Ilana

Correct me if I'm wrong. I think it's very easy relatively to figure out who is not going to make it. I think if you see them for a while and you see the people that can't take action or really trying to get the perfection or like, I think it's relatively easy to see what probably will not work versus the maybe and the yes, I think they're always a problem.

Correct me if I'm wrong. I think it's very easy relatively to figure out who is not going to make it. I think if you see them for a while and you see the people that can't take action or really trying to get the perfection or like, I think it's relatively easy to see what probably will not work versus the maybe and the yes, I think they're always a problem.

But I feel like it's easier to say, OK, like that's not going to help. And but maybe I'm wrong. Did you see that?

But I feel like it's easier to say, OK, like that's not going to help. And but maybe I'm wrong. Did you see that?

So in 2017, again, you decide to do something that for most, they would call it suicide to start your own fund. I do think that it's exponentially harder to raise money for your own fund. You did have really good background. So the 500 Startups is a huge background. Being a founder that already sold a company, that's very different. But still, raising a fund is not easy.

So in 2017, again, you decide to do something that for most, they would call it suicide to start your own fund. I do think that it's exponentially harder to raise money for your own fund. You did have really good background. So the 500 Startups is a huge background. Being a founder that already sold a company, that's very different. But still, raising a fund is not easy.

Can you share a little bit of that journey of raising the first round for this fund?

Can you share a little bit of that journey of raising the first round for this fund?

I hear stories around it. And my question is, Elizabeth, how do you not give up? In the startup phase, you still need to meet a lot of people, but you kind of need a few yeses to at least get going. But like you said here, the amounts are different. So you need to meet, what, hundreds? I don't know. Like, how do you not give up? How do you not just say, you know what? I have no chance.

I hear stories around it. And my question is, Elizabeth, how do you not give up? In the startup phase, you still need to meet a lot of people, but you kind of need a few yeses to at least get going. But like you said here, the amounts are different. So you need to meet, what, hundreds? I don't know. Like, how do you not give up? How do you not just say, you know what? I have no chance.

This is not going to work. Forget it.

This is not going to work. Forget it.

Thank you. Thank you.

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