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Maha Ibrahim: Accelerate growth spend only after securing product-market fit
“I believe in getting to profitability and having a business plan that gets you to profitability. But having said that, if there's truly a market there that you feel, sorry, let me step back. If there's a product market fit that you feel is dead on and you're s…”
Maha Ibrahim Apr 27, 2015 ▶ 3:54 20 VC 031: Investing in Gaming, Luxury Goods and Disruption with Maha Ibrahim, General Partner @ Canaan Partners
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Ibrahim: Domain specialization is the best way for new VCs to differentiate
“So what I advise new entrants into the VC market or junior people to do Is really to differentiate based on a franchise. So pick an area, and it need not be a niche area. It could be a pretty broad area, and really develop a thesis in that area for where the w…”
Maha Ibrahim Apr 27, 2015 ▶ 12:24 20 VC 031: Investing in Gaming, Luxury Goods and Disruption with Maha Ibrahim, General Partner @ Canaan Partners
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Maha Ibrahim: Market size and timing cause most VC losses
“We lose money as VCs, large, as early stage VCs, largely because we've gotten the market timing or the market size wrong. The market size just isn't big enough, or the market hasn't evolved as quickly as we suspected it would.”
Maha Ibrahim Apr 27, 2015 ▶ 14:38 20 VC 031: Investing in Gaming, Luxury Goods and Disruption with Maha Ibrahim, General Partner @ Canaan Partners
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