Karen Moscow

Totally.

And Andreessen Horowitz is an incredible place.

Some of the most brilliant people, lots of scale.

But I love the early stage, and I love the sort of zero to one when companies are just getting off the ground.

And at that point, you don't quite need the firepower of a big multi-stage.

You almost need a trusted partner in the trenches with you, helping block and tackle for all the small things, like getting a company off the ground.

And then you can bring in these big,

multi-stage firms that have all these resources to really pour gasoline on the fire that starts burning.

And so it's just my favorite stage to be and I love being really, really close with the founders there.

Without putting words in your mouth, you talk about this idea that often the founders themselves are kind of ahead of the VCs that are backing them, even if they're like VCs that have the operator background or the founder background.

How are you going to catch up?

How are you going to put yourself in a place where you are moving at the same rhythm or pace as the people you want to back?

Totally.

I would say my style of founder that I like is somebody that has a lot of experience in the domain they're going after and a sort of unique view or unique right to win, even if that is a category that hasn't yet been mainstream or people have seen.

Like the founders should be the ones dictating what is the future.

And if you start to see patterns of, OK, a lot of smart people are working in this category.

It feels like even if I haven't seen it, like they are seeing something and I should really spend more time and get up to speed.

But really, it's all about like having a network of experts in these domains to be able to bounce things off of.

and get the ideas solidified.

But the founders should be the smartest people in the room.