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17 Oct 2022 Acquired Benchmark Part II: The Dinner
“I think one of the things that you all talked about on the episode was swimlanes and areas of focus.”
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- 17 Oct 2022
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- Benchmark Part II: The Dinner
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…Yup. All right, what did we get wrong in the episode? What could we have done a better job at? I'll start. I think one of the things that you all talked about on the episode was swimlanes and areas of focus. I got to say that it felt extremely weird to be naming each of you in that episode. When we did our Sequoia and Andreesen episodes, these things were about firm strategy, institution building, programmatic, and thoughtful. Then, we got to the end of the episode and I was talking about each of you as individuals and articulating things that you care about and invest in. On the one hand, I'm like, I feel gross. This feels really reductive, strange, and pointed. And on the other hand, it's the point of Benchmark, that it actually is just about you as humans and not about this institution and strategy.…
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