David Rosenthal: uncertainty

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…Yup. He believed so deeply in his soul that it is worth not continuing at this firm in order to realize this dream. So what does he do? We're now in probably early 1994-ish. He calls up his good buddy, Bruce Dunlevie. He trots up the stairwell—maybe takes the back stairs—to go see his buddy, Bruce, up at Merrill Pickard. Bruce had gone to GSB a few years after Bob. When Bob was at BCG after GSB, Bruce interned for them. Bruce comes from quite a different background than Bob, shall we say. Bruce grew up in Texas and was a high school football quarterback in Texas which is a big deal. He goes to Rice University where he's very erudite. He studies English literature. I don't know any other young VCs who studied European literature in college and somehow managed to weasel their way into the industry. I don't know how you did it, David.…

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