Many VCs are also entrepreneurs in their own right, facing similar challenges as startup founders.
While startup founders are praised for their creativity, ingenuity, and grit in building new businesses - and rightly so - VCs are on the sidelines, often considered “just investors.” Yet, what is often overlooked is that many VCs are also entrepreneurs in their own right. Having worked as a VC for the last 20 years, founding two venture firms, and launching six funds, I know first-hand the challenges involved. I don’t perceive myself as “only” a venture capitalist, I am a founder too.
I didn’t join an established venture firm, I built it, alongside some tremendous partners and colleagues, facing many of the same challenges as those founding a startup. Founders and VCs are more similar than many realize and this can give both parties valuable insight into each other’s motivations and challenges. It is also why many startups prefer to partner with smaller VCs, where they are working directly with individuals who understand what they’re going throug
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