Sanwal: School of Entrepreneuring will not be a VC-backed exit-driven startup
Anand Sanwal · $100M Founder Reveals The Secret To Making Data Profitable ft. Anand Sanwal · Jun 11, 2024 · at 41:15
CB Insights founder Anand Sanwal explains the long-term commitment and non-venture financing structure behind his proposed entrepreneurship school.
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“This is like my significance box, right? And so I might start two, three other companies. Like I'm trying to, we're trying to think of an engine to like build 200,000 companies. So this is like my next thing for Till, like, you know, when I die at my desk, like, this is the thing that I'm going to be working on, so it's not a, it's not like a VC-backed private school to exit”
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