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ANGEL: Venrock’s Bryan Roberts on 25 years in VC, hitting wins early, avoiding bad habits | E1665

This Week in Startups

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Venture Capitalists - One Lesson of 25 Years

John MacIntosh: I joined Venrock right out of my PhD in chemistry. He says his mentor, Tony Evanen, invited him to join the firm for a year or two. MacIntosh's first investment was series A of Illumina, the DNA sequencing business. "Ein elbow grease counts for an enormous amount," he says.

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