startup

also referred to as: startups

9 statements across 7 episodes · 3 bullish · 5 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Apr 20, 2023 by Umang Bedi · across every show →

Everything said about startup, oldest first

Apr 20, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bedi: Startups spend roughly 60% of raised capital on Google and Meta
“I would say 60% goes to Google and Facebook.”
Umang Bedi Apr 20, 2023 ▶ 2:27:06 Ep. #2: Secrets of Social Media Success, Mental Health & Distribution Hacks - 3 OGs Reveal All · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 2, 2023 negative
Insight
Karthik Reddy: Truly outsized startup journeys take 10-plus years
“Super normal journeys, the ones that those five companies that deliver the magic, those are 10 plus your journeys. And full ridden with potholes and shocks and emotional setbacks. The only thing that keeps you going is the mission. So if you have started with …”
Karthik Reddy Sep 2, 2023 ▶ 1:46:36 Ep #9 | WTF is Venture Capital? Ft. Nikhil, Nithin, Rajan A., Prashanth P. & Karthik R. · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 2, 2023 negative
Insight
Prashanth Prakash: Building product before deep problem insight causes startup failure
“If somebody is looking to build product ahead of insight and a deeper appreciation for what really the problem is, I think I've seen that as a recipe for disaster in most companies. What they will have is a hundred member tech team. ... Very average product be…”
Prashanth Prakash Sep 2, 2023 ▶ 1:55:49 Ep #9 | WTF is Venture Capital? Ft. Nikhil, Nithin, Rajan A., Prashanth P. & Karthik R. · Nikhil Kamath
Sep 20, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Kamath: 65% of startups fail due to founder conflict
“65% of startups shut down because the founders fight.”
Nikhil Kamath Sep 20, 2023 ▶ 1:56:53 Ep #10 | WTF is the Next Gen Thinking? Nikhil w/ Navya, Tara, Aadit & Kaivalya · Nikhil Kamath
Mar 6, 2024 positive
Insight
Kamath: Avoidant attachment styles are bad for relationships but good for startups
“Avoidant attachment type. Good for startups. Bad for relationships overall, but good for starting a company.”
Nikhil Kamath Mar 6, 2024 ▶ 4:06:46 WTF Ep# 16 | What character "flaws" make the best entrepreneurs? Nikhil ft.Ritesh, Ghazal and Manish · Nikhil Kamath
Jun 14, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gates: Most climate breakthroughs will come from startups, not big companies
“I think it will be startups, and of course they'll have tie-ups with big companies, but the open-mindedness, most of these breakthroughs won't come straight out of the big companies.”
Bill Gates Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 14:51 Nikhil Kamath x Bill Gates | People by WTF | Ep. #1 · Nikhil Kamath
Jan 10, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Modi: Startups Have Gained Broad Cultural Prestige and Respect in India
“एक समय था, कि स्टार्ट अपर लब सर्वनाश्ट, आज स्टार्ट अप की एक प्रतिष्ठा बन गई है, एक क्रेडिविटर बन गई है, और इसलिए मैं मानता हूँ कि छोटे से गाउं में भी फेलियर भी होगा, तो लोग उसको आदर्स मानें, कि यार, दम वाला बच्चा ह”
Narendra Modi Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 1:56:49 People with The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi x Nikhil Kamath | Episode 6 | By WTF · Nikhil Kamath
Jul 16, 2026 negative
Insight
Armstrong: Government frontier tech licensing only helps incumbents and kills startups
“Whenever somebody says this is so scary, everybody should have to come in and get a license from the government. I'm like, well, the government does a lot of things very well, but the one thing they're not great at is like understanding the very frontier of te…”
Brian Armstrong Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 1:34:19 Brian Armstrong: Bitcoin, Banks & The New Rules Of Money | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
Jul 16, 2026 neutral
Insight
Armstrong: Philanthropy is like startups where most initiatives fail
“I think I've seen a lot of friends engage in philanthropy and it's just like startups. A lot of it doesn't work, but the best ones do incredible things.”
Brian Armstrong Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 3:35 Brian Armstrong: Bitcoin, Banks & The New Rules Of Money | Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF · Nikhil Kamath
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