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On Geography

K9 Ventures

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. ” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. Maybe if I make it 30 miles as-the-crow-flies, it may still hold!

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology. ” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. Maybe if I make it 30 miles as-the-crow-flies, it may still hold!

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? And then the network can come to an agreed upon state that says, hey, this is a valid transaction. And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area.

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