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Wang admits he was "dead wrong" thinking VC ownership targets were stupid

“When I was a lawyer watching other venture capitalists amass their portfolios, I really didn't understand, you know, why they were so focused on percentage ownership. And I sort of thought it was, it sounded pretty stupid to me, to be honest with you. And now …”

Ted Wang Dec 17, 2018 ▶ 11:08 20VC: A Framework For Approaching Risk and How It Affects Portfolio Construction | Lessons and Advice From Working with Dropbox's Drew Houston | Why Being A Learning Animal Is The Most Important Factor For Success with Ted Wang, Partner @ Cowboy Ventures

Disclosure

Wang evaluates venture deals using a 10-category spreadsheet scoring system

“You know, so I'm, what I'm trying to do is for companies that go into a longer process, I am recording all this data. So it's, when I say data, it's on a spreadsheet and it's 10 entries scaled on a scale of one to 10.”

Ted Wang Dec 17, 2018 ▶ 25:09 20VC: A Framework For Approaching Risk and How It Affects Portfolio Construction | Lessons and Advice From Working with Dropbox's Drew Houston | Why Being A Learning Animal Is The Most Important Factor For Success with Ted Wang, Partner @ Cowboy Ventures

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