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Almost every founder has to survive some version of what Gabe describes here Although Rogo has raised over $300M, 40 investors passed on their Series A (except Keith Rabois) Gabe on why every pass at that stage is a pass on the founder: "I met with Sequoia, Kleiner, Benchmark,... show more
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@rabois No idea other VCs thoughts, but I remember thinking @GabeStengel was obviously a good founder

@rabois Get @davidtisch on your cap table - he's a legend: "David was an early pre-seed seed investor who introduced me to a bunch of all-time greats for the Series A. David introduced us to 40 investors, and I met with everybody...Sequoia, Kleiner, Benchmark." 🐐

@rabois "Keith, if it's not contrarian, why did every single one of your friends just say it was a bad idea and not believe in me?" This is incredible

@rabois 🎯

@rabois rogo raised $300M+ after that so somebody's math was very wrong 39 times over

@rabois Curious how founders should read forty near identical passes. Do you update on the idea, on the pitch, or just accept that conviction in a founder is subjective enough that it takes one person who happens to see it?
