Why VCs with operating backgrounds still fail after 10 years
“And one of the questions I always get from people is, like, what is the hardest part of transitioning somebody that's only been an operator with no investing experience to being a full time investor?”
But we personally are not big believers in those platform teams. We're believer of we are the one that's going to do the work for you.
Yeah. And Dine in many ways is very similar in terms of going really deep with these founders, having partners, not having a bunch of junior associates. And one of the things that you had mentioned is everybody on your team came from an operating non VC background, yourself included. Right? You were a long time operator starting companies, leading companies. And one of the questions I always get from people is, like, what is the hardest part of transitioning
somebody that's only been an operator with no investing experience to being a full time investor? Yeah. And we still fell. Ten years into it, we still fell. And then we have multiple of people that was partners at the clips that now actually in the portfolio.
About this clip
A VC discusses their hands-on investment approach, rejecting platform teams in favor of direct partner involvement. They reveal the ongoing challenges of transitioning from operating to investing, admitting they still struggle with it after a decade, and mention that some of their former partners now work at portfolio companies.
Why this clip
Provides rare honest admission about the persistent difficulties of transitioning from operator to investor, even after years of experience.
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