early-stage startups
also referred to as: early stage startup · early stage startups
8 statements across 7 episodes · 1 bullish · 6 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jun 21, 2017 by Michael Seibel · across every show →
Everything said about early-stage startups, oldest first
Jun 21, 2017 negative
Sep 19, 2018 negative
Mañalac: Paid influencer marketing is rarely cost-effective for early-stage startups
“A big problem is that influencers often charge you and are expensive. Like, if you get some huge influencer who just loves what you're doing and wants to tweet about you, and that's great, but more often than not, they're gonna charge you and it's not worth, a…”
Sep 19, 2018 negative
Dec 15, 2022
Jan 11, 2023 bearish
Caldwell: Ex-Google executives join early startups because they underperformed or misunderstood reality
“What usually happens is they either are, either they joined your startup because they're, they weren't doing well. I'm trying to think of a nice way to say it. Either there's a reason they joined your startup and left Google, or they had expectations that you …”
Feb 5, 2023 positive
Jul 25, 2024 negative
Blomfield: Over-optimizing early pricing is a big mistake for startups
“And just remember, if your company is successful, these initial five, 10 customers you sign up at the start are going to be a tiny, tiny fraction of the revenue you make over the next five years. And so It's more important to start signing deals and getting to…”