Andreessen Horowitz's Early Investment Team Was Mostly Product Managers
Zal Bilimoria · 20VC: How a16z Uses NPS To Create Better Founder Experiences, Why Intellectual Curiosity Is The Most Important Investor Trait & Creating A Fund To Last Through The Ages with Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner @ Refactor Capital · Apr 16, 2018 · at 4:27
Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner at Refactor Capital, describes joining Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2013 and the composition of its investment team.
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“What I loved about A-Six-Z is that everyone had operating experiences of different kinds, especially on the investment team, which was mostly made up of PMs at the time.”
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