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Elad Gil: “A Startup is An Act of Desperation” and Other Wisdom from one of Silicon Valley's Best Investors

Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast

CHAPTER

Investing

I started investing very organically. So just as I was helping friends of mine while he was running my own companies with different areas, they just started pinging me and asking if I wanted to invest as part of rounds. And so it was kind of accidental. But this is, you have a notably extraordinary portfolio. What's going on here? Are you causing these companies to be huge? Is there something that helps you pick? It's an extraordinary portfolio. You've not. The average ratio of good company to so-so company was much better than it is today.

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