“Lenny,” I said, “I doubt your plan will take you all the way. There are too many unknowns. You'll need people capable of navigating without street signs. The composition and experience of the team are something VCs will look at hard.” VCs invest first and foremost, I explained, in people. The team would have to be intelligent and tireless. They would need to be skilled in their functional areas, though not necessarily highly experienced. Moreover, they would need to be flexible and capable of learning quickly. Heaps of information about the market and the competition would be streaming in
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