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Morin: Slow Ventures Targets 2% to 5% Ownership Over Traditional 20%
“At the size of funds that, that we are at today you know, we think we can create performance at the two to five percent level of ownership. Do that across many companies rather than needing to just be at the 20, 30% your traditional fund might target along wit…”
Morin: Entrepreneurial Drive Is Innate and Instantly Identifiable
“If you're an entrepreneur. It's just innate. Like, it's really clear to me. Like, I can tell that you're a purebred entrepreneur from, like, across the ocean and having never talked to you on the phone. Like, it's just, like, super clear. You know, when you ha…”
Morin: Silicon Valley Culture Is Workaholic and Transactional
“I think in Silicon Valley, we have a workaholic culture is really sort of transactional.”
Morin: Biotech and Software Intersection Starts 30-Year Shift Like PCs
“I really think that we're on, we're at the beginning of a thirty-year journey that's similar to the personal computer that is going to Be based on genomics, technology, and software.”
Morin: Venture Partnerships Are Like Marriages Requiring Collective Decision-Making
“I think of it as building out a marriage more than anything, you know, it requires really honest and open communication and, An eye towards the collective rather than, you know, a single person benevolent dictatorship.”
Morin: Slow Ventures Averages $250K to $1M Checks and Avoids Board Seats
“You'll see that we today, you know, average between 250 K to one million dollars going into most companies. However, we don't take board seats unless it's something that we're extremely passionate about.”
Morin: VC Funds Must Adopt Traditional Strategies as Fund Sizes Grow
“I think that over time, as funds get larger, have to play the more traditional game, but right now, this is working pretty well for us.”
Morin: Traditional Media Must Connect Niche Communities Peer-to-Peer
“Most of those media companies have been talking in a one-to-many kind of way with their community, rather than trying to generate and take their community and connect it to itself and enable people to contribute and Meet each other, connect to each other”
Morin: Having Children Is a Fundamental Operating System Upgrade
“I think having kids is an operating system upgrade. You know, it's one of those things that's impossible to describe. Once you go through it, you can't go back. I love the saying that once you have toast, you can't turn it back into bread again. It really is a…”