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What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?

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This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. His goal in the second project is to help humans avoid extinction. Debate helps everybody learn as I wrote about here. It is always a stellar event. But Elon Musk stole the show. He was interested in a few other big ideas. by Dorrian Porter.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. ” We won’t be the right cultural fit for every entrepreneur but if we’re truly WYSIWYG then it helps entrepreneurs decide if we’re aligned. Transparent. Early Stage.