The uncomfortable truth about patience that ambitious VCs struggle with daily
“They're worth doing, and it's just an unfortunate reality that, you know, patience is a real virtue in this game, and that's something I I'm still working on to this day.”
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when you are constantly surrounded by wildly ambitious people, and you're wildly ambitious yourself and impatient and you wanna get stuff done, it's so hard sometimes to take a step back and be like, you know what? Ultimately, hard things take time. They're worth doing, and it's just an unfortunate reality that, you know, patience is a real virtue in this game, and that's something I I'm still working on to this day.
Yeah. And is there any way you can test for adaptability through the kind of process of meeting a founder?
I think it's it's not easy, especially when you think about processes and and compressed timelines that sometimes that that how these rounds come together. And I think that's really the benefit
About this clip
Northzone Principal Deepka Rana reflects on the tension between being wildly ambitious and impatient while recognizing that meaningful investments require patience. She discusses the challenge of evaluating founder adaptability during compressed deal timelines and how the venture capital process creates inherent constraints around assessing key founder qualities.
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This clip captures a vulnerable moment where an experienced VC admits to struggling with patience, offering rare insight into the psychological challenges of venture capital.
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