Clark Landry prefers investing in multi-founder startups over solo founders
Clark Landry · 20 VC 012: Angel Investing, Accelerators and AdTech with Clark Landry · Feb 18, 2015 · at 14:25
Angel investor Clark Landry discusses co-founder dynamics and his preference for backing startups with multiple founders.
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“I mean, I much prefer deals where there are multiple founders .”
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