Risk Taking
topic on 5 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
More or Less 
Innovators & Investors 
the Knowledge Project 
BigDeal 
20VC
5 statements about Risk Taking, every show
Tangen: Investors Must Maintain Same Risk Exposure After Incurring Losses
“You know, just because you lost, you need to get back on your horse and take the same amount of risk, and it's very difficult.”
Just: Risk-taking is a learned skill, not an innate personality trait
“As much as I look like I take a lot of risk. Nobody would have called me a risk taker when I was younger. You can actually learn it.”
Joseph: Founder naivety is essential for taking massive entrepreneurial risks
“One of the, you know characteristics of a founder I guess is also the naivety, like, you know, not knowing enough to believe in your stupid visions of the future. And you know, if you knew enough, like, and if you knew every detail of what would happen, you pr…”
Sam Lessin: Men dominate top leadership because they are higher-beta risk-takers
“Because men have nothing to lose and are worthless, and therefore are very high beta, right? Like, it's just like, you just get more, like, the dumbest people in the world are men, and some of the smartest are. The highest risk takers are men. Guess what? It t…”