Chris Camillo
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 29 Jun
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And it's like it only was because of the personal relationship.
That was it.
So the biggest takeaway I have on all of this is not what you would think I'd be talking about with like – and I am going to talk about actual venture investments.
But think of this as a lifestyle.
Because it's the greatest lifestyle that's going to open up career.
It could open up the door for your next job.
You know what I'm saying?
Like have nothing to do with a company that you end up investing in.
So I just challenge you to think about this journey of being a venture investor as something way bigger and broader than just getting in good deals.
I love that perspective so much.
I really do.
Yeah, 10 names basically returned everything.
This has been a rough road of 160 investments.
I made a commitment.
with capital factory and josh and brian and a couple other guys back in the day that all we were going to basically spearhead the texas early stage venture ecosystem before it existed and we were going to ride and die texas founders and it cost me a lot of money not because texas founders aren't great it cost josh and capital factory tremendous amounts of money in the early years
It's not because they weren't great.
It's because there was a lack of venture community here that was willing to fund B-stage, C-stage companies.
So every time we'd get a winner, there would be a winner in Silicon Valley, and they would get a huge B round and a C round.
There might be three or four or five companies in the same space.
And our Texas founder was spending 90% of their time flying around trying to get checks instead of managing their business.
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