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Satya Patel on the state of VC, flexible investing frameworks & converting to evergreen | E1715

This Week in Startups

CHAPTER

The Psychology of Founders

We're not going to invest in abrasive people who are just cantankerous and just brutal to deal with unless they're incredibly high performing. Another heuristic we have is that we'll never invest in a round that doesn't have a lead investor. Our largest companies, Chime, Platt, Gusto, Shield, Bowery Farming, I would say that all those founders fall in the high intellect, high EQ box. None of them are in the Kentankerous bucket.

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