Innovators → imitators → idiots.
That’s how Menlo Ventures Partner, Venky Ganesan described investment cycles.
So I asked him: which phase are we in today in VC?
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Listen to our full EP #284 on The High Flyers here: curiositycentre.com/the-high-flyer…@venkyganesan@deedydas@mvernal
We cranked it up in September on the pod.
Our biggest month ever across the board...(7 years on and we ain't slowing down!)
Recap of our September guests on The High Flyers:
- Mike Vernal, Partner - Conviction (@conviction)
- Shiv Rao, CEO - Abridge (@AbridgeHQ)
- Ryan
You probably know Venky Ganesan as a Partner at Menlo Ventures — an early Anthropic investor.
But at 16, he left India alone for a tiny town in rural Washington.
He calls what happened next a “culture shock.”
Listen to our full convo here: curiositycentre.com/the-high-flyer…
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What if Frank Slootman never made the second call?
Cotaue's Growth Fund Co-Lead David Schneider — who went played a critical role in scaling Data Domain from zero customers to $1B+ and ServiceNow from ~$100M to $5B....
was initially rejected by Data Domain.
Then Frank called