Jerry Murdock
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I mean, what we've really built is one of the great sourcing engines of the world.
I mean, what we've really built is one of the great sourcing engines of the world.
I mean, Mike Triplett, Jeff Lieberman, Devin, these guys all just were focused on sourcing and managing their teams.
I mean, Mike Triplett, Jeff Lieberman, Devin, these guys all just were focused on sourcing and managing their teams.
And to get through the gauntlet of Insight due diligence and get to something that could be funded...
And to get through the gauntlet of Insight due diligence and get to something that could be funded...
was a pretty big accomplishment.
was a pretty big accomplishment.
I think that those guys were the absolute best sourcers in the world.
I think that those guys were the absolute best sourcers in the world.
I don't want to build egos up, but Peter Fenton, John Doerr early on, those guys were astounding at picking deals.
I don't want to build egos up, but Peter Fenton, John Doerr early on, those guys were astounding at picking deals.
I had the founders of Truecaller in Sweden come to Aspen.
I had the founders of Truecaller in Sweden come to Aspen.
I said, I'm not going to invest in them, but they took their last dollars to get a plane ticket to Aspen.
I said, I'm not going to invest in them, but they took their last dollars to get a plane ticket to Aspen.
And they came to me and it was, this was written about in the information by Amira Franti, the story about it.
And they came to me and it was, this was written about in the information by Amira Franti, the story about it.
But basically these guys were nice guys and I couldn't let them down.
But basically these guys were nice guys and I couldn't let them down.