Jake Yormak

investing @storyvc

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@Hadley Welcome back! Recharged Hadley is going to be a force.

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@lucasbagnocvaz Agree. Lots of money out there… only path forward in seed is to move out further on the risk curve, pay up for the best teams, concentrate the bets, AND be right.

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@alexiskold 💯💯. “Coachability” is a word we’ve never said when assessing founders. Be humble enough to listen and excellent enough to make decisions, whether we agree or not. Listen, decide, and learn (fast).

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@Rick_Zullo Very well said. We also target businesses that implement automation AS THE PRODUCT, not just back office automation to incrementally lift margins. This enables R&D to flow into the product, theoretically making it superior to competitor products that don’t have R&D budget.

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@thesamparr Sam is as standup a guy as you’ll find. High-integrity, hard worker, fantastic father… what a waste of time to go after the good guys. He’s who you should be praising.

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@IanRountree I hope they have smoothies!

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@Hadley That also assumes that Series A math works :). If not, then even an implied risk-adjusted A valuation of $56M post might not work.

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@jefielding Had a good one this week 🙂

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@JasonrShuman Sounds familiar 🙂

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@patrick_oshag Hamilton

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@auren Likely that partners at mid-tier and low-tier firms need to spend more time on non-investing activities — fundraising (hard) and admin (less infrastructure) — so they just don’t have as much time and flexibility to prioritize investing. Prob less about hustle, more about time

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@yrechtman 100%

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@alexiskold @mantl Epic performance. 20.8x TVPI is special. It does take a LONG time. Way to persevere and build your own firm. Congrats!

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@anamitra @AforeVC The best!

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@JaredSleeper @NewtonXInsights Info sent :)

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@seanwdoolan Congrats Sean!

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@Hadley @EniacVC Same intuitive feel… buckle up!

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@Samirkaji 100% agree

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@alexiskold @fredwilson Crazy 😂 starting off the year with a bang!