be an entrepreneur if they have a blank canvas and some post-it notes, and everyone can't be an entrepreneur. It just doesn't work.”
Jul 1, 2016 negative
Entrepreneurs make a huge mistake focusing on just one business
“The reality is as an entrepreneur that that is just going to be a huge mistake, right? I mean, it is too many people out there that frankly just dive into one thing, build it, sell it, move on to something else. I get that, but I'd rather dive into multiple th…”
Sep 14, 2016
Dec 24, 2016
May 13, 2017 positive
Jul 17, 2017
Jul 10, 2018 neutral
Aug 29, 2018
Down rounds hurt founder equity significantly more than aggressive liquidation terms
“It's not so much the features that usually get in the entrepreneur's way. It's usually the fact that things are not linear. So you start, the company grows, maybe at some point it has a setback, and then you end up doing a down round, and that becomes a real p…”
Mar 16, 2019
Mar 17, 2019 negative
Apr 21, 2019 negative
Sullivan: Repeat founders make a mistake by self-funding their new startups
“I learned long ago that entrepreneurs the second time that they start a company after selling they make the mistake of funding their own company because now that they've sold a company, they're really smart. And there's a validation that you have to go through…”
Apr 23, 2019 positive
Jan 4, 2020 neutral
Founders and VCs rarely align on $5M to $10M exit outcomes
“It's actually fairly rare that entrepreneurs and VCs are totally aligned in that entrepreneurs can have great outcomes with five to ten million dollar businesses, and VCs can't, and that's not their model, and the second they get a whiff that something is movi…”
Feb 6, 2020 neutral
Feb 16, 2020 bearish
Apr 6, 2021 negative
Aug 16, 2022 negative
Morentis: Early VC Funding Causes Founders to Lose Operational Control
“Two things happen when you raise a lot of money early. You know, one is you lose real control, operational control of your business but two, you really, you know, own a small fraction of that business, and in all likelihood, You know, you're going to continue …”
Dec 24, 2025 positive
Mar 5, 2026 positive
Kershenbaum says mandatory IDF service fosters entrepreneurs through forced resourcefulness
“I think one of the things that tend to generate entrepreneurs where it's into push people and drill into entrepreneurship is necessity. And if you think of a, you know, a country like Israel, where military service is mandatory, that has to do with necessity. …”