Jacobs: Sourcing Unconventional Founders Compounds Through Their Personal Networks
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Lee Jacobs, general partner at Long Journey Ventures, discusses how backing non-consensus founders builds a compounding network effect for venture deal flow.
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“When you invest in these people that are really independent thinkers and they end up in interesting companies and start great things, they tend to have friends like that. And so it really compounds on itself.”
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