Frankel: Remote VC work makes rigorous investment discipline tougher
David Frankel · 20VC: Biggest Lessons and Challenges Building One of the Most Successful Seed Funds, How To Manage Investor Psychology, Self-Doubt and Insecurity & The Secret to Truly Successful Venture Partnerships with David Frankel, Co-Founder @ Founder Collective · Feb 7, 2022 · at 28:46
David Frankel is co-founder and managing partner of Founder Collective. He reflects on how remote operations during COVID impacted firm decision-making and partner collaboration.
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“Doing all of this on Zoom, in some ways, I would say there's this kind of convenience over connection. So if you like getting stuff done, it's very convenient. But if you miss people, the connection stuff's difficult. And wrestling stuff to the ground, which is in many respects the fun of the business, And not just the fun, is the discipline and the requirement of the business is just tougher when you're not together.”
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