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The Journey Into Venture and Back Again: Gautam Gupta of M13 Ventures

Season 4
32m | Feb 19, 2021


“I would just caveat that I don't believe that being an operator makes you a better investor. It's still an incredibly hard job of picking great companies. We’ve all seen great venture capital investors who've never been operators…”

Gautam Gupta


Today’s guest is Gautam Gupta, Partner at M13 Ventures and founder (former CEO) of NatureBox, a digitally native brand of snacks. He started his career as an early stage investor at General Catalyst, and had the great fortune to join the firm at 18 years of age, spending his first 8 years as part of a team that scaled it from a small firm to one with global reach. In this interview, Gautam talks about his unique learnings and journey from starting in venture, venturing out as a founder, and returning to venture! 


Highlights

  • Starting a career at a startup VC and being part of its growth into an international brand.
  • The ups and downs of building a consumer startup. 
  • The ONE 10x thing founders often don’t make the time for … 
  • Distilling the art of successful fundraising. Period.


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