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When your spouse vetoes your investment decision and you know they're wrong

The Pitch · The Hot Mic: Should You Start a Venture Fund?

“I hate to throw my husband under the bus, but it was one of those rare, times that he vetoed me.”

12:27 / 12:43

I hate to throw my husband under the bus, but it was one of those rare, times that he vetoed me. No. Yeah. Really rare. He was like, oh, YouTube's gonna do this. And at the time, he was convinced that that it wasn't a thing. And I was like, no. It's a thing.

About this clip

A VC shares a moment when her husband disagreed with her investment instincts about a platform opportunity, highlighting the tension between personal relationships and professional judgment in venture capital. She believed in the potential while he dismissed it as not viable.

Why this clip

This reveals the human side of VC decision-making and how personal relationships can influence or conflict with investment judgment.

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