Nabeel Hyatt

Yeah, it's really hard because people call this an apprenticeship business, but in many ways, especially the way that Spark does our job, it's more of a process of self-actualization. If I was trying to be Bijan when I joined or trying to be Santo when I joined, I can't be the like mini me version of that person. And so I think the mentorship has to come from that phrasing.

It's really the journey of trying to get to know another person and trying to figure out what their superpowers are. How are they going to be the best partner to a founder? How are they going to fall in love with a founder? Because a lot of this really is falling in love and then pulling that out of them.

It's really the journey of trying to get to know another person and trying to figure out what their superpowers are. How are they going to be the best partner to a founder? How are they going to fall in love with a founder? Because a lot of this really is falling in love and then pulling that out of them.

It's really the journey of trying to get to know another person and trying to figure out what their superpowers are. How are they going to be the best partner to a founder? How are they going to fall in love with a founder? Because a lot of this really is falling in love and then pulling that out of them.

If you're doing a good job with somebody, then three months in, six months in, you're noticing things about them, their pattern of investing, their weaknesses. What are the bad deals they fall in love with all the time? Like we call crap on each other all of the time. I would not want to do this alone because I actually think my partners know me better than I know myself.

If you're doing a good job with somebody, then three months in, six months in, you're noticing things about them, their pattern of investing, their weaknesses. What are the bad deals they fall in love with all the time? Like we call crap on each other all of the time. I would not want to do this alone because I actually think my partners know me better than I know myself.

If you're doing a good job with somebody, then three months in, six months in, you're noticing things about them, their pattern of investing, their weaknesses. What are the bad deals they fall in love with all the time? Like we call crap on each other all of the time. I would not want to do this alone because I actually think my partners know me better than I know myself.

And they're like, we use a phrase internally being your brother or sister's keeper. We actually feel like the debate is not a political fight to try and get something approved. It's a room that's a search for truth. When did you doubt yourself most as an investor?

And they're like, we use a phrase internally being your brother or sister's keeper. We actually feel like the debate is not a political fight to try and get something approved. It's a room that's a search for truth. When did you doubt yourself most as an investor?

And they're like, we use a phrase internally being your brother or sister's keeper. We actually feel like the debate is not a political fight to try and get something approved. It's a room that's a search for truth. When did you doubt yourself most as an investor?

COVID era, it's kind of the worst version of venture of what I really didn't want startups to become, which is everything was pushing to Zoom. You know, there's a reason we're doing this in person. I like making eye contact with people. I like connecting with people. It's the reason I like doing this. I like being serviced with founders.

COVID era, it's kind of the worst version of venture of what I really didn't want startups to become, which is everything was pushing to Zoom. You know, there's a reason we're doing this in person. I like making eye contact with people. I like connecting with people. It's the reason I like doing this. I like being serviced with founders.

COVID era, it's kind of the worst version of venture of what I really didn't want startups to become, which is everything was pushing to Zoom. You know, there's a reason we're doing this in person. I like making eye contact with people. I like connecting with people. It's the reason I like doing this. I like being serviced with founders.

Well, I can't be in service with founders and trying to work with them if all we're doing is we're on Zoom for an hour and then I'm supposed to write a term sheet eight hours later, which was that era. Did the quality of your investments go down, do you think? I didn't write checks.

Well, I can't be in service with founders and trying to work with them if all we're doing is we're on Zoom for an hour and then I'm supposed to write a term sheet eight hours later, which was that era. Did the quality of your investments go down, do you think? I didn't write checks.

Well, I can't be in service with founders and trying to work with them if all we're doing is we're on Zoom for an hour and then I'm supposed to write a term sheet eight hours later, which was that era. Did the quality of your investments go down, do you think? I didn't write checks.

The best thing I did during that era is while everything was being marked up like crazy and everybody was having go-go a couple of years, I wrote the fewest checks I've ever written in my career. I think I wrote like two checks in a year and a half. Do you think sparks went down? I think our quality of investing went down on the early stage team and has since recovered.

The best thing I did during that era is while everything was being marked up like crazy and everybody was having go-go a couple of years, I wrote the fewest checks I've ever written in my career. I think I wrote like two checks in a year and a half. Do you think sparks went down? I think our quality of investing went down on the early stage team and has since recovered.

The best thing I did during that era is while everything was being marked up like crazy and everybody was having go-go a couple of years, I wrote the fewest checks I've ever written in my career. I think I wrote like two checks in a year and a half. Do you think sparks went down? I think our quality of investing went down on the early stage team and has since recovered.

Our growth team navigated it quite well. I think they actually did an incredibly good job of processing things. And there's a reason we have a separate growth team and an early stage team because I do think they're different sports, man. Like they're just different animals and we do them in our spark way. Why do you say that?