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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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Don't Smoke Crack During the Marathon

We taught a generation of founders that raising money was the skill. And part of that was the whole growth at all costs super fast. They talk about a perverse reinforcement loop. I just smoked crack. I ran the mile faster and they gave me more crack to run the next mile faster. This is not going to end well. It's really hard to repair a car driving 80 miles an hour down the highway. You don't want to be changing the carburetor at 80.

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