Is Benchmark a Renegade Firm?

I knew I wanted to be in venture at age 24, 25. At that time I had this false dream that Benchmark would break the model and hire it a principle. And Bruce Donlevi blew me off a few times. It did sit down with Bruce who was at like, you know, 7 p.m. He says, like, I'd rather be with my daughters right now respectfully, but I'm doing this as a favor. The feeling of the Benchmark culture particularly resonated with me. Anti-authoritarian, there was no hierarchy. And I abhor authority and hierarchy. Doesn't mean you don't have to have hierarchy in companies,. You have to allocate resources

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