Are You a Venture Capitalist or Entrepreneur?

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Paul Graham: I've been a three ton founder of technology enabled ventures. And now I've been an investor, both an angel and with larger venture capital funds. What are the patterns that startups use in their business models, in growing their firms? And I've begun to catalog all these things and share them. He invites readers like you to get involved and help him find where there are these fundamental patterns.

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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