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Andy Jenks - General Partner at Drive Capital: Bootstrapping vs. Raising Capital, Mission-Driven Startups, and the Silicon Valley Journey


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Andy Jenks is a General Partner at Drive Capital, a Columbus-based venture capital firm focused on investing in world-class technology companies outside of Silicon Valley.

 

Before Drive, Andy was a 3-time founder at Formation Data Systems, Discovery Mining, and Infinite Research. Both Discovery Mining and Infinite Research were successfully acquired.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Experiences from the early days of Silicon Valley.
  • When to take venture capital instead of bootstrap. 
  • The critical role of being mission-driven in a startup.
  • When to bootstrap instead of taking venture capital. 
  • The importance of understanding your fit within the business stages.

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