Context: I met Alex during fundraising and he's since become an investor in our Series A. I (and the CEO) talk to him pretty often; probably once every week or two. My one-liner summary of Alex is "probably smarter than I am". He thinks about companies the way you'd imagine an *investor* would (structural scaling issues, limits to the flywheel, subtle unit economics issues that'll blow up in your face at scale and be hard to fix, etc). During diligence he asked by far the most *good* questions, digging in to the business (I mean, it was seed stage, so how hard can you really dig in). He operates at the mental model level / strategy level, not the execution level (fire this person, here's how you should do perf reviews), but luckily knows it (he's fond of saying "well, I guess that part is harder than VCs think it is huh"). So, I call him "smarter than I am" because he's thinking at that layer of abstraction all the time, and I'm not. Plus he's super smart (but many people say that about investors when they're not actually that smart, and I wanted to say something specific about Alex). I would 100% work with him again.

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Context: I met Alex during fundraising and he's since become an investor in our Series A. I (and the CEO) talk to him pretty often; probably once every week or two. My one-liner summary of Alex is "probably smarter than I am". He thinks about companies the way you'd imagine an *investor* would (structural scaling issues, limits to the flywheel, subtle unit economics issues that'll blow up in your face at scale and be hard to fix, etc). During diligence he asked by far the most *good* questions, digging in to the business (I mean, it was seed stage, so how hard can you really dig in). He operates at the mental model level / strategy level, not the execution level (fire this person, here's how you should do perf reviews), but luckily knows it (he's fond of saying "well, I guess that part is harder than VCs think it is huh"). So, I call him "smarter than I am" because he's thinking at that layer of abstraction all the time, and I'm not. Plus he's super smart (but many people say that about investors when they're not actually that smart, and I wanted to say something specific about Alex). I would 100% work with him again.

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Satya came off as a little low energy on our Zoom, but I got the impression he was listening intently. Although he turned us down, he followed up in a timely manner with a well thought out note. I don't think you can ask for more than that.

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Satya came off as a little low energy on our Zoom, but I got the impression he was listening intently. Although he turned us down, he followed up in a timely manner with a well thought out note. I don't think you can ask for more than that.

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Sara has always been my go-to person when I want to get the insider, investors perspective on how a particular milestone would look, or a particular deal. She continues to be an awesome resource connecting me with people in network not just after a meeting, but asynchronously throughout the journey.

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Sara has always been my go-to person when I want to get the insider, investors perspective on how a particular milestone would look, or a particular deal. She continues to be an awesome resource connecting me with people in network not just after a meeting, but asynchronously throughout the journey.

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Peter is brilliant. He is a technical expert in a mind boggling number of fields. If your company involves challenging tech, he's a great person to go to.

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Peter is brilliant. He is a technical expert in a mind boggling number of fields. If your company involves challenging tech, he's a great person to go to.

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Incredibly decent human being who just happens to also be a very good investor. Great person to have on your board, especially if you're in the music and media space.

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Incredibly decent human being who just happens to also be a very good investor. Great person to have on your board, especially if you're in the music and media space.

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Matt Harris is the OG of fintech investors. He was doing fintech back in 2000. He knows practically everybody and everything. He's also very down to earth and a very thoughtful guy.

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Matt Harris is the OG of fintech investors. He was doing fintech back in 2000. He knows practically everybody and everything. He's also very down to earth and a very thoughtful guy.

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Patrick is a fantastic early stage investor. He is extremely well connected, helpful strategically, and generously opens up his network to help his portfolio companies. I'd strongly recommend working with him if you ever get the opportunity to

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Patrick is a fantastic early stage investor. He is extremely well connected, helpful strategically, and generously opens up his network to help his portfolio companies. I'd strongly recommend working with him if you ever get the opportunity to

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This is a great fund. Good communication and will give you a quick answer. Limited domain expertise to be properly effective at this stage but I look forward to seeing how this fund performs and frowns.

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This is a great fund. Good communication and will give you a quick answer. Limited domain expertise to be properly effective at this stage but I look forward to seeing how this fund performs and frowns.

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‍Earn more than with any other corporate card. $200k in sign-up offers. 1.5% cash back on everything.

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Knows his stuff on the local market, international, less so. Has been successful in the local market. Not an extrovert at all but more considered, listens and thinks but keeps his cards close to his chest nice guy all around but takes a while to warm up.

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Knows his stuff on the local market, international, less so. Has been successful in the local market. Not an extrovert at all but more considered, listens and thinks but keeps his cards close to his chest nice guy all around but takes a while to warm up.

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Smart financial investor with adequate knowledge of technical side of investing. No operating experience = limited ability to add value to non-financial business models + limited understanding of build/managing teams or growing companies. Aggressive, stubborn negotiating style often alienates founders, co-investors, and partners.

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Smart financial investor with adequate knowledge of technical side of investing. No operating experience = limited ability to add value to non-financial business models + limited understanding of build/managing teams or growing companies. Aggressive, stubborn negotiating style often alienates founders, co-investors, and partners.

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