David Rosenthal: evaluation

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…Yup, and everything's a trade-off. In a vacuum, sure, you should give your time and your life force to everyone. But you have a finite amount, so it's a priority thing. Okay, last one. “When you feel overwhelmed, unfocused, or have lost your focus temporarily, what do you do? What questions do you ask yourself?” This is so easy, and this is the perfect one to end on. We go make a great Acquired episode. This has been such a gift to me in my life because up until we started doing Acquired and up until Acquired became my full-time job three years ago, I didn't have anything that I could control like that. I don't know what I would have answered to that question. So much of everything was out of my control. When you're a venture investor, you don't control anything. Oh, my gosh, yeah. What do you mean? Just go do a good deal. That way in 10 years, you'll know if it was good or not.…

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