Lynn's investment bar: wanting to found or join the startup herself
Rebecca Lynn · VC Fireside Chat // Rebecca Lynn, Canvas Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Jul 13, 2017 · at 16:20
Rebecca Lynn, General Partner at Canvas Ventures, explains her personal benchmark for making early-stage venture investments during a fireside chat at Data Driven NYC.
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“So I actually look for the company that I look for and I'm like, damn, I wish I would have thought of that. Right? It's so smart. I wish I would have done that. Or I would go work for this company. So if, you know, let's say I didn't have my venture job anymore, would I go be the CMO or the chief product officer or whatever for this company? And if I'm that excited about it and I want to spend that much time with the entrepreneur and with this company, then that, that's usually, usually the bar for me.”
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