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20VC: Benchmark General Partner, Miles Grimshaw on The Five Pillars of Venture Capital, Why Data Can Be a Trap When Early-Stage Investing, Investing Lessons from Missing Figma and Plaid & The New Business Model for AI & Why Co-Pilot is an Incumbent Strate
Miles Grimshaw is a General Partner @ Benchmark, widely considered one of the best venture capital firms in history. Prior to joining the Benchmark Partnership, Miles was a General Partner @ Thrive Capital where he led investments in Airtable, Monzo, Lattice, Github, Segment, Slack and Benchling to name a few.
In Today's Episode with Miles Grimshaw We Discuss:
1. Straight into VC From University: From Yale to Thrive
How did Miles come to land a role with Josh Kushner and Thrive right out of Yale?
What are 1-2 of his biggest lessons from working with Josh @ Thrive for 8 years?
What does Miles…
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