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Archives for August 31, 2013

In Early Stage Investing, Should Investors Bet on the Jockey or the Horse?

August 31, 2013 by Brian Laung Aoaeh

The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I’m too dumb to know the difference. – Charles Howard, owner of Seabiscuit addressing comments about his horse, Seabiscuit and the team of people he had assembled to train and race Seabiscuit. Red Pollard was Seabiscuit’s jockey and Tom Smith was […]

Filed Under: How and Why, Long Read, Venture Capital Tagged With: Early Stage Startups, Venture Capital

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