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

the main reasons BGV invested in Prof Jim

8 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief interview excerpt, Speaker A reflects on the initial conversation with Deepak that led BGV to invest in Prof Gym. The speaker highlights four core reasons for the investment: Deepak’s intense customer‑obsession, his sophisticated grasp of venture‑capital financial mechanics (including recycling capital, Qualified Small Business Stock benefits, and early‑exit strategies), his view of the business as a product rather than a service, and his commitment to building a diverse team. These points are presented as the defining factors that convinced BGV of Prof Gym’s potential.

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I'm so inspired by you, Deepak. I'm, I'm so happy that we get to work together. Um, I thought I'd take us back to our first call. So you gave, um, us some perspective on like what that was like for you, and I wanted to talk a little bit about the things that I noted on our first call. So my first 2 words that I put down were customer and then in all caps, obsessed. And I think that that has truly defined like one of the reasons we were so excited to invest in Prof Gym. And also, I think one really interesting thing that was kind of like insider baseball was that you had like a deep understanding of VC math. You talked about like recycling and QSBS in terms of an early exit and were very like thoughtful about the business as a product and a focus on building a diverse team.