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Learning to Give a Damn - Altos Ventures

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We are privileged to invest on behalf of institutional investors, most with charitable, educational, or non-profit missions. Serving entrepreneurs is a calling for us, and we look to partner with companies with an equally strong sense of purpose.

Almost every venture capitalist I know lists passion as one of the most important traits they look for in entrepreneurs. Most VCs, I am sure, also talk about their own commitment and passion when pitching themselves to limited partners. My personal lessons in observing people with real passion came from my Army days as a 22 year-old lieutenant in charge of about 40 people. On one Saturday night approaching midnight, my boss called me at home. He said, “LT (that is what we were called, especially when he was angry about something), come over to the motor-pool right now.” The motor-pool was…

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