Hussein Kanji

And she's like, the one thing that I didn't think about, and this is a genuine thing that she really made me reconsider, is I always used to think of us as like a two-year scrappy startup as a fund. Brand new fund, like 39 months to go raise fund one. It's like sketched in. It's like etched in my brain, right? It's like hard, hard yards. years old, we managed a $200 million fund.

And she's like, the one thing that I didn't think about, and this is a genuine thing that she really made me reconsider, is I always used to think of us as like a two-year scrappy startup as a fund. Brand new fund, like 39 months to go raise fund one. It's like sketched in. It's like etched in my brain, right? It's like hard, hard yards. years old, we managed a $200 million fund.

And she's like, the one thing that I didn't think about, and this is a genuine thing that she really made me reconsider, is I always used to think of us as like a two-year scrappy startup as a fund. Brand new fund, like 39 months to go raise fund one. It's like sketched in. It's like etched in my brain, right? It's like hard, hard yards. years old, we managed a $200 million fund.

As much as I don't like to admit it, like we're one of the establishment now. Like we're no longer the scrappy startup. Like we're establishment. And if there is a shortage of women that I can't recruit from laterally because they're well taken care of, And there's a shortage of women in the industry.

As much as I don't like to admit it, like we're one of the establishment now. Like we're no longer the scrappy startup. Like we're establishment. And if there is a shortage of women that I can't recruit from laterally because they're well taken care of, And there's a shortage of women in the industry.

As much as I don't like to admit it, like we're one of the establishment now. Like we're no longer the scrappy startup. Like we're establishment. And if there is a shortage of women that I can't recruit from laterally because they're well taken care of, And there's a shortage of women in the industry.

It is incumbent upon me, like I have a responsibility to grow the next generation because if I can't recruit laterally and I know there are not enough people coming up through the pipe in the industry and I'm one of the establishment now, I can't be scrappy anymore. I probably have to invest some dollars and train someone and fix this problem. Like the problem falls on my shoulders.

It is incumbent upon me, like I have a responsibility to grow the next generation because if I can't recruit laterally and I know there are not enough people coming up through the pipe in the industry and I'm one of the establishment now, I can't be scrappy anymore. I probably have to invest some dollars and train someone and fix this problem. Like the problem falls on my shoulders.

It is incumbent upon me, like I have a responsibility to grow the next generation because if I can't recruit laterally and I know there are not enough people coming up through the pipe in the industry and I'm one of the establishment now, I can't be scrappy anymore. I probably have to invest some dollars and train someone and fix this problem. Like the problem falls on my shoulders.

I think that's an interesting lens to think about this. And that's kind of lens. I can't do that just yet. I don't have enough partners in my partnership. We're a small partnership. We're three GPs. Do you feel like you have freedom of speech today? Yeah, yeah. And you get freedom of speech and then people will call you out on it, which is what happened. Do you think it was a fair response?

I think that's an interesting lens to think about this. And that's kind of lens. I can't do that just yet. I don't have enough partners in my partnership. We're a small partnership. We're three GPs. Do you feel like you have freedom of speech today? Yeah, yeah. And you get freedom of speech and then people will call you out on it, which is what happened. Do you think it was a fair response?

I think that's an interesting lens to think about this. And that's kind of lens. I can't do that just yet. I don't have enough partners in my partnership. We're a small partnership. We're three GPs. Do you feel like you have freedom of speech today? Yeah, yeah. And you get freedom of speech and then people will call you out on it, which is what happened. Do you think it was a fair response?

I do not. I reached out to the person who wrote the LinkedIn post multiple times to grab coffee before that went out, the day that it went out, after it went out, and I've chased... afterwards, she's never met me. That's where society has gotten a little bit more toxic. I would have much rather had that debate. You can have the debate on LinkedIn and call me out.

I do not. I reached out to the person who wrote the LinkedIn post multiple times to grab coffee before that went out, the day that it went out, after it went out, and I've chased... afterwards, she's never met me. That's where society has gotten a little bit more toxic. I would have much rather had that debate. You can have the debate on LinkedIn and call me out.

I do not. I reached out to the person who wrote the LinkedIn post multiple times to grab coffee before that went out, the day that it went out, after it went out, and I've chased... afterwards, she's never met me. That's where society has gotten a little bit more toxic. I would have much rather had that debate. You can have the debate on LinkedIn and call me out.

Look, if I say something stupid, call me out. I have no problems with that. I can take it. And it was a fair criticism, I thought. But then sit down with me and have coffee and let's break bread.

Look, if I say something stupid, call me out. I have no problems with that. I can take it. And it was a fair criticism, I thought. But then sit down with me and have coffee and let's break bread.

Look, if I say something stupid, call me out. I have no problems with that. I can take it. And it was a fair criticism, I thought. But then sit down with me and have coffee and let's break bread.

That's also an easy one. So 10 years in, we grew apart. That's what happens. I think as we've gotten success, the nice thing about having success, and we made real money on fund one, even though it was a $28 million fund, we did really well for ourselves personally. You get to build the firm in the way that you want to build it.

That's also an easy one. So 10 years in, we grew apart. That's what happens. I think as we've gotten success, the nice thing about having success, and we made real money on fund one, even though it was a $28 million fund, we did really well for ourselves personally. You get to build the firm in the way that you want to build it.