Early Stage Managers
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
4 statements about Early Stage Managers, every show
Active Early-Stage VC Management Drives Bad Decisions
“I work with many, and when they actively manage, they do not get the right decisions. They push managers to do things they shouldn't do. They push them to go enterprise before they should, push them to do more products, push them to scale faster, take more cas…”
Partners Capital avoids early-stage venture managers without prior institutional track records
“We almost never invest in early stage manager without reps. So they've almost always come from another place.”
Blitz: Evanston prefers early-stage managers because principals are hungrier
“That often leads us to early stage managers who aren't managing a lot of money. The principals of the firm are hungry at that time, and there's not many good ones like that out there, but those are the ones we tend to prefer.”