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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? About 18 months ago in early 2008 we hired an analyst (pre-MBA), but wanted to wait until after Summer to hire a post-MBA associate.

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To Follow On or Not to Follow On

This is going to be BIG.

I know, because those people all used to pitch me as an institutional LP back in the day. I think I'm terrific at helping early stage teams by rolling up my sleeves and doing what's necessary--getting them hires, PR, product strategy help to find that market fit.