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    Founder as Visionary

    August 9, 2016

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    VCs tend to want to invest in founders that are visionary.  But what exactly does that mean? Should I be looking for that one in a million person with a near certain picture of the future in their head and a near certain plan of how to get there?  The prototypical visi...

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    Grit (a book review)

    October 10, 2016

    What Makes A Hero

    September 23, 2016

    Elon Musk - Risk Tolerance

    September 13, 2016

    Esprit De Corps

    August 23, 2016

    Effectuation

    August 18, 2016

    Founder as Visionary

    August 9, 2016

    Potential drawbacks of implicit personality theories

    August 6, 2016

    Interpolation

    August 6, 2016

    Routine Is A Sign Of Ambition

    August 4, 2016

    Steve Jobs - Tough Mindedness

    August 1, 2016

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    We believe that the most important part of choosing which companies to invest in is finding the best founders.  What makes a founder great are the intangible qualities that she or he posseses. For example, vision, drive and creativity are often qualities strong founders have. The irony is that these qualities are hard to identify and hard to measure.  The Antecedent Ventures blog is focused on intangible qualities of founders and the impact they have.