David Hornik
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 25 Feb
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So find that thing.
It's funny that you say it's well settled.
I would absolutely not agree with that.
And I do not invest that way.
Well, just I think there are lots of very high clock rate people who could never convince someone to give them money, right?
I mean, we see lots of entrepreneurs.
You say I've seen 10,000 businesses.
I see about 1,000 business plans a year, so 25,000 businesses.
I meet with about 100 of them a year, so 2,500 companies.
It got serious with 250 of them funded 50 of them.
that's loosely right so i've seen an unimaginable number of people and what you learn over time is there a bunch of you know characteristics that help make you a successful entrepreneur if you can't articulate
the opportunity that you're building.
If you can't articulate the reasons in which the problem you're solving, how are you going to convince people to give you money?
How are you going to convince entrepreneurs to join you?
How are you going to... There's just a huge range of things that you need to be able to do.
If I look at the...
the great companies I've funded and the amazing companies I've turned down, you know, the vast majority of them have not been built on IQ.
I mean, it's certainly, you know, Bill Gates and Microsoft is a very good example of what you're describing.
My partner, Dave Marquardt, who founded August Capital and he hired me to be a venture investor, was the only private investor in Microsoft.
And when...
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