15 Years In Private Equity, One Year Lost To A Dev House | Wes Barnes, Associum
In 2022, Wes Barnes had everything a Founder is supposed to need. He just had no way to build it.
Wes spent 15 years in private equity. He built and sold a fund platform he had been quietly trying to make smarter with AI back in 2018, years before anyone was calling that a category. When he started again he knew the customer, because he had been the customer. He had a network that opened doors to VCs and buyers. And the smartest people around him agreed the idea was good.
He is not technical. People told him to go and find a technical co-founder. He heard them and decided it could wait…
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