Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

how does the intuition of a CEO change as a company grows?

30 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief interview, Speaker A asks whether a CEO’s (or fund manager’s) intuition evolves from a qualitative, gut‑driven approach to a more quantitative one as the organization scales. Speaker B explains that early‑stage decisions are overwhelmingly based on gut feeling, but as the fund grows, there is a constant tension and need to balance both quantitative analysis and qualitative insight. The conversation highlights that both modes remain essential, with the balance shifting as the size and complexity of the fund increase.

I feel like sometimes when you start out, your intuition is more like qualitative. Has it shifted quantitative, like as your fund has gotten bigger?
That's a great question. And I think a constant battle for sort of an early stage fund. Yeah. Which is how you balance quantitative and qualitative. At the end of the day, we need, we, we need to do both.
Yeah.
I think that when we were really little, it was overwhelmingly gut-driven.
Yeah.
In a way where, you know, I think on the one hand, I think we, you know, we had a good gut and we were a, we were a pretty good judge of character and we were pretty good pickers. Yeah. That being said, it was an easier time. It was a time where like every giant market was wide open and hadn't been disrupted by technology. And so you didn't, there was less work to do. Companies go to markets,