Anna Khan: Early-Stage VC Requires Leaps of Faith Over Financial Metrics
Anna Khan · 20VC: Why Few Firms Are Doing True Early Stage Investing Today, Why Founders Should Spend Time with Analysts When Raising & The Rise of Pre-Empting Rounds and How To Know When To Engage vs Wait with Anna Khan, General Partner @ CRV · Aug 14, 2020 · at 17:10
Anna Khan, General Partner at CRV, discusses how her decision-making process evolved from relying heavily on financial metrics to relying on founder-market fit and qualitative product chatter.
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“Earlier in my career, I was much more data-driven, but I think what's really evolved over this time is my ability to take a leap of faith based on early signs, whether that's chatter about a product, whether it's a founder that spent time in the industry that he's trying to change, and not just ARR and net dollar retention.”
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