Phin Barnes: VC Pattern Recognition Is Just Intellectual Laziness
Phin Barnes · 20VC: First Round's Phin Barnes on How The Best Founders Optimize for Learning Per Dollar Spent, What Makes A Truly Special Founder/VC Relationship and Why Pattern Recognition is Another Term For Intellectual Laziness · Oct 15, 2018 · at 13:19
Phin Barnes, Partner at First Round Capital, discusses venture capital investment decision-making and mitigating cognitive biases on The 20 VC.
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“I think pattern recognition is another name for intellectual laziness, right?”
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