243. A Quantitative Approach to PMF, Tribe's 8 Ball for Objective Evaluation, and Approaches to Reduce Talent Biases (Jonathan Hsu)

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified · Aug 10, 2020 · 46m

Jonathan Hsu of Tribe Capital joins Nick to discuss how to Acquire Data, Build Abstractions and Do Research. In this episode, we cover:

Walk us through your background and path to VC

What's the thesis at Tribe Capital?

How do you define PMF?

Could you explain what the 8 Ball diligence framework is?

When is a deal too early -- how much data (or over what time continuum do you need data) in order for the model to assess appropriately?

Just for evaluation or also sourcing?

Can you apply this tool to a range of business types (ie. SaaS vs. Maretkplaces vs. User-Growth, etc.)?

How to avoid false…