Anish Acharya
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Which would not be that easy.
I thought you were going to say wine.
Not even the Europeans?
Let me comment in two ways.
One, I think an example of where there is a very positive sort of catalyst in their investor base for enterprise companies is YC.
YC is an awesome place to start an enterprise startup that sells to other enterprise startups.
And they've got these sort of like good vibes within the community that makes it easier to sell into even much bigger, more established YC companies.
So I think that's a good example in which picking the right investor is actually a big benefit.
You know, a lot of what we do is connect companies that are small but have really important product and technology to the Fortune 500 and 2000.
But we can't force them to buy that technology, right?
And again, you have to assume that the buyers, especially these days, have perfect information.
So I think that the right investor can be a catalyst.
But I don't think that you can take a product that would not otherwise be the winner and anoint them the winner.
I think the best founders that I work with know how to maximally leverage their VCs.
And look, I think there is a set of founders who perhaps would never need their investors.
But I do think that the best founders know how to sort of extend their success and increase their momentum by leveraging the right investors.
Like Alex does, right, dude?
I mean, I basically have a sales quota with Alex.
And DG would say the same thing.
And Ben, he's even calling Ben saying, hey, Ben, can you help make this introduction to XYZ?