Poddar: Outlier VC returns only come from non-consensus investment decisions
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Pratik Poddar of Nexus Venture Partners discusses investment committee dynamics and why outlier startup investments rarely have unanimous partnership support.
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“Hardly any good deal has happened where there was complete consensus. So, because outlier outcomes will only come when there's no consensus. So one person has to truly, truly, strongly believe in it, and then of course debate, fight it out, get other people feedback, but it has to be one or two people liking it much more, and others actually not liking it a lot, where the best outcomes have come.”
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