Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.
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episode 2: Lessons from >100 angel investments
Gokul Rajaram shares specific characteristics he looks for in entrepreneurs who range from former coworkers to founders he never met in-person. He describes his unique journey in the Silicon Valley leading product development at Juno, Google, Facebook, Square and Doordash.
Highlights:
- The determination to move heaven and earth to solve a problem is an important quality in entrepreneurs.
- Founders have unique non-obvious insights about the market.
- Customer love for a product convinces angel investors more than charisma during a pitch.
- Angels want to give back to the community and learn from entrepreneurs.
- Non-profit: Second Harvest Food Bank
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