Jeff Ralston
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 7, 2018 by Geoff Ralston · said 9 times in 5 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2018 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Carolynn Levy and Kirsty Nathoo - Startup Investor School Day 1 · Y Combinator
- Carolynn Levy And Panel (Jon Levy, Jason Kwon) - Startup Legal Mechanics · Y Combinator
- Andy Bromberg - Startup Investor School Day 4 · Y Combinator
- Michael Seibel - Building Product · Y Combinator
- Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup · Y Combinator
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Mar 7, 2018
Ralston: Angel investors must lose money before becoming experts
“Meeting founders and making decisions is way more of an art than a science, and as Dalton says unfortunately in this game I think you have to Lose some money before you can really become an expert, as much as anyone is an expert at answering the questions you …”
Mar 8, 2018 positive
Ralston: Investors make a mistake by not evaluating if founders attract talent
“If you're not evaluating that when you talk to founders, you're making a mistake, because if you think about it, every giant company is built with an incredible team. And if you don't believe that the founder you're talking to can recruit and build this team o…”
Oct 3, 2018 positive
YC's Geoff Ralston offered to personally cover Stripe's first business hire
“And so, Jeff told us that we should hire Billy, and if it didn't work, Or for the first few months or whatever, that if it didn't work out, Jeff would sort of go back and pay his salary, so it was kind of a zero risk move for us.”