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...founders to be there too, because the goings will get tough. It will absolutely get tough and we all need to be in it together. Brilliant. So how do those founder insights translate into a broader investment thesis at Daring Ventures? Yeah. Founders
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...listening? Founders usually underestimate the leverage they have on their cap table. They negotiate things for very obscure situations, etcetera. Experienced founders know that it's their company. They will have a lot of flexibility around managing t
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...founders with a very different experience than what they would get at other firms. When you think about all those elements, which is really serving the founder consistently by adding real value that helps them scale from where when you invest to when
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...cofounder of Mischief, an early stage seed fund in San Francisco, and you can watch this full live episode from the studio on YouTube by searching for 20 v c. That's two zero v c. But before we dive in, I'd like to introduce you to one of my favorite
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Ziyi Yang, CEO of video game studio Serenity Forge, said Gusto was the first step in turning their basement project into a real company. It helped them scale globally, saving him thirty hours a month and letting him focus on building great games inst
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...I would name. Most memorable first founder meeting?
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...not who had a smashing success the first time, but who had a modest success the first. Because, yeah, when you had that modest success, you you still got a little fire. Yeah. You sold too early, little chippy, something still to prove, but you got th
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...thing a founder can look for in their VC is a lazy VC. Because truth be told, VCs don't add value and the best founders build the companies themselves. So if you pick anything, pick a lazy VC. Do you agree? Well, I think that lazy is probably in a di
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valuation. What an incredible story. Huge thank you to Johannes for giving up the time today. And if you wanna watch the video, you can find it on YouTube by searching for 20 VC. But before we leave you today, I love seeing the team come together to
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...founder I meet with, but I can be nice to them and give them meaningful feedback that leaves them with a positive impression that would that allow them to still recommend me to their friends. That actually is really important to me. Kindness is free.
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...founders don't need you? Fundamentally, I agree with this. But I think, you know, we have the ability to be very deeply involved if you need us and get out of the way rest of the time. On the early stage being art, not a science, what worries me is,
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...of the company? All the 49 deals we've invested in so far, we feel about all of them that's a partner who did some deals that like, bloody hell, this is so important, so exciting. I would love to be a cofounder of this company. So There's a memo star
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...a founder. Gosh, I brought a team together. These are all my friends. We went to college together, or we worked on this previous two projects together. But listen, the this drummer is not able to drum at the pace we need. We need a better drummer, an
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...busy founders and executives, combining personalized nutrition and training with psychology based coaching to help you not just follow a plan, but actually build the systems, habits, and mindset to stay at the top of your game. Built by an exited fou
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That's always a challenge, how to create that level of intimacy and comfort. That's one of the reasons, Cyber Starts, we don't have offices. And I take meetings in my backyard, which is conveniently located fifty minutes ride from Tel Aviv in a subur
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...founders, which is so important. They're not bankers, and they know even the greatest businesses have tough times. Learn how Arising Ventures can be the one to help give your company new life by visiting arisingventures.com/20vc. Go to arisingventure
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...founders. They're not bankers, so they know what other founders really care about. They've given many great businesses a second chance at success, like Jive, a business Arising Ventures relaunched after it shut down in 2021. Arising Ventures bought t
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...make better founders? I think there's a lot with investors. When you think about it, do richer founders make better founders? I'd say yes. I think about this quite often. If you were to have a blank check VC fund and you just wrote a check blank, not
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...the founder owns 95% and you own 5%, problematic. Every time you sit down, you go like, I'm working for this guy. De facto. If there is more alignment in terms of ownership, then I think it works better. Harry, if things are going like ballistically,
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