The Decades-Long View - by Nikhil Basu Trivedi
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The gene carried by a small fraction of startup founders and CEOs, including some of the greatest.
Welcome to issue #49 of next big thing. This week brought with it a few reminders of one of the genes I look for most in entrepreneurs I want to invest in: the ability to take a decades-long view in building the business of their dreams. The first time I first-hand felt this gene present in a startup founding team was with ClassDojo, the community platform for teachers, kids, and families. We led the company’s Series A back in 2013 at my prior firm (it was the first early-stage investment I worked on!), and this week, ClassDojo has consistently been in the top few apps of the overall iOS…
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