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Dixon: a16z funds operating teams with management fees rather than partner salaries
“The traditional structure is basically that VC funds charge fees and then most of those fees go to the partner salaries. We don't, instead we put our fees towards these operating teams. So for our competitors to copy us, they'd have to kind of dramatically cha…”
Dixon: Andreessen Horowitz generally avoids late-stage mega-rounds
“Actually, I mean, we don't, like, we don't do those kinds of investments for the most part.”
Dixon: a16z focuses on Series A and B over seed due to fund size
“At an, you know, at a, 16 Z it's, we do, we don't do much of that anymore. We do some of that, but not, not as much because we have a bigger fund and we tend to focus on what's called series A and series B.”
Dixon: VC calendar is split roughly 50-50 between new deals and portfolio support
“I think, I guess I would divide my calendar somewhat between, I guess, two broad categories of things. One would be meeting with entrepreneurs who are starting companies and raising money. And coming to us to talk about potentially investing and then the other…”
Dixon: Curated Twitter feed of 2,000 experts is a primary work tool
“I'm a huge fan of you know, Twitter, for example. I use Twitter constantly, and For me, it's a, it's probably one of my most important work tools in that I've, you know, have a carefully curated list of people I follow who essentially I have whatever it is, 20…”