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Vasconcellos: Market and product fit matter more than the team
“In my view, market comes first. And I think if you have the right model and the right product in that market, I think that's more important than ultimately the team.”
Vasconcellos: Expanding fund strategy beyond core strengths harms long-term VC returns
“That greed is the number one enemy of returns and, you know, being greedy and kind of expanding your fund or expanding your strategy into multiple different things that maybe you're not the best at probably is, you know, short-term profitable, but sort of long…”
Founders must cut into muscle because running out of cash is fatal
“I think it's healthy sometimes to cut through the fat and into the muscle because you can always undo that later. If you were wrong, maybe you cut a little bit too much. You might have to rehire people or you might have to You know, reinvest in things that you…”
Vasconcellos: Institutional VCs are there to maximize returns, not be friends
“But I think that once you're investing other people's money, you're really there to maximize returns. So you're not there to be a founder's friend, but you help, you're there to help that founder win.”
Vasconcellos: Formal board meetings are unnecessary for strategic alignment
“In, in my experience, having a moment where you bring in different investors and different advisors together, you know, to check in and talk about strategy and talk about direction, that conversation is valuable. Whether that has to happen at a board meeting a…”
Vasconcellos: Winning multiple markets simultaneously is a recipe for startup disaster
“What I would tell founders is that you have to pick one market, right? And probably one market and one customer, and you really have to nail it and you really have to win that market before you move on to the next one. I think trying to fight a multi front war…”