The VC “Cocktail Party” Stress + Value
I sometimes joke that we’re an event-planning firm with a side business in VC.
I sometimes joke that we’re an event-planning firm with a side business in VC.
Pensions funds, SWFs, university endowments, and other large institutional LPs have specific needs. The defining one is scale.
I used to think this job was 90% picking. Now I realize the algorithm is far more complex.
We know the pattern, yet we repeat it because the fear of missing the category-definer outweighs the fear of overpaying.
An investor who never makes you mad won’t help you make money.
I have a few favorite sayings in business, but this is the one I find myself constantly trying to disprove.