A Conversation with Akriti Dokania | Partner, Ridge Ventures | ex-Octopus Ventures | ex- Amazon, Microsoft | Previously, founded Coderbhai | MBA, London Business School

Key takeaways

• •Entrepreneurial failure can actually fast-track your venture capital career by providing real operating experience that most investors lack.
• •The transition from operator to investor requires fundamentally rewiring how you evaluate risk and success metrics.
• •Zero-to-one enterprise software investments demand deep technical understanding that comes from having built products yourself.
• •Career pivots into venture capital are most successful when driven by genuine curiosity about technology rather than predetermined career goals.

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