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Brian Garrett: The venture capital industry is driven by ego and greed
“Industry generally is driven by ego and greed, and I think it brings out some of the bad side of humanity.”
Brian Garrett: Venture capital success mostly comes down to luck and timing
“Because at the end of the day, most of this is about luck and timing.”
Brian Garrett: Young VCs speak in board meetings just to feel important
“I have found that the biggest issue I've seen is young VCs believing that they have to speak because they're tasked as a board member, and they're supposed to say important things, and my philosophy is speak when you have something to say, not because you want…”
Brian Garrett limits his investment cadence to two or three deals annually
“I only try to do two or three deals a year.”
Brian Garrett: LPs doubted Southern California was a real market in 2014
“I think that the most challenging... For us was the first thirty million of Crosscut Three, what we were calling our first close. And it was late in 2014 and not so clear that Southern California was a quote, real market to LPs yet.”