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Andy Rachleff from VC to Entrepreneur

The IO Podcast: Investor + Operator

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The Importance of Being Paranoid

There's not a lot of overlap in the skill sets between an investor and an operator. I only wanted to be venture capitalists had no desire to be an entrepreneur. So what most people don't realize is that I was in the venture business for a dozen years before co-founding benchmark. It amazes me that people think that I could have found an venture firm without any experience as a venture capitalist. That makes absolutely no sense to you. Forgive me guys, but it makes no sense to me whatsoever.

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