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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q Did that ever make your life harder on the Institute? Institutional side. Is it difficult for you where you have to project confidence to institutions and with respect, Jake is doing content that might seem a bit down or distracted or whatever that might be?
A Yeah, I, I think to me it's, it's, it's clearly polarizing, but it's very obvious, right? It's a double-edged sword, right? Like Jake has such a big persona and character that, um, one can just be dismissive on first glance. But I'm okay with that, because at the end of the day, we're in the money-making business, and our track record makes money. So if it's like, hey, LPs don't understand the marketing and the attention gathering, it's like, okay, we'll make other people, we'll make ourselves and other people more money that are a little bit smarter than you guys. So I think it's like, you either lean into the brashness or the aggressiveness, or you try to Like, hide it. And I think every great story, every great founder, every great business is like, you lean into strength, right? Like, you want to be the best in the world, and I think we have a chance to be the best in the world on our exact style of investing and company formation.
AI assessment note: “it's clearly polarizing, but it's very obvious, right? It's a double-edged sword”
Answered raw tape
D 5 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 3 4.15
Q Did that ever make your life harder on the Institute? Institutional side. Is it difficult for you where you have to project confidence to institutions and with respect, Jake is doing content that might seem a bit down or distracted or whatever that might be?
A Yeah, I, I think to me it's, it's, it's clearly polarizing, but it's very obvious, right? It's a double-edged sword, right? Like Jake has such a big persona and character that, um, one can just be dismissive on first glance. But I'm okay with that, because at the end of the day, we're in the money-making business, and our track record makes money. So if it's like, hey, LPs don't understand the marketing and the attention gathering, it's like, okay, we'll make other people, we'll make ourselves and other people more money that are a little bit smarter than you guys. So I think it's like, you either lean into the brashness or the aggressiveness, or you try to Like, hide it. And I think every great story, every great founder, every great business is like, you lean into strength, right? Like, you want to be the best in the world, and I think we have a chance to be the best in the world on our exact style of investing and company formation.
AI assessment note: “Yeah, I, I think to me it's, it's, it's clearly polarizing, but it's very obvious”
Answered raw tape
D 4 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.00
Q Did that ever make your life harder on the Institute? Institutional side. Is it difficult for you where you have to project confidence to institutions and with respect, Jake is doing content that might seem a bit down or distracted or whatever that might be?
A Yeah, I, I think to me it's, it's, it's clearly polarizing, but it's very obvious, right? It's a double-edged sword, right? Like Jake has such a big persona and character that, um, one can just be dismissive on first glance. But I'm okay with that, because at the end of the day, we're in the money-making business, and our track record makes money. So if it's like, hey, LPs don't understand the marketing and the attention gathering, it's like, okay, we'll make other people, we'll make ourselves and other people more money that are a little bit smarter than you guys. So I think it's like, you either lean into the brashness or the aggressiveness, or you try to Like, hide it. And I think every great story, every great founder, every great business is like, you lean into strength, right? Like, you want to be the best in the world, and I think we have a chance to be the best in the world on our exact style of investing and company formation.
AI assessment note: “Jake has such a big persona and character that, um, one can just be dismissive”
Answered raw tape
D 4 · C 3 · P 3 · Cm 2 3.15
Q When you think about, like, the pillars of venture, like, how it's done, there's finding, there's picking, there's winning, and there's helping. Now, I may be being assumptive here and rude, But I would assume that, say, Jake is the master of winning and helping on distribution, and then you are the finder and the picker. Is that correct?
A I, I mean, I think it's really like a true partnership of one. So I think in terms of like, I think Jake has, and I think people underestimate Jake's reps and what he sees, right? Like even just describing like the nuances of like, 6.9 seconds on a product feature, right? In some sense, he was an early adopter in all the social platforms as a creator. So I think that same skill set in terms of knowing what is coming around the corner, understanding consumer sentiment is essentially the same instinct as us as VCs being like, hey, you know, this guy's a winner or this girl's a winner and their product and their vision, their roadmap makes a lot of sense. So I think the picking side, I don't think it's, we shouldn't underestimate Jake's like taste there. And I would argue that with AI making traditional smart people stuff like coding, In financial analysis as just metered intelligence, I would argue that having taste, having, uh, that cultural vibe, and I think that's like one of your, like, big edges as an investor. I think you're just cooler and more with it and vibe with, like, the next generation of founders much better than a boomer VC. Um, and I think you deserve, like, the success on the platform and your, and your funds. I think that's the, the challenge or the gauntlet that we're, like, excited to fight with. It's like, I just saw that Bill Gurley was tweeting that, um, y…
AI assessment note: “I think it's really like a true partnership of one... shouldn't underestimate Jake's like taste”
Answered raw tape
D 3 · C 3 · P 3 · Cm 2 2.85
Q When you think about, like, the pillars of venture, like, how it's done, there's finding, there's picking, there's winning, and there's helping. Now, I may be being assumptive here and rude, But I would assume that, say, Jake is the master of winning and helping on distribution, and then you are the finder and the picker. Is that correct?
A I, I mean, I think it's really like a true partnership of one. So I think in terms of like, I think Jake has, and I think people underestimate Jake's reps and what he sees, right? Like even just describing like the nuances of like, 6.9 seconds on a product feature, right? In some sense, he was an early adopter in all the social platforms as a creator. So I think that same skill set in terms of knowing what is coming around the corner, understanding consumer sentiment is essentially the same instinct as us as VCs being like, hey, you know, this guy's a winner or this girl's a winner and their product and their vision, their roadmap makes a lot of sense. So I think the picking side, I don't think it's, we shouldn't underestimate Jake's like taste there. And I would argue that with AI making traditional smart people stuff like coding, In financial analysis as just metered intelligence, I would argue that having taste, having, uh, that cultural vibe, and I think that's like one of your, like, big edges as an investor. I think you're just cooler and more with it and vibe with, like, the next generation of founders much better than a boomer VC. Um, and I think you deserve, like, the success on the platform and your, and your funds. I think that's the, the challenge or the gauntlet that we're, like, excited to fight with. It's like, I just saw that Bill Gurley was tweeting that, um, y…
AI assessment note: “I don't think it's, we shouldn't underestimate Jake's like taste there.”
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D 3 · C 2 · P 2 · Cm 2 2.30
Q When you think about, like, the pillars of venture, like, how it's done, there's finding, there's picking, there's winning, and there's helping. Now, I may be being assumptive here and rude, But I would assume that, say, Jake is the master of winning and helping on distribution, and then you are the finder and the picker. Is that correct?
A I, I mean, I think it's really like a true partnership of one. So I think in terms of like, I think Jake has, and I think people underestimate Jake's reps and what he sees, right? Like even just describing like the nuances of like, 6.9 seconds on a product feature, right? In some sense, he was an early adopter in all the social platforms as a creator. So I think that same skill set in terms of knowing what is coming around the corner, understanding consumer sentiment is essentially the same instinct as us as VCs being like, hey, you know, this guy's a winner or this girl's a winner and their product and their vision, their roadmap makes a lot of sense. So I think the picking side, I don't think it's, we shouldn't underestimate Jake's like taste there. And I would argue that with AI making traditional smart people stuff like coding, In financial analysis as just metered intelligence, I would argue that having taste, having, uh, that cultural vibe, and I think that's like one of your, like, big edges as an investor. I think you're just cooler and more with it and vibe with, like, the next generation of founders much better than a boomer VC. Um, and I think you deserve, like, the success on the platform and your, and your funds. I think that's the, the challenge or the gauntlet that we're, like, excited to fight with. It's like, I just saw that Bill Gurley was tweeting that, um, y…
AI assessment note: “I don't think it's, we shouldn't underestimate Jake's like taste there.”
