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Wisler: Studios Shouldn't Hire External CEOs for Internal Ideas
“Because the reality is that a co-founder is never going to be as passionate about my idea as they are about their own. And I think that was one of the biggest learnings from Sproutbox is that it's really dangerous to start a company and then try to find somebo…”
Brad Whistler Jan 21, 2025 ▶ 4:55 17 - Redefining Venture Support with Paragraph Founding Partner Brad Wisler
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Wisler: Studios Must Decouple Operating Revenue From Fund Capital
“If you get to the point where, Your studio staff depends on making an investment. In other words, I don't make an investment. There's no money to pay the team. That puts a really unnatural pressure on the general partners to make an investment, even if there i…”
Brad Whistler Jan 21, 2025 ▶ 5:51 17 - Redefining Venture Support with Paragraph Founding Partner Brad Wisler
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Wisler: Two Investments Generated 90% of Returns For Sproutbox's First Fund
“But at the end of the day, it's still the two biggest ones that are returning 90% of the returns.”
Brad Whistler Jan 21, 2025 ▶ 12:00 17 - Redefining Venture Support with Paragraph Founding Partner Brad Wisler
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Wisler: Sproutbox Fund I made 13 investments with five liquidity events
“We made 13 investments in our first fund, and we've had five liquidity events already and still two very active.”
Brad Whistler Jan 21, 2025 ▶ 11:47 17 - Redefining Venture Support with Paragraph Founding Partner Brad Wisler
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