Is There a Perverse Incentive to Be a Startup Investor?

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Eric Dornberg has done some thinking about how do we reduce the risk of being a founder. It seems like there's a perverse incentive, though, to some extent, where if you're an investor in a startup, you want the founder to be all in. "I think cognitively, people don't work as well when they're under extreme pressure"

How can we better make decisions under uncertainty? What are some of the different ways of being uncertain? What are some powerful venture patterns? How can founders and venture capitalists reduce risk in their startups and portfolios? What is the nature of innovation? How can investing be used to do good in the world?

Miles Lasater has started 3 companies, 2 nonprofits, and 1 family with 4 kids. He has been a founder, VC, angel investor, business school professor, board member, donor, improv comedian, and dancer. He currently is Founding Partner of Purpose Built Ventures and serves on the board of tech nonprofit Curious Learning. Miles also hosts a podcast called Startups for Good (which you can also follow on Twitter at @startups4good). Find out more at mileslasater.com.

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