I had a really dumb question prepared that we sent over. And I want to try and ask a smarter question. The dumb question was, well, to maximize your chances of getting that, you know, great decade making company in the portfolio, double the partnership. That way everyone's managing the same amount of capital on an average basis. But I would ask the opposite question. If the thing that makes this all work is the fact that all of you can be ridiculously focused and say no to most distractions on your time, could you raise less money and have a more concentrated portfolio? There's the extreme, of course, which is to raise no money. And just go on the boards and
We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners, during which we ask all of the unresolved burning questions from Part 1. How do THEY think about Benchmark v3? What are their day-to-day emotions trying to keep the equal partnership “bending toward greatness? Why is there no growth fund? What does it take to become the next Benchmark GP? Why is there a secret Principal program? We cover all these and much, much more. We also recorded the whole thing on video — which we highly recommend watching even if you normally only listen to the audio feed!
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