Olteanu: Dan Scholnick is an exemplary low-ego, action-oriented board member
Oana Olteanu · Oana Olteanu: Why Founders Should Expect More From Their VCs | 20VC #950 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 19, 2022 · at 18:59
Oana Olteanu is a Partner at SignalFire. When asked by Harry Stebbings to name the best board member she has served alongside, she highlights investor Dan Scholnick.
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“Dan Sholnik who invested in Urelic, Docker, Weights and Biases, and a bunch of other amazing companies. I like Dan because he's low ego. He's very action oriented. And he acts in service of the founders.”
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