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Jeff Epstein (Bessemer Venture Partners) - What Investors Want

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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Investing in Venture Capital

Investors like companies that can get to product market fit, prove that they can a the have a business model that can reach 100 million of revenue in some reasonable number of years. Another key thing to look for is network effects. When you have more drivers, you can deliver the car, can show up faster to the consumer. That's a classic fly wheel, network effect business. And investors love to see network effects. It's another way of reducing risk. A venture investor wants their portfolio company ceos to be happy, and they trust their portfolio company c os. So if you can get a warm introduction to a venture capitalist from a portfolio company ceo to an investor who specializes your

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