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Camilo Acosta

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
311 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Yeah, and again, these founders,

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

It's not that they're perma-assholes.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

They are quite charismatic, very friendly people when the moment is right.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

And so they know how to turn on the charm when it comes to sales, when it comes to customers, clients, et cetera.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

And that's their magic is that they can be both.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Now, when I look at my portfolio and we look at our top companies, top founders, unicorn founders we've backed,

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

they all have that ability to from one second go ruthless to the next second being like the nicest guy in the world.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

And so they know that they, in order to build a massive company, they're going to have to be the nicest guy in the world when they're out selling, when they're out pitching.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

But when push comes to shove and there is a moment that requires decisiveness, they're not afraid to pull out the ruthless side of them.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Yep, exactly.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

And I think we like to judge, you know, even using the word psychopathic, it's like, oh man,

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Do we want psychopathic founders?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

But what if that's just simply what it takes to build transformational global companies is some level of

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

We need them.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Exactly.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Let's talk about what today's

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

interface model looks like in these computing platforms.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

So we primarily use two interfaces.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

There's the computer, which we're chatting on a computer right now.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E309: Why Most VCs Firms will Die by 2030

Most knowledge workers sit at a desk looking at a monitor or a laptop.