Sam Lessin

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175 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard Feb 2025

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And that that some creators

Don't like this.

They say, well, we want you to invest in X and not Y.

And I'm like, I get it.

It's just not for us then.

We we look at it holistically, and our the thing we like to say to people is two things.

One is the reason we're able to give you unrestricted cash and trust you is because we're fully aligned.

I can't, I'm not going to tell you what to do.

I'm not even gonna get mad because I actually I'm I'm trusting you with the money to do the right things.

I think that's the right emotional thing.

But the venture capital mindset.

set what we do as seed investors is we're looking at hundreds of deals to find one.

Right.

And it's kind of a similar thing for now.

Now I do think, and Jason, I'm curious what you think about this you you have experience here is look.

A lot of people will also come and say, look, Sam, we like this idea, but you really need to pair this person with a business person.

They're not business people.

And I say, I heard this story before in 2003 about tech founders, right?

Where you'd find the, you know, the kids who are great engineers and say, Well, well, that's fine, but they're just engineers.

We need to find and I'm like, that's not the way this is going to evolve.

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