venture capitalist
also referred to as: venture capitalists
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 15, 2019 by Ryan Hoover · across every show →
Everything said about venture capitalist, oldest first
Feb 15, 2019 negative
Hoover: VCs judge consumer startups on current revenue once monetized
“Ultimately, the challenge is always, especially with consumer kind of focused startup is as soon as you start making money, then VCs will start judging you based on that revenue today. And so strategically, there's some challenges there, which is an unfortunat…”
May 22, 2026 negative
Ries: A 2-2-1 startup board structure effectively gives investors control
“So if you have a board, like classic Silicon Valley board would be two VCs, two founders, and an independent. That's supposed to be fair because it's two and two balance. That is basically just investors control your company.”
Jul 29, 2026 negative
Wang: VCs who passed on Scale AI now write data think pieces
“Every time we would go out to fundraise, even though our numbers were great and we had great revenue, you know, VCs and investors would always be very skeptical. They'd be like, Oh, I don't know if this is a good business. Does it have longevity? Is this durab…”