Succeed from your unique starting point

Ali Tamaseb is a partner at Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using deep tech. He shares insightful findings of his 4-year long research on billion-dollar startups and their founders (documented in his new book: Super Founders).  Ali gives data points that deconstruct myths about the startup ecosystem in the U.S., and show what is/isn’t significant as success factors for founders and venture capital investors.

• There is no one way to startup success
• About 50% of founders have strong competitors when starting--being first to market with an idea does not actually matter.
• There's no disadvantage to being a solo founder or to being a non-technical CEO
• Holding preconceptions about the market often causes investors to miss the opportunity of backing a great company or an exceptional founder.
• Non-profit: Urban Institute