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Garg: VCs fail to systematically evaluate co-founder dynamics during diligence
“What VCs generally do is they rely on their systemic ability to sort of perceive these things in meetings or reference checks. One of the things they don't do is systematically evaluate and try to dig into what are the relationships between co-founders look an…”
Mayfield Completed Around 50 Deals in 1999
“So when I got there in 99, you know, Mayfield had done, I believe they had done 50 deals in 99, you know, one deal a week.”
Chang: Mayfield partners review up to 800 deals to make 1-3 investments
“The normal pace for a fund like us, you know, mainstream early stage VC firm of three 50 to four hundred million, we're typically doing 10, 12 deals a year, right? So a mainline VC, we're probably seeing anywhere from 400 to 800 deals a year personally and doi…”