Ron Levin

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Mar 17, 2026 negative
Opinion
Levin: Early-stage startups paying fundraising intermediaries is a negative signal
“Well, as an investor, certainly at the very early stages to me, it's somewhat of a negative signal. If I see that they've hired and are actually paying, whether it's an investment bank or you know, usually these are more boutique type of operations.”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 14:39 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 positive
Opinion
Levin: Hiring fundraising intermediaries is justified for later-stage mega-rounds
“If you're a later stage company and you're raising You know, a hundred million dollar series E or something. Sure. Okay. There's justification in hiring somebody to help in that process. You're talking to only larger institutional growth investors and so forth”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 15:27 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Levin: TravelPerk recruited GetYourGuide CEO Johannes Reck as first advisor
“One of the very first things I did was I approached the co-founder and CEO of get your guide guy named Johannes wreck to be our first advisor.”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 17:07 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Levin expects to invest in fewer true pre-revenue seed deals going forward
“Probably a smaller percentage of the deals I invest in going forward are going to be real true pre-revenue deals.”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 22:33 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 positive
Opinion
Levin admits his co-founder makes a better CEO than he would have
“One of my co-founders is still the CEO today and he's cut out for it. He's a great entrepreneur. He was originally our CTO. He's technical. He's commercial. He's, You know, builds the right culture. And I really admire that. And, you know, in all honesty, and …”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 29:09 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 neutral
Insight
Levin: More people are cut out to be investors than entrepreneurs
“And I think they're probably in all honesty, more people that are cut out to be investors than there are entrepreneurs”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 1:21 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026
Disclosure
Levin: Early angel investments of $25K-$50K went to zero within a year
“Oh, I mean, I, I've had a few that, I mean, investments of 25 to 50,000 that, that went to zero within a year.”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 19:53 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 neutral
Insight
Levin: VCs Brag About Deck Volume to Signal Selectivity to LPs
“Well, I think they're trying to, in many ways, show their for one, show their LPs that they're being selective. And secondly, I mean, it's also true. I know as an investor, I get loads of inbound and we get so many decks from linked over LinkedIn, over email. …”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 8:42 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026 positive
Insight
Levin: Founders should recruit advisors 3-5 years ahead in non-competing niches
“Go out and find an advisor who's basically in the same industry doing something non-competitive and is at probably three to five years ahead of where you are now and where you want to be.”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 16:39 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
Mar 17, 2026
Disclosure
Levin: Every startup investment must have unicorn or IPO potential
“Every investment I make, I think has the potential of becoming a unicorn or an IPO, but I know from statistics and reality that stuff's going to happen.”
Ron Levin Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 2:20 Why the Co-Founder Who Stayed CEO Was the Right Call
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