How to Be a Good Operating Partner and Partner in a Portfolio Company

If you're not engaged in looking at new deals, then you're not going to end up being an operating partner and partner in the firm. The more you learn that side of the business, the better your eyes are when you look at companies. But ultimately it's going to dilute your value because what makes a good operating executive good is you come in knowing the businesses that you know but don't know deal business.