In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen Kinnevik CEO and Chair: Long-term mindset, Innovation and Dealing with failures
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Sep 4, 2024 
Georgi Ganev, CEO of Kinnevik, and James Anderson, Chair of Kinnevik and a top European tech investor, dive into the art of long-term investing. They discuss how a resilient mindset is essential for navigating innovative business models and the contrasts in startup cultures between Europe and the USA. The duo emphasizes the importance of leadership and governance during challenging market times, advocating for embracing failures as learning opportunities. They also explore future investment avenues in clean technology and AI, underscoring the need for a passion-driven approach.
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Extreme Outcomes
- Focus on the size of the opportunity when evaluating investments.
- Extreme outcomes, not averages, drive overall returns.
Novel Business Models
- Business model risk is underappreciated by most investors.
- Novel business models either fail or create fantastic outcomes.
Evaluating Founders
- Evaluate founders by asking about their 10 to 20-year vision.
- This forces them to think beyond short-term plans.