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Which one of these comments seems like the better startup filter: 1)"That correlates more with any other success factor that I've seen in the world's greatest
by aswanson 19y ago
Which one of these comments seems like the better startup filter:
1)"That correlates more with any other success factor that I've seen in the world's greatest entrepreneurs. If you look at Bezos, or [Netscape Communications Corp. founder Marc] Andreessen, [Yahoo Inc. co-founder] David Filo, the founders of Google, they all seem to be white, male, nerds who've dropped out of Harvard or Stanford and they absolutely have no social life. So when I see that pattern coming in -- which was true of Google -- it was very easy to decide to invest."
2)Moritz said he's learned as an investor to listen carefully to entrepreneurs and only look at the facts, casting aside prejudice and opinion. "That stuff will preclude you in making a new investment in a new area that hasn't hit the radar screen yet or is preposterous to other people," he said.
Put my money into Sequoia.