Das: San Francisco is the only place where talent rejects multi-million salaries
Debargo "DD" Das · Inside Silicon Valley’s VC Playbook | WTF is Venture Capital? - 2025 Edition | Ep. 24 · Nikhil Kamath · Aug 29, 2025 · at 2:50:47
Debargo 'DD' Das (Menlo Ventures) argues that Silicon Valley has an unparalleled cultural willingness among top talent to forgo lucrative compensation for startup equity and mission.
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“People make economically absurd decisions. People will reject offers to make millions and millions of dollars a year because they believe. And like, that just doesn't happen anywhere else in the world.”
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