All the best investors I know are more like founders than investors: Fred Wilson, Mike Moritz, Pmarca, Ben Horowitz, Keith Rabois. What do I mean by like founders? Informal, pragmatic, genuinely interested in products and not just in money.
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You should hang out with
@ArlanWasHere some time. Then your list could expand beyond some admittedly impressive men.
Or I could hang out with Jessica Livingston, which would be easier since she's in the next room.
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Perhaps it could be “and” instead of “or”.
I, for one, would be thrilled to see many more grounded, brilliant, passionate women standing out in the VC industry like Arlan and Jessica. -
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*sigh* And that’s the condescending type of sigh I never like to do but it’s needed in this case.
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One of the reasons there are so few women and people of color in the VC community is that it’s become increasingly insular. Expand horizons and profits will follow.
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