Calacanis Chooses VC Partners Over Firms, Recommends Roelof Botha
Jason Calacanis · Jason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor · Jun 1, 2015 · at 20:06
Angel investor Jason Calacanis explains his philosophy on evaluating venture investors, emphasizing individual partner relationships over firm brand names.
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“Listen, you know, I like partners, not firms, so I would step back, and I would, you know, do it that way, and then I would also look at who's good at media, right? So I would look at who has backed media companies, who wants to work with media companies, who do I want to go to a meeting with? Roloff Botha has been amazing for me. I would absolutely pick him again.”
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