secret of success checklist by L. John Doerr –Finale
Unsolicited Advice from L. John Doerr:
Always network – develop personal, lifelong networks.
Sustain a couple of mentors.
Network one person each day for 10 minutes.
Favor positions with external contacts: marketing, sales, developer relations,…
Take risks … “to ask permission is to seek denial”
Integrity is a binary state…
Life’s long: it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
In all, VC is a service industry, and the better to understand the business, the better the chance to succeed.