Mamoon Hamid

And he did that to me recently, actually. And he'll come in and he's like, oh, yeah, I see the same thing you do. So we are in some ways quite similar, which is awesome. I think we may miss some of the same things then too because of it. But I think it's a good lock to get, especially when we're trying to build conviction or at least quickly get to, am I seeing the same thing that you're seeing?

And he did that to me recently, actually. And he'll come in and he's like, oh, yeah, I see the same thing you do. So we are in some ways quite similar, which is awesome. I think we may miss some of the same things then too because of it. But I think it's a good lock to get, especially when we're trying to build conviction or at least quickly get to, am I seeing the same thing that you're seeing?

What was the most contentious deal that you did? You know, actually Figma was quite contentious. Because to your point around like half a million of AR at 110, 15 posts or whatever it was at the time. The same thing, there's Envision, there's Sketch. This company's been around for five years. It's not obvious to us. It was contentious that there's a lot of questions around the investment.

What was the most contentious deal that you did? You know, actually Figma was quite contentious. Because to your point around like half a million of AR at 110, 15 posts or whatever it was at the time. The same thing, there's Envision, there's Sketch. This company's been around for five years. It's not obvious to us. It was contentious that there's a lot of questions around the investment.

What was the most contentious deal that you did? You know, actually Figma was quite contentious. Because to your point around like half a million of AR at 110, 15 posts or whatever it was at the time. The same thing, there's Envision, there's Sketch. This company's been around for five years. It's not obvious to us. It was contentious that there's a lot of questions around the investment.

I think the view is, hey, we'd love to deploy over a two and a half to three year period of time. When we got to KP, I came in 2017, a bunch of the team joined in 2018. So Bucky, Ilya, Annie joined that year. Josh joined the same week I did. So there was a period of time in 2019. So we just raised our first fund as a team together where we deployed that fund within like 15 months.

I think the view is, hey, we'd love to deploy over a two and a half to three year period of time. When we got to KP, I came in 2017, a bunch of the team joined in 2018. So Bucky, Ilya, Annie joined that year. Josh joined the same week I did. So there was a period of time in 2019. So we just raised our first fund as a team together where we deployed that fund within like 15 months.

I think the view is, hey, we'd love to deploy over a two and a half to three year period of time. When we got to KP, I came in 2017, a bunch of the team joined in 2018. So Bucky, Ilya, Annie joined that year. Josh joined the same week I did. So there was a period of time in 2019. So we just raised our first fund as a team together where we deployed that fund within like 15 months.

Was that more the root plan fund? It was. Rippling, Glean, a bunch of other stuff in there. We just were a new team. Didn't have board seats. We had a fund ready to deploy, and so we deployed it fairly quickly. And I would say mostly Series A, like real ownership Series As, the core of the business. And so if I look at that fund, I think it'll be an amazing fund, actually. Unbelievable. Right?

Was that more the root plan fund? It was. Rippling, Glean, a bunch of other stuff in there. We just were a new team. Didn't have board seats. We had a fund ready to deploy, and so we deployed it fairly quickly. And I would say mostly Series A, like real ownership Series As, the core of the business. And so if I look at that fund, I think it'll be an amazing fund, actually. Unbelievable. Right?

Was that more the root plan fund? It was. Rippling, Glean, a bunch of other stuff in there. We just were a new team. Didn't have board seats. We had a fund ready to deploy, and so we deployed it fairly quickly. And I would say mostly Series A, like real ownership Series As, the core of the business. And so if I look at that fund, I think it'll be an amazing fund, actually. Unbelievable. Right?

And so you could have said like, well, wait a second, you guys didn't do time diversify. If you would have deployed over a two and a half year period, you would have missed... a high valuation environment into a lower and yada yada. And so I would say that that would be the counterpoint to fast deployment. Like, no, you can actually work.

And so you could have said like, well, wait a second, you guys didn't do time diversify. If you would have deployed over a two and a half year period, you would have missed... a high valuation environment into a lower and yada yada. And so I would say that that would be the counterpoint to fast deployment. Like, no, you can actually work.

And so you could have said like, well, wait a second, you guys didn't do time diversify. If you would have deployed over a two and a half year period, you would have missed... a high valuation environment into a lower and yada yada. And so I would say that that would be the counterpoint to fast deployment. Like, no, you can actually work.

Which side do you take? I think generally speaking, it's hard to have the neuroplasticity to one day think about 10 years ahead and a new infrastructure company that's building on a new open source framework. And the next day, think about pre-IPO stage consumer company.

Which side do you take? I think generally speaking, it's hard to have the neuroplasticity to one day think about 10 years ahead and a new infrastructure company that's building on a new open source framework. And the next day, think about pre-IPO stage consumer company.

Which side do you take? I think generally speaking, it's hard to have the neuroplasticity to one day think about 10 years ahead and a new infrastructure company that's building on a new open source framework. And the next day, think about pre-IPO stage consumer company.

While we all have one meeting, one pipeline meeting, one investment team meeting for both early stage and venture, all of us do venture investing and a few of us will do more of that select investing because we don't want to burden everyone to bring neuroplasticity to the job every day.

While we all have one meeting, one pipeline meeting, one investment team meeting for both early stage and venture, all of us do venture investing and a few of us will do more of that select investing because we don't want to burden everyone to bring neuroplasticity to the job every day.

While we all have one meeting, one pipeline meeting, one investment team meeting for both early stage and venture, all of us do venture investing and a few of us will do more of that select investing because we don't want to burden everyone to bring neuroplasticity to the job every day.