John Kim
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Jul
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Because every why has a cost.
Every differentiation has a cost.
Great differentiation requires great sacrifice.
And if you're willing to say, I am never going to invest in weapons, well, then you're going to miss out on a generational amount of investing that's happening right now in the venture community.
Take a look.
You can go back 2019, and the vast majority of venture capital firms say, we will never invest in weapons.
It's the hottest area right now.
The same people
who said they would never invest in weapons, are actually now leading the weapons charge.
It's unbelievable.
Great differentiation requires great sacrifice.
They will never be differentiated for what they say.
They've lost their consistency.
So in the long run, if anybody remembers, they'll remember, hey, you said you're never going to do this.
Now you are doing it.
And that's you lost your why.
You lost your why you're doing it because it was just branding.
As a great advisor, as a fundraiser, you're always trying to say, hey, you got to have the courage to stay disciplined in your differentiation because if you don't, there's not differentiation and people will see through it ultimately.
Then the other two laws, just really quickly, is the law of trade-offs, size, speed, and terms.
I cannot tell you how obvious it is and how no one believes this.
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