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pivoting
“From pivot to half-billion valuation in three years”
Shit. I don't even remember. When did we start? 2013 is when we pivoted. 2014 is when we build it. 2015 is when we launched it. Uh-huh. So I guess fifteen to sixteen was the first February, sixteen to
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founder story6:10 – 6:44
“It's the biggest pivot moment for us, in the history of the company. Eventually, I think it's gonna be more consumption and then entirely consumption going forward. So I think this also be a transition.”
It's the biggest pivot moment for us, in the history of the company. Can I push you on the pricing? It's gonna change. What does it change to? Well, eventually, I think it's gonna be more consumption
29:31 / 29:52
Business Mechanics29:31 – 29:52
...not pivoting, they figured it out. But there were moments to pivot.
55:58 / 57:17
from transcript55:58 – 57:17
...even talk about pivoting is just suggesting that it is possible, in fact, to pivot. Ask Intel to pivot, and it won't happen very easily, And they've certainly been trying for a long time. So what that says is that there's this moment, but then the pr
11:46 / 13:00
from transcript11:46 – 13:00
...pivoting, you're not taking risks. You're just trying to make a quick walk. And if you fail because the market isn't ready yet, I actually think that's way better. At least you took a swing at something deep and novel and hard instead of pivoting int
29:15 / 30:22
from transcript29:15 – 30:22
And even though, like, by the way, the company the portfolio company was not doing the thing, but it was on the road map. And the founder called me. He's like, Martin, you just can't invest in this company. I said, okay. If it's not on the road map,
51:57 / 53:32
from transcript51:57 – 53:32
AI, companies pivot all the time after you invest. Like, one of the top reasons we don't invest in companies because of conflicts. I mean, we do it. I mean, I just did it. I mean, just recently I I can't say the name of the company. We we didn't inve
51:44 / 53:07
from transcript51:44 – 53:07
“OpenAI's Codex grew 20x since August by pivoting from cloud agents to interactive coding”
both in positive and negative cycles? Absolutely. We are very attuned to it. Right? Like, if you look at the the history of codecs, the first thing we launched last year was like this amazing idea th
38:49 / 39:42
founder story38:49 – 39:42
“Art student has existential crisis, pivots to aging biology overnight”
this founding of the company. Can you tell me a little bit about your own history kind of up to the point where the company began? Oh my god. I mean, how long do we have? Do you want, like, the TLDR?
0:30 / 1:02
founder story0:30 – 1:02
“ElevenLabs hit 1M users in a month then pivoted their entire sales strategy”
So we launched at the January 2023, and then within a month or so, we had over a million users. And so for you, it was like, hey, you need to build out the sales team. What was Matti's, like, job desc
8:35 / 9:16
founder story8:35 – 9:16
“Spa to nail press-ons: How Chill House pivoted to a KISS acquisition”
Yeah. Those companies are primarily companies I've built, but I also have had recently another exit through a company called Chill House. I invested in them. They're a they started as a spa brand, lik
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founder story4:25 – 4:47
“Former Tesla exec's energy storage pivot becoming fastest growing division”
They stood up an energy storage business, and I spoke to some of the folks over there. Their energy division has now like, is the fastest growing business within their company, and it's all about crea
11:45 / 12:23
prediction11:45 – 12:23
“How unreliable contractors taught me to pivot my entire business model”
most of these kids didn't show up at the time that they needed to mow that lawn. So I was always under delivering to my users, to my customers. And I ended up, like, changing the whole system to becom
9:21 / 9:37
founder story9:21 – 9:37
...about pivoting is just suggesting that it is possible, in fact, to pivot. Yeah. Ask Intel to pivot, and it won't happen very easily. You know? And they certainly been trying for a long time. So what that says is there's this moment, but but then the
1:41:08 / 1:42:20
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errors. Just go to century.io and use the code twist. That's sentry.io, and make sure you use that code twist so they know we sent you. Amazing. And so for people who, are on my team and wondering, is it necessary to torture founders by making them p
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from transcript20:59 – 22:01
that if I can't get a sense that this person is special or has been special or has done impressive things in their life, that the first impressive thing they're ever going to do is this company that they're asking me to invest in. So do you literally
54:05 / 56:17
from transcript54:05 – 56:17
A company I'm working on might pivot into a business that they're already investing in and Yeah. You know, bad feelings happen and you know, but all is fair in love and war in startups. So here we go. That point, one last final question about this be
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from transcript26:56 – 28:00
And then here's your percentage when your fingers were on the seams of the basketball I'm referring to here. Yeah. And, you know, when you when pitching becomes second nature, you were so good at it. You took all of the pointers we have to heart. I'l
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from transcript21:42 – 22:47
...even talk about pivoting is just suggesting that it is possible, in fact, to pivot. Yeah. Ask Intel to pivot, and it won't happen very easily. You know? And they certainly been trying for a long time. So what that says is there's this moment, but but
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from transcript1:40:30 – 1:41:33
...pivoting is so hard, because sometimes if you keep trying and knocking on that door, eventually it opens, right?
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from transcript55:29 – 56:33
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