Mark Staus

7 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 19, 2023 by Mark Staus · across every show →

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Dec 19, 2023 negative

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Staus: Playing hardball with investors virtually guarantees future retaliation

“Every time you play hardball, you are You're virtually guaranteeing that the person that you have played hardball with will have an opportunity to return the favor.”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 30:55 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

Dec 19, 2023 negative

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Staus: Lionized Version of Entrepreneurship Represents Under 1% of Reality

“We have tended to lionize what it means to be an entrepreneur, what it means to be a founder with very, very little discussion of the reality of it. And the fact that what we're lionizing represents way less than one percent. Of the situation, right? The so-ca…”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 4:27 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

Dec 19, 2023 negative

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Staus: Many Startup Founders Lack Any Prior Leadership Experience

“A lot of people become founders and they really, they've never really led anything. They have been managers. They may have even been people managers, but they've never actually been entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial inside of a large company.”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 3:34 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

Dec 19, 2023 negative

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Staus: Indiscriminate budget cuts inflict delayed damage across years 2–4

“If you don't understand the causal linkage between the money that's, that you're spending and the value that you're getting back and how long it takes for you to get it back you can find yourself cutting today. Achieving goals today that cost you dearly in yea…”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 23:30 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

Dec 19, 2023

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Staus: Externalities Account for 65% to 70% of Modeled Situations

“It's a staple of data science, ok, that 65 to 70% of any given situation that you're trying to model is externalities, or let's call it the wave that you don't control, but you are seeking to surf.”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 15:14 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

Dec 19, 2023

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Staus: Market Timing Is Even More Crucial Than Perfecting ICP

“Getting your ICP really straight is super crucial, and the market timing is even more crucial.”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 16:16 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

Dec 19, 2023 negative

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Staus: Cost of equity and customer acquisition has soared since 2021

“It's the cost of equity investment, the cost of the acquisition of new net, new revenue, all of the, all of that has soared and what that, and it's also a lot harder to get today than it was two years ago.”

Mark Staus Dec 19, 2023 ▶ 20:18 Founders Only Capture 5% of the Value They Actually Create

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