Kola: Most successful founders do not come from big-tech executive roles
Vani Kola · Why & How Clarity and Depth outscores storytelling ft Vani Kola, Managing Director, Kalaari Capital · Sep 6, 2021 · at 16:31
Vani Kola, Managing Director of Kalaari Capital, discusses evaluating early-stage founders and explains why past corporate pedigree is a weak predictor of startup success.
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“The so-called pedigree is not as important to me as the potential. So I'm assessing for the potential, but not your past is a small indicator of your future, especially for an entrepreneur, especially for a first time entrepreneur. Most successful entrepreneurs do not come from saying I was SVP at Google or something like that, right?”
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