Calacanis: LAUNCH averages 70 meetings and two investments per week
Jason Calacanis · How To Pick Startup Winners With Jason Calacanis · Jul 28, 2022 · at 41:53
Jason Calacanis outlines the internal operational cadence and team structure at his venture firm LAUNCH.
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“I have 11, I think 10 or 11 people on the investment team at launch. Now we do about 70 meetings a week, probably 50, 60 of them are introductory meetings. And we invest in two companies a week on average. And one of them tends to be a follow on one tends to be a new.”
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