Generational Transition
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
3 statements about Generational Transition, every show
O'Driscoll: Small VC firms like Benchmark face higher generational transition risk
“It's harder to be someone like Benchmark, small and brilliant, and manage generational transition, which is why it's awesome that they do it, because the asset is the brains of four or five individual people.”
Ian Charles: Institution spin-outs achieve smoother generational transitions than founder-led firms
“If your firm started as a spin out from a big financial institution, which is actually quite common in Europe, it's less common in the US, but in a spin out, there's less of a founder mentality. There's a stewardship, a shepherding mentality. If the firm start…”
Eggers: Three reasons venture capital firms fail at generational transitions
“I think there's three things that where a venture firm can fail. Number one, you got to have great performance. That's an obvious one. Number two is you got to make sure that the young people coming up get the opportunities to grow economically and sending the…”