Venture Highway
7 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2020 by Priya Mohan · said 16 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2021 2 mentions in 1 episode
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Nov 9, 2020 positive
Mohan: Breakout unicorns require conviction-based investment calls, not firm consensus
“Every big Decacon unicorn today is a regret for the VCs who are not in it, right? And if you've seen some of the best journeys, This comes back to the original point which I made in, in answer to your question as to how's the decision-making adventure highway.…”
Nov 9, 2020 positive
Mohan: Venture Highway uses 'startup sensei' titles to maintain flat structures
“We don't have kind of names in Venture Highway. We don't call ourselves partners. So Vijay, I'm just called a startup sensei. It just blew my mind when Sameer said, I'm not going to give you titles. It's because we really wanted to build a flat organization.”
Nov 9, 2020
Mohan: Venture Highway over-indexes on founders and welcomes business model pivots
“Especially at the stage that Venture Highway comes from, we literally over dial on the founder and the founding team, right, and we have some frameworks in our head as to how, ah, you know, about the whole founding team, how to think about it, and essentially …”
Nov 9, 2020 neutral
Nov 9, 2020 neutral
Nov 9, 2020
Mohan: Great operators do not automatically make great venture capital investors
“If you think you're a good, ah, jockey, great, but don't think being a good jockey is going to automatically make you great at horse picking, right? Those are two different skills, and that's something I learned very quickly.”