Kate Simpson

It's a bit of a nice full circle moment for me.

I've reflected along the way why I like my job as an LP, especially one focused on venture.

You know, getting back to that liberal arts education, maybe it's kind of my well-rounded nature, but I am drawn to both the qualitative and the quantitative aspects of the job.

Picking good partners, investing in venture funds is definitely part art and part science.

There are

a lot of human elements, right?

Developing relationships and networks, evaluating the soft skills of investors, conducting reference calls, as we've talked about.

If you're a people person, this is a great job for you.

But there are also many measurable elements, right?

Evaluating track records, building models, dissecting strategies, researching markets and companies.

If you're a person who loves data, who loves information and math, this is

I'll set the job for you.

If you're intellectually curious, this is a great job.

We get to talk to really smart, ambitious people every day.

It's really a privilege.

We're talking to founders, investors, other allocators.

There's always another question to ask, always more to learn, always a new person to meet, another rock to turn over.

Every day is different, but engaging in different ways.

And then on the venture side, we have this front row seat to innovation, which is kind of a whole nother topic, but

It makes the job a lot of fun.