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05: Discovering hidden baseball talent to leading Sales at Stripe all applied to finding outliers in tech - Meka Asonye, First Round Capital
First Funders
Investing in Hidden Talents and Overcoming Missed Opportunities
The chapter explores the speaker's journey of making their first angel investment in a startup that later got acquired by Slack, emphasizing the importance of recognizing individual founder superpowers. It delves into missed opportunities in investing in successful ventures like Cloudflare, Eventbrite, and Stitch Fix and highlights the mindset shift between angel investing and institutional investment. The chapter also discusses the speaker's approach to engaging with potential investments at First Round Capital, stressing the importance of personal connections and choosing reliable partners for long-term success.
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