Gandhi: I would have accomplished more by 36 if bolder earlier
Shruti Gandhi · 1256 How Array.VC Raised First $15m, Why They Like Art19 Investment · Jan 1, 2019 · at 19:59
Shruti Gandhi, managing partner at Array Ventures, reflects on the risk aversion of her twenty-year-old self.
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“I was too afraid to just go and experiment, and I worried a lot about plan B and backups, and, you know, there's not much to lose at that time, so I would have done a lot more By this age, I was just that bold.”
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