Spero Ventures
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Mahesh: Spero Only Invests Where Mission and Business Model Perfectly Align
“So we don't invest in things where the mission and the business model are different. The mission and the business model have to be perfectly aligned.”
Mahesh: Spero Ventures refuses to back intrusive ad-based business models
“Instead of saying, oh, this ad based business, you're walking down the street and ads are flying at you. He's like, I don't want to live like that. We're not going to invest in that, even though that may come to pass and people may invest in that. That's not w…”
Mahesh: Worked through chemo and launched Spero six weeks post-surgery
“I made the decision that I wanted to keep working, so I worked through chemo. I, you know, we figured out all our plans to spin out while I was undergoing treatment and surgery, and, you know, about, we went public with it about six weeks after my a major surg…”
Mahesh: Diagnosed with cancer weeks before presenting Spero spinout to Omidyar
“August of 2017, and I had a presentation to Pierre and the board, just about like, hey, here's how we recommend we spin out you know, here's our name, here's how we should structure it, just to get the final approvals, because we'd been working on it. And two …”