Understanding VC

UVC: Jeffrey Paine from Golden Gate Ventures on the importance of research for VCs, the flawed approach of copy-cat founders, and the urgency to discuss the suppressed issue of entrepreneurs’ debilitating mental health

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In this episode you will learn:

  • What is the key quality required in an entrepreneur or VC entering 2022’s breakneck technology sector?
  • Can speed of execution be an appropriate criteria when tracking a startup’s progress?
  • How do VCs navigate the equivocality of a business’s input and output?
  • What is the one hubris that usually afflicts entrepreneurs?
  • How has abundant capital hampered the process of decision-making in startups?
  • Why do most copy-cat founders end up chasing their own tails?
  • Jeffrey’s estimation of the importance of mental health and skill coaching for founders and employees
  • Why is there a staggering proportion of entrepreneurs who helplessly suffer from mental health issues? Is this a business-specific phenomenon or a fog hanging over all of society?
  • Why is immunity to disappointments a superpower for founders when they are just starting off?
  • Does a high management fee diminish the intangible incentives that are requisite for motivating a VC for calculated progress and returns?

About

Jeffrey Paine is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, an early stage technology venture capital fund based in Singapore investing in Southeast Asia with over US$175 million under management investing in over 45 companies since 2012.

Jeff started and manages the Founder Institute in Singapore where he is currently overseeing its expansion in Southeast Asia, and Japan. Since 2010 the Founder Institute in Singapore has graduated over 100 companies. He is a recipient of the Founder Institute Director Award 2012 for “Greatest Ecosystem Impact” Worldwide (Singapore).

He is a Singapore native and graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration (Information Systems) from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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