venture capital partnership
also referred to as: venture capital partnerships
8 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 5 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Oct 19, 2015 by Patricia Nakache · across every show →
Everything said about venture capital partnership, oldest first
Oct 19, 2015
Nakache: Culture fit is critical in small venture capital partnerships
“In small partnerships, that's really important. You have to, there's not a big company. There's no place to go hide if you don't get along with somebody. There's no kind of other division you can transfer to or other group you can transfer to. You have to make…”
Sep 28, 2016
Morin: Venture Partnerships Are Like Marriages Requiring Collective Decision-Making
“I think of it as building out a marriage more than anything, you know, it requires really honest and open communication and, An eye towards the collective rather than, you know, a single person benevolent dictatorship.”
Sep 25, 2017 positive
May 24, 2022 negative
Nov 30, 2022 negative
Lemkin: VC partnerships with over two partners become dysfunctional
“So VCs are legal partnerships, but I think once they're beyond two, They become dysfunctional almost. They have to be dysfunctional. You start to lose or at a minimum, you're only there because of the fun size, because it, you lose all the benefits of a partne…”
Mar 4, 2023 negative
Somerville: Generational Friction Will Cause Increased Infighting in VC Partnerships
“I think what you're gonna end up having happen is increased infighting in a lot of groups, because you have older GPs that have done very well that are staying on longer than they ever expected just because they're going to be needed to get funds raised in the…”
Jun 23, 2023 negative
Sep 6, 2023 negative
Basu Trivedi: Making VC decisions via internal politics is a terrible practice
“Look, I think there are partnerships where decisions are made based on the ability of individuals to sell internally, and so there's some folks that are just naturally more gifted to sell the deal to their partners, and there's political points back and forth …”