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David Schneider

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213 total appearances

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

for that size check. It's the hardest thing. I'm by no means the OG that you are, but I have zero time. I'm just like, no.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

for that size check. It's the hardest thing. I'm by no means the OG that you are, but I have zero time. I'm just like, no.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Do you share Vinil Kosa's view that 90% of VCs detract value?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Do you share Vinil Kosa's view that 90% of VCs detract value?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Do you share Vinil Kosa's view that 90% of VCs detract value?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

That keeps the seagulls away. There will be so many founders on their way to the office listening now going, that's my fucking board. That's my board. What would you advise them? Come with the three reds and the three greens? Control.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

That keeps the seagulls away. There will be so many founders on their way to the office listening now going, that's my fucking board. That's my board. What would you advise them? Come with the three reds and the three greens? Control.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

That keeps the seagulls away. There will be so many founders on their way to the office listening now going, that's my fucking board. That's my board. What would you advise them? Come with the three reds and the three greens? Control.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

I always say call each board member up before and it can be five, 10 minutes, but just like, hey, David, what would you like to achieve out of this board meeting? You say, hey, I'm worried about our sales efficiency. Great. Why don't I address that with you now? Have you resolved that? Yes. Great. Then we don't need to take it to the board.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

I always say call each board member up before and it can be five, 10 minutes, but just like, hey, David, what would you like to achieve out of this board meeting? You say, hey, I'm worried about our sales efficiency. Great. Why don't I address that with you now? Have you resolved that? Yes. Great. Then we don't need to take it to the board.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

I always say call each board member up before and it can be five, 10 minutes, but just like, hey, David, what would you like to achieve out of this board meeting? You say, hey, I'm worried about our sales efficiency. Great. Why don't I address that with you now? Have you resolved that? Yes. Great. Then we don't need to take it to the board.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

I'm going to do something really unfair. Three board members that you most like to work with. Oh, goodness.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

I'm going to do something really unfair. Three board members that you most like to work with. Oh, goodness.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

I'm going to do something really unfair. Three board members that you most like to work with. Oh, goodness.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

What advice would you give to me on what I can do to be the best board member?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

What advice would you give to me on what I can do to be the best board member?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

What advice would you give to me on what I can do to be the best board member?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Do you find pattern matching hard as an investor, though, now? Because you have your Slootman, your Bill McDermott, you've got the best of the best CEOs in the world. At a point in the career, though, where they've seen it all, done it all, and they're OGs, and then you're kind of translating that to a 30-year-old founder building a B2B product, and they might just be as good.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Do you find pattern matching hard as an investor, though, now? Because you have your Slootman, your Bill McDermott, you've got the best of the best CEOs in the world. At a point in the career, though, where they've seen it all, done it all, and they're OGs, and then you're kind of translating that to a 30-year-old founder building a B2B product, and they might just be as good.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs"

Do you find pattern matching hard as an investor, though, now? Because you have your Slootman, your Bill McDermott, you've got the best of the best CEOs in the world. At a point in the career, though, where they've seen it all, done it all, and they're OGs, and then you're kind of translating that to a 30-year-old founder building a B2B product, and they might just be as good.