On being special in the venture business | Reaction Wheel
Chris Douvos, one of the smartest fund-of-funds guys, once asked me the three questions he asks people who are raising a VC fund for the first time. The third was: “what makes you so special?…
Frames are disabled on this site. Click here to read the article. --> Chris Douvos, one of the smartest fund-of-funds guys, once asked me the three questions he asks people who are raising a VC fund for the first time. The third was: “what makes you so special?” I was stumped. I couldn’t think of an answer. I figured I’d come back to the process once I did. That was years ago. I thought of that conversation recently. A company I invested in went public. I was enjoying my fifteen minutes of credibility, meeting with VCs, people with funds. VCs who had convinced someone t
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