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Zal Bilimoria Says Extreme Curiosity Is the Most Important Investing Trait
“And then the second thing I learned at A-Six-Z is how to be an insanely curious person, and why that's the most important thing about investing.”
Zal Bilimoria Apr 16, 2018 ▶ 5:29 20VC: How a16z Uses NPS To Create Better Founder Experiences, Why Intellectual Curiosity Is The Most Important Investor Trait & Creating A Fund To Last Through The Ages with Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner @ Refactor Capital
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Refactor Capital Prefers Scientific Founders With Clear Go-To-Market Strategies
“These founders who are scientists, especially that we spend time with in biology, especially need to have strong answers on these go to market questions. We of course help our founders in these areas as well, but we'd much rather see founders go from one to a …”
Zal Bilimoria Apr 16, 2018 ▶ 8:14 20VC: How a16z Uses NPS To Create Better Founder Experiences, Why Intellectual Curiosity Is The Most Important Investor Trait & Creating A Fund To Last Through The Ages with Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner @ Refactor Capital
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Scientist Founders Must Be Great Storytellers to Build Enduring Companies
“I think the scientist founders we meet have to be incredible storytellers. They need to be able to tell amazing stories to investors, which reduces financing risk, but they also have to be able to tell amazing stories To customers, to talent that they want to …”
Zal Bilimoria Apr 16, 2018 ▶ 8:45 20VC: How a16z Uses NPS To Create Better Founder Experiences, Why Intellectual Curiosity Is The Most Important Investor Trait & Creating A Fund To Last Through The Ages with Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner @ Refactor Capital
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More Than Half of Hard Science Startups Will Go to Zero
“You have to assume that more than half of your companies are going to go to zero, and that's no different when it comes to biology and other harder science companies.”
Zal Bilimoria Apr 16, 2018 ▶ 12:24 20VC: How a16z Uses NPS To Create Better Founder Experiences, Why Intellectual Curiosity Is The Most Important Investor Trait & Creating A Fund To Last Through The Ages with Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner @ Refactor Capital
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Bio-Industrial Startups Reach Product Launch Much Faster Than Therapeutics
“The idea of being able to actually create value in these companies can actually be much more rapid. They have the ability to launch products within the first few years after receiving seed funding versus a therapeutics company, which might take much longer.”
Zal Bilimoria Apr 16, 2018 ▶ 13:56 20VC: How a16z Uses NPS To Create Better Founder Experiences, Why Intellectual Curiosity Is The Most Important Investor Trait & Creating A Fund To Last Through The Ages with Zal Bilimoria, Founding Partner @ Refactor Capital
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