“And you just have to get up every day, face the challenges, regardless of how you feel. And I think a lot of the things we do, there's all kinds of external things that happen on a day-to-day basis. And a lot of times you sort of want to close your eyes and just avoid and pretend that maybe you don't have these troubles, but it's there. So you might as well open your eyes, face those things head-on and just go through it one by one. And you know, at some point there's going to be a better day and, and I think that's something West Point has just ingrained in me. And I think we were able to go through some tough times knowing that.” — Han Kim

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Episode Timestamps:

*(2:24) - The decision behind going to West Point

*(4:10) - How Han thought about his career early on

*(6:20) - Joining P&G after Stanford Business School

*(12:30) - Co-founding and starting a fund early in your career

*(21:28) - Altos Ventures first big breakthrough

*(24:14) - Acknowledging reality

*(29:30) - Some of Altos Ventures’ investments and their investing memos

*(33:45) - The Sitrep - The Situation Report

*(38:15) - The SOP - The Standard Operating Procedure

*(43:09) - Giving Back 

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